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A bit late to the party, but let the party continue!!

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BWAHAHAHAH!!!

AJ doesn’t get the love on the third strike this time.

but he'll get it in the shower after the game
Okay, just win this damn thing.
beautifu.

The EeePC is happy again, thanks Scott.

Time to win the game.

For serious.

Come on, S-Rod

Do something good. Redeem yourself.

Not what I had in mind

Popped out to second.

Man, S-Rod just does not look comfortable up at the plate.

He’s so much different from the guy I saw in Iowa.

Major league pitching

They throw some ungodly breaking shit in the Show, I hear.

Yeah, but it's more than that.

He’s just not the same guy.

Aliens?
Doppelganger
Talent-theft.

Someone contact the Looney Tunes.

No.

That would be if he was in the Doyah’s minor leagues (the ’51s).

Sean fails for the 7th time today
Angels can't get Howie back soon enough

Not that he was tearing it up before he went down, but still.

Didn't he go down

BECAUSE he was tearing it up.

Weird to see Macdougal out there
wheres Van Wilder when you need him
This game seems a lot longer than 3 hours.
Is This Considered...

A STATEMENT Series/Game by both teams? Or is Chicago just trying to stay in the playoff hunt???

USA 1 Cuba 0 Final
Well done you

yanks.

Christ, have they stolen enough hits from us today?
GA hit of laziness.
come on Tex.........

light this mo’fo up

PLEASE Mark

I anna go get my dinner

i had to do that last inning

and AM830 cut out right when AJ came up.
i nearly crapped myself

Ugh, I was watching this through Sportacular on my iPhone at the gym

and apparently, it hasn’t gotten any better.

Way to hit into the shift there, Mark.
I saw Jermaine Dye on Cribs the other day.

Wasn’t impressed.

ON THE FIRST PITCH

you’ve gotta be kidding

Bulger.

Again, grateful it ain’t Speier.

Bulger in. Show us what ya got, man.
Hey, that means I get the "brag point"

from the All-star break.

w00t.

i think a bunch of people had Moseley too........

and he already made an appereance

Prove you deserve that Oct. baseball, Jason.
That was one nasty strike two curveball
B U L G E R !

let’s Go Angels!

well, I have been calling for him all season
here's Bulger's chance to prove himself
Don't lose him, Jason.
There we go, 1 down.
I'm about to put a gun to my head...

enough already. This has to be some type of secret reverse-psychology by Scioscia.

see.....getting the leadoff guy out.........

is fun

Thank God....

No Tarp to kill Texeira

Please, no drama...

for a change.

atta kid Bulger
get Thome, now!
cmon bulgy!

also, i like the name K-reddondo or K-red

Those are terrible named for Bulger!
How about "Battle"

As in Battle of the Bulge… or in a similar vein, Battlin’ Bulger

In super troopers, is the line

“He bulgies like a moose” or something?

when foster is outside the police station almost naked
2 down thanks to Q
sweet! 2 down
anybody else scared watching Q in left?
Not really

He was mainly an OF in the minors.

yeah, but his range is a "flop"

that scares me

Better Q than Juice.
at this point, i might take Juice's speed out there
What's the use of speed if it just clanks off your glove when you get there?
Might make the pitcher feel better instead of giving up a "hit"
yeah

i was like wtf mate^^

I think my pants-crapping circuits have been overloaded.

Too much other stuff has happened this game.

I HATE THE WHITE SOX ANNOUNCERS!

the guy yells, STAY UP IN THE AIR, GET UP, GET UP!!
i know hud is sorta like that but hud is excited, wheras teh white sox announcer guy sounds angry, and hes yelling at teh ball because it like beat him up or something

Worst broadcasters of any major market team
I guess thats true depending

on what you consider major. Seattle is -by far- the worst announcing team (all freaking 25 of them!) The he-gone crap is incredibly annoying however. Harrelson makes Hudler look like Jim McKay.

The mute button is your best friend when Harrelson is on the tube.
And when you mute him..."he gone"
Ive been listening to these fuckers

for 3 and a half hours

Nicely done, Jason.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Three down

In frackin’ order.

The Bulge throwin' some HEAT

gets Paulie to K!

outstanding job........

Bulge to close in 09? mayhaps………..

He's gonna have a lot of ground to make up on ET.

Bulger’s played a couple of games in the majors, ET’s got a full season looking that good.

oh good point..........

Bulge can do the 7th inn thing I guess

he could cloe in AAA

but it would take a few years, methinks.

i could see him in the 7th, Scot in the 8th and ET in the 9th

I think he's behind Arredondo and Shields

But he’s been great at AAA

Not so much

but he’s good enough to fill in for Shields if he suffers a long-term kablooie, or Speier if the Halos DFA his ass.

Way to go Bulger!
It's higher up, so it'll probably be missed...

How about Battle or “Battlin’ Bulger” (as in battle of the…) for Bulger

i like "The Bulge"
The Scarecrow

That was Ray Bolger in the Wizard of Oz.

And no, i’m not a ‘friend of dorothy’

And when he stinks

he can be Bugger

Well, Welcome back Bulger!

Come on now Angel players, win this crapshoot of a game.

He bulgies like a moose!
Vlad does.... nothing

on one effing pitch.

Bulger velocity?

He was a K demon at Salt Lake. What was his fastball and slurve hitting?

his FB was up around 95

dunno about the slurve

95 - sounds good! Thanks.
82, 96-97.
According to gameday, anyway.
wow, i didn't see it go that high

me likey

Do we get extra F-Bombs for extra innings?
Bad swing.

Go Jeff.

And Hunter comes up empty

0-for-6.

yup.......thanks for showing up today........
Been getting it done in the field.
Well........it would be nice to give some offensive support.......

you know…..for the “whole player” concept

hey torii

you still can’t hit that ball low and away

Shit. It's Mathis.
here's your inning-ending K...
Prescient

And unreal.

Did anybody hear Hud's "free hugs" story on the radio before the game today?

Thought I was going to die laughing it was so funny.

no.. what was it?
Ditto.

Hud tells the strangest stories. What was it?

People offering "free hugs"

and him taking advantage

Hud was taking a walk outside the hotel in Chicago and he saw a guy and a girl holding signs that said free hugs.

Hud decides to hug the lady on the neck because hud said he loves to hug people. Hud said that it made him feel so good, he asked the guy if he could hug him too, and the guy says yes so Hud hugs him. He said hugging the guy made him feel twice as good, and he continued on down the street with a big smile on his face, and described how good it made him feel to randomly hug a guy and a girl today. It was so nerd Hud, and hearing him tell the story was all the funnier.

lol

it’s one of those “you had to be there” stories?

It was totally the way Hud told it that made it so funny.

The other guy on the radio with Hud just sort of froze and was speechless as what to say after Hud told his story.

Ever Since the EXTRA INNINGS...

The Halos have been back to their old HACKER Ways.

PATHETIC BATTING IN THE EXTRA INNINGS….

More extra inning BP tomorrow!
Doesn't help when the bench was dumped into the lineup
thank Soth's brilliant extra-inning management

that’s my biggest complaint with him… he gets retarded when the game’s on the line in the 9th

Yeah -- not too high on the over-management myself

If the player is good enough to hold their own innings 1-8, let ’em be

agreed

if speed is THAT important on the paths, pinch run. don’t pinch hit a guy that can win it for you (Napoli) for a guy that’ll swing once during his AB

I think he was looking at Willits as a lead-off man

Which he hasn’t been much of this season.

Thank Scioscia for that

Rivera => Mathis
Napoli => Willits => Quinlan

Willits to Q

was an arguable improvement though

Did anyone see the bullpen

Who’s warming up?

im sure Bulger will go one more
looks like Bulger is back according to Gameday
We need an extra innings stream of thought

Like was posted for the Allstar game.

*AFTER* we win, of course.
We'll see.

Normally I do the All-Star game because I don’t care about making fun of non-Angels. I can make someone out to be the bad guy or a without feeling bad about it. Also, the All-Star game was funny because everybody was getting choking everywhere. Right now people are just getting dominated.

One pitch, one scary out
How Much Longer...

Can The Halos Keep This Going B4 They Wear Out the Bully.

Speier's probably in next inning

then all is over.

A little late here

Logging on to see the final score … it’s not on my Extra Innings today (boo!) Glad to see that we’re hanging on. Was there a blown save in the 9th?

yup Frankie did

after B-wood gave the halos the lead with a solo shot in the 9th

man, that ball was HAMMERED too

gives me hope for the kid’s future… he’s got some serious power

I've been watching him all season at the Bees games

And yeah, his homers go OUT of the park there. WAYY out.

awesome

i’m close to the HD Mavericks (High-A), so occasionally, i get to see the Quakes

I used to go to Maverick Games when I was younger.......

and went to a few JetHawks games too…………….where do you live?

I used to live in Barstow and Palmdale……..

Apple Valley

roughly 20 minutes away from Adelanto… around 40 minutes away from Barstow

yeah I know all about Apple Valley.......

and Hesperia and the such…….hotter than hades there

no joke

it usually around 100 for 2 straight months in the summer

its that hot up here too.......in Redding.....

but for some reason its always so green……..until the forest fires come

at least there's green stuff to look at...

here there’s…. dirt. and weeds.

w00t.

yeah but its still hot here..........

we had 23 straight days of 100+ during august……..

bleh

i feel ya.

but atleast we have lakes and stuff here.........

its not all dry lol and we get snow in the winter

....jerk lol

i’ve got a pool in the backyard, so that’s like my lake. :P

why do they call it apple valley?

I never once saw apples there… with the exception of the grocery.

i think the valley is actually shaped like an apple
I think thats

a stretch, but it’s more likely than the existence of fruit in that place!

Adelanto

About 15 years ago, I was working on a project that sent me out to Adelanto on a semi-regular basis, to the abandoned George AFB. It was a real ghost town in those days… is it still like that?

speaking of ghost town...........

calico ghost town was a fun place

slowly growing, actually

still pretty ghostly, but they’re starting to expand

True story about that

I left my car on a George AFB parking lot, and as seemed to be true with a lot of things, they turned off the power at night, so there weren’t any lights on.

They also took the curbstones away from the parking lot.

But not the rebar that was holding them in place.

First and only time in my life I’ve ever had two flat tires.

lmao

that really sucks, but it’s hilarious

Yeah, that's what I meant to ask,

If it was Frankie that blew the save. Obviously there was one. Unfortunately. Thanks for the info.

Bulger's got some good-lookin' stuff out there
Nicely done, Jason.
great inning, Bulger
that was bitchin'
can we at least try to put in some worthwhile at bats here?
you could have typed that for half the games this year
wow... i never thought i'd get off work and the game would still be on

go bulger

salt lake is in trouble

can’t blame them, we have all their players up here

I'd love for Q to win it.
Has Quentin flied out to center yet?

Oh, and wow. Bulger looks good.

why did Naps leave the game
pinch hit for in the 9th...........

Willits

Soth Pinch-hit Reggie
gotcha... thanks guys. Trying to catch up
Long story short, sosh is an idiot
haha, Wood...

so bad a t this game.

You wouldn't have said that if Frankie had done his job...

Dick would have been a Panther candidate.

Going 1-6?

with 2LOB and a K?

the game-winning homer would've done it.
we havent put together a good AB since the ninth
Vlad had a single. So did GA.
doesnt mean they were good AB's
Yeah, but it'd be hard to call them anything else...
Come on S-Rod, get something done...
What the crap...

did he shave his head?

strikeout, ground out (2), fly out, pop out... sheesh
on the bright side hes out of new ways to make an out
fielders choice?
Baserunning error?

Oh, wait… He’d have to get on base first.

If I hear

he gone again I’m going to break my computer!

Sean Rod has no power in the majors.
He has hit some pretty deep balls though.
Yeah

He got robbed by Dye early in the game. Sure double, possible triple, Hud even said it was a possible inside homer.

Did Quinlan just have a 6 pitch at-bat?

Hurry, someone add that to the ‘career accomplishments’ section of his wikipedia!

He had a single earlier. Q's been one of our most effective batters in extras.
angels have given up

so i think i will too, time to make my night productive

i eat after the 15th
will this game ever end?
Magic 8-ball says

You may rely on it

Reply hazy. Ask again later.
stanford up 7-3 on ASU for those that care lol
14th inning roll call
Bulger still out there...
and still sending people back to where they came from
Their mommies' vaginas?
or their daddies scrotum
The Bulge going for a 3rd......

nice

Sit Down, sir.
if we win this, Bulger's getting my kitty vote
Bulger's game day photo...

kinda makes him look like Tim Blake Nelson’s character Delmar from “O’ Brother Where Art Though”

Win or lose, Bulger has shown he can pitch in the majors.
unlike SRod.
who hasn't shown his ability to pitch in the majors
when has SRod pitched?
Not in the majors

I can promise you that much!

All he knows about pitching is he can't hit it
Which is good

because the circumstances under which S-Rod would be pitching in the Show would have to be pretty scary.

jesus... way to gang up on a grammatical error

srod has shown he can’t hit in the majors

it was a joke

relax

lol

Nothing gets past this crowd!

Sit Down OC

Can we get rid of Speier now?

Bulger K's OC.

Just get AJ now. I DON’T want AJ to be the one to beat us.

asking a lot to have Bulger pitch a 3rd inning here
so far so good though
Man-crush on Bulger... growing.
like something else, Zu? :P
It's only a Bulger bulger so far
is that like a Wood broner?
LOL something like that
Bulger pitching like a MANIMAL!

another K!

Seconded.

That was a breath of fresh air.

Bet AJ wishes...

That Eddings was working this game.

lets get this asshole
Got a call back there...
Awesome job, Bulger.
And the 40-man roster comes through!
nice 3 innings............

way to go

AJ pissed that he plays like a little girl against us
His boyfriend ain't calling the game.
Jason Burglar!
another great inning by Bulger

neat!

he deserves a win
give that man a raise
I'm sure they will

In about 3 years

boy the Halos' box score looks like a KENO board
and hopefully this is our game is winable.
Battle of the Bulge!

Jason is NAILS.

The Halos are way overdue...

to at least get 1 base runner. Lean over the plate & take one for the team. At this point I don’t care how the Halos get a man on base.

Horacio Ramirez in, time to capitalize
who?

isnt he one of the vendors?

rascist
he's not black, is he?
Huh???

A Racist Vendor….

Wudda a Wascuwee Wittle Waysist
Coulda....

Used Bulger to start yesterday !

The way we were hitting, I'm kinda glad we saved him.
Somebody hit a gotdamn HR
speier up

we’re screwed

Take a drink every time one of the announcers says this is a playoff atmosphere.
omg chone, really?

its ho ramirez…

Bulger sure has a bulge or two downstairs

cuz his balls were really showing tonite

Give the Hamburglar a break

He only got into one three-ball count that I remember.

im sayin hes ballsy and a baller

not that hes bad

I know, I know

I was just funnin’ ya.

It's freakin HoRam. Somebody clobber the ball.
Luckily our cloberer's up next.
So to my request three innings ago, that Bulger

prove he wants time in the playoffs, I think he wants it.

Also, Ho-Ram needs to get lit up.

tommorow line up should be interesting being a day game and all.
Budde and Matthews to see some playing time...
reggie too probably
i love that reggie bullits kid
Most of the starters will be more rested than the bench at this point
I think Soth is penciling you in at RF Cupie
GA too lazy to hang on to the bat.
Also too lazy to swing at ball 4

Good eye GA.

Let's go Ghost Ryder.
Way to get on base, Garret. 0_0
YEAH ! ! !

A Base Runner ! ! ! ! !

GA = Base Jogger
Hope for a homer
Against, AJ, Base-Jogging is a threat.

Stole a base earlier.

Time for Tex to do something big.
Once again Tex, it's freakin' HoRam.
Come on Guys...

Ernie Banks played for the Cubs, not the WhiteSox. Let’s NOT play 2.

have the angels had a Double headed at all this year?
tex-vlad-hunter

we need to score at least run with that

how many lefties do the sox have?
Dagnabit ! ! !

LET’S DO IT TEIXEIRA

that's right keep GA close
Kotch would have caught that pop-up

:-P

GO GO TEX

One foul… now you know it’s coming. Take that fastball and ride it over the fence.

A.J. has a dye job?
Are You Insenuating...

That Dye is gay?

Bah dum dum!

Tip your waitresses! I’m here all week!

and we're not pinch running for GA, why?!?!??!
thats why, because he would have been out a second

VLAD LETS DO THIs!

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!
He stole a base earlier.

That’s why.

Zu, he's slow
I know that's a newsflash to you
In the sense of being false, yes, it is.
I forget, you know everything...

and GA is the best player on the planet…

no way in hell, he’s faster than Matthews, no way

Not everything.

I just pay attention. And not faster than Matthews. Matthews simply isn’t faster than GA at this point. And GA is also not particularly slow.

Cuz' he's not on the base paths anymore?

:-(

Cause we don't have anyone to do it?
Aybar...Matthews
Aybar???

With a hamstring injury? Really?

And Matthews isn’t really faster than Garret at this point.

Yes he is
No, he's not. They're both 7-3 in SB this year.

Before the knee problems Matthews might have been faster. Now, not so much.

aybar's hammy is jacked up
well, he's still active
Feh....

It’s up to Vlad now.

IBB

Not so much.

Given the way Hula Dula hasn't been hitting

tonite, not a bad call.

He's been lulling them into a false sense of security. >_>
Huh

I guess not. They said otherwise before…

Tex needs to stop hitting it up the 3rd base line against lefties.
Wassermann?

It’s a test!

8.27 ERA. Come on Halos, Ozzie's waving the white flag.
our white flag is next
Fellas

PLEASE STOP WITH ALL THE HOMOSEXUAL REFERENCES, BULGES, ETC…

The Angels picked their roster

We can only laugh.

its the friggin 15th inning

give us a break were bored

i tottally understand

that is why i am asking all of you to please refrain from this types of posts.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THEAR-E-US-LEE
MESSAGE TO VLAD

Put Bat On Ball

vlad is DUE

he is DUE at this AT Bat!!!!!

FUUUUCK!

wasserman? really?

Vlad sucks against sidearmers, I guess.
Vlad, what are you THINKING? >_<
juuuust a bit outside
Gotta Love Ozzie...

He got Vladdy distracted….

F*@K

that blows…….

im honestly to the point to where I dont care if they lose.........
Here comes Speier...
cue the entry of SSpeieieieieie
**** it, just put in Speier.

I don’t care anymore.

Eh

You get your wish. Come on, Justin, throw it over the middle, let’s go home.

it's a battle of attirition
they have the last chance bullet though
cmon speirerererererere

bulger did it, you can do it

FIGGY

PANTHA! and nice pick!

Figgy with a great play!!!!!!!!
wow!

great play figgy

Nice play Figgs.

Good dig by Tex there.

damn, we should have kept the bulge in
Figgins

Best arm strength to size ratio in MLB

How Much Longer.......

1 Out…..
Can you beleive it!

Qualified by pitches or at-bats?
damnit. just damnit.
anybody surprised to see that happen?
Not for a second
Would have been more surprised if it didn't happen
I hoped it wouldn't happen, but

no.

Well

What can you expect

Ugh.

How many games are Speier and Shields going to lose?

Guess what

Speier 8 loss

Magnetic!

Speier attracts suck like sh-t attracts flies.

And that pitch on a tee for Thome

Lovely. Well, at least we don’t have to see a position player pitch.

we should get free f-bombs

FUCK

another Speeieieier homer given up
BOTG is Lackey
Didn't F-Rod spit up the win for the Angels in the 9th though?
How about that:

I’m Lardladonuts:

Lardladonuts (7:58:45 PM): justin speier
Lardladonuts (7:58:47 PM): angels lost
Lardladonuts (7:58:53 PM): good game good game good game
ratbert008 (7:58:55 PM): yikes
Lardladonuts (7:59:58 PM): one of these 3 guys is just gonna hit a jack
ratbert008 (8:00:13 PM): man
ratbert008 (8:00:14 PM): that was dead red
Lardladonuts (8:00:18 PM): figgins is turning into a gold glover
ratbert008 (8:00:19 PM): did you see the pitch?
Lardladonuts (8:00:25 PM): he has a highlight reel this year
Lardladonuts (8:00:27 PM): of like
Lardladonuts (8:00:29 PM): hunter length
Lardladonuts (8:00:35 PM): or
Lardladonuts (8:00:41 PM): longer than andruw jones’ waistline
Lardladonuts (8:00:43 PM): o/
ratbert008 (8:00:44 PM): o/
ratbert008 (8:00:48 PM): damn you beat me
ratbert008 (8:00:57 PM): furcal was looking good to get it…
ratbert008 (8:00:58 PM):
ratbert008 (8:01:09 PM): haha
Lardladonuts (8:01:15 PM): told you

remember when speier was good?

good times

lol..............im just glad its over
well that sucked

turn the page…we play tomorrow early..

I'm Suprised...

Thome didn’t say Thank You to Speier as he was making his HR jog

Speier shouldn't be on the playoff roster
nope
Come on, even playoff teams need a mopup pitcher
Speier shouldn't be playing anymore
Bulger on, Speier off for sure.
Speier shouldn't have been on the roster since about June
we keep giving away chances to secure home field advantage
Lackey blew this one

as did Frankie.

Lackey couldn't hold down the 3-run lead

Frankie was more unlucky. A blown opportunity for sure

Hey look downwardSpeier LOST the game...

Who could have seen that coming? Oh wait… everyone.

you think Soth put speier in just to end the game?

I think he did

Like sending Bootcheck out against the As

To give up the walk off before the rigatoni got cold.

That's the first thing that came to my mind...

when I saw him warming up in the bullpen.

Wouldn't be surprised.

The longer the games go on, the better chance for injury.

Soths favorite Italian joint closes its kitchen at 11

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