Halos Heaven

And not just the Sawx

but mouthbreather Papelbon, too. And chasing him! WITH A SWEEP!

scareduck - October 11, 2009 reply

theres is no effin way we coulda written that script any freaking better!

Seriously.

FIRST ER to Papeldong in the post-season. FIRST blown save to the Mouthbreathing yokel. FIRST sweep in the postseason. FIRST series win against the Bosox.

LAST strike out to Ratboy, Pedroia!!

Pedroia poped out

to the Admiral who showed Pure Dedication with his catch

TheTypingFiend - October 11, 2009 reply

ITS A TRAP!

oops

last ~~strike~~ out… *

wheres sweet caroline?

More like Swept Caroline!!

FlashBN - October 11, 2009 reply

SWEEP Caroline.

DA DA DA!!!!!!!!

gdog009 - October 11, 2009 reply

Ghost of seven in a row - October 11, 2009 reply

Rev Halofan...

Congrats to all Angels fans. The Angels outplayed the sox through and through and they deserved the sweep. Congrats on a solid divisional victory.

That being said… Rev Halofan, you handled the victory with a lack of class that I would expect from only you. I used to hate Yanks fans and Jets fans the most. But since finding your blog I have channeled all that anger solely at you. You represent the LAA Angels fanbase with loathing, jealousy, anger and childish mockery. Your mother should be ashamed. You clearly enjoy the Red Sox loss more than the Angels victory. A true fan would celebrate the performance of his players rather than take the time to call another teams’ fans “smug” and “entitled”, let alone while declaring his own team the “team of the decade.” You sir are a hypocrite. The fans of your team deserve better than you.

adubson - October 12, 2009 reply

Ha! We ALL enjoyed the Red Sox loss at least as much as the Angels victory precisely because of the smug entitlement

of the Red Sox fans, not to mention the biased reporting and announcing that we had to put up with for this series.

Your team was the Wild Card because we beat the Texas Rangers for you, and you didn’t bother to send a thank you card.

opiejeanne - October 12, 2009 reply

Thank You

My aim is true.

Rev Halofan - October 12, 2009 reply

vladi!!!!

jccangels29 - October 11, 2009 reply

SWEEEEEEEEP

They found the broom I left in Boston.
YES

You can bite my shiny metal ass, Chowds!

Light up the Halo and bring out the Broom!

THAT WAS LEGENDARY

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Suck it Dave Henderson!

Slasher52 - October 11, 2009 reply

GO TWINS!

Rally Monkey FTW!!

Thanks NA

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

luminous!

That definitely has some

RESISTANCE POWER!

AWESOME

I'm losing my God Damned mind here

LET’S GO HALOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We Miss you NICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for looking out for us!

That was for you man!

technical difficulty

Wow… the audio on my TV went out when Aybar caught it.

RER - October 11, 2009 reply

Did you see the scoring changing to 7-7 on TBS in the ninth and then back again?

Oh, yeah

Then 7-6 Sox for a second.

That was hysterical.

that was east coast bias.

like a morgue

Obviously TBS hadn’t written that part of the script yet, I’m sure I heard Buck scrabbling around for something to say

Matt UK - October 11, 2009 reply

That was AMAZING

GO ANGELS!!! I’m an Orioles fan – but I detest the Red Sox and their obnoxious Pink Hat Nation…you guys are AWESOME! Thanks for beating them! Now if Minnesota can just knock out the Skankees we’ll have a real ALCS. Either way, congratulations!!!!!!!

NewYorkOriole - October 11, 2009 reply

You are welcome!

scareduck - October 11, 2009 reply

Thanks!

Rec'd

Thank you

Thanks Brotha

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Vlad is definitely one of the top 2 Angels of all time

put Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS to bed!!!!!

AngelsFanSinceIwasATike - October 11, 2009 reply

A huge load has been lifted

In 1986 my father was stationed in Brunswick Maine and I was only 18 at the time and I was talkiing alot of crap to all the Sox fans. When Dave Henderson hit that home run, the next day at school was probably the worst day in my life. The reason I am sharing this is because IT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD to know that them assholes got it back at them. I love Karma. Go Angels.

RIP Nick

yes, I was in college, and the Sox fans in my dorm were screaming down the hall.

i waited 23 years for this day.

Yeah, but they forgot all about it when Buckner muffed that game-ender.

Karma had already been served, we just didn’t feel as close to it as we do today.

This is what we do

THIS IS WHAT WE DO

WE FLY FLAGS

HaloDutch - October 11, 2009 reply

Oh hell yes

I’ve been waiting 23 damn years for my team to beat those clam suckers. Unbelievable comeback, unbelievable team. What else can I say? Bring on the Yanks!

Riverrun - October 11, 2009 reply

oh yeah HENDO.................

SUCK IT CHOWD!

Way to go, Angels!!

Good luck the rest of the way.

sdp - October 11, 2009 reply

OMG!!

FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!

I doubted Vladdy last night, I doubted him today. I WILL NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!!!!!

THAT WAS FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

R.I.P. Nick

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

amen

Hex my ass

Angelitos - October 11, 2009 reply

we're gonna tell our grandkids we saw this today. we witnessed one of "those" moments

the kinda shit you never forget. the stuff that makes franchises.

HaloDutch - October 11, 2009 reply

And here I went to brunch for that....

Ah, well! I was here for the WIN!

Hell yes man!

This win was EPIC! A true Angels classic!

AND WE NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING

WE NEVER STOPPED WATCHING

some ppl here stopped believing............

a lot of them actually…

SINNERS!

My prayers are in the books in the game thread babbbbyyyyyy

and answered to the letter! YESSSS!

+1

I remember when they used to walk Vladdy to get to Rivera, and his reaction to it was deadly at times.

I kind of figured Vladdy would take exception to being the preferred batter for Papelbon to face.

GO TWINKEES!!!!!!

NO, I want the Yankees.

I want to beat the best.

Twinkees to piss of a certain four letter network based in the northeast.

SWEEP

FUCK YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

This one was for Donnie Moore

Rest in peace, bro

Amen!!

no doubt

rec’d

hear hear

wildwill - October 11, 2009 reply

Good call

Yeah Thanks Donnie

For lifting that GODDAM CURSE!!!

Quite ironic

What happened to Papelbon. He deserved it! Thank God we didn’t have to watch one of those STUPID river dances he does. Here’s my f-bomb….. FUCK Papelbon and FUCK Boston.

THE END.

P.S. Yes this ones IS for you Donnie!

Get the FUCK off YOUR field, Pedroia!!!!!!!!!

Get the FUCK off YOUR field, Papelbon!!!!!!!!!

Get the FUCK off YOUR field, Red Suuuuuuuuuuuuuux!!!!!!!!!

I will never, ever, EVER, talk shit about Vlad again

Unbelievable. It’s quiet here in Boston.

Carl Johnson - October 11, 2009 reply

Not here in Allston.

I heard at least five different people dropping f-bombs constantly and loudly in my apartment building. And it was amazing.

slims - October 11, 2009 reply

Vladimir Fucking Guerrero

Get used to hearing it!

Monkeyspanked - October 11, 2009 reply

Wow...

I am in Korea, and stayed up all night to watch the game. So worth it!

4acesusaf - October 11, 2009 reply

Wow!

That’s devotion! Hello from America!

nice

Just rewound it and watched the last out again

I still love the Aybar fist pump while the ball is still in the air.

Figgins got on base, Vladimir with a clutch hit, Fuentes with a 1-2-3 inning.

Talk about the planet aligning just in the nick of time.

2 outs so crazy

All with two outs

ESPN 2

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

World Series of Poker?

TheTypingFiend - October 11, 2009 reply

there's post game coverage on MLB Network and ESPNEWS

No TBS Post Game Coverage

They don’t want to admit that it happened….

BUT IT DID!!!

Incredible Win!

kdoc - October 11, 2009 reply

ESPN 2

Where's Kruk???

I know!

What an ASSHOLE!

“The Red Sox are champions”

Eat me Kruk!

If the Sox would've one

They would have had a postgame show. So gay. We’re done with TBS though, right?

WOOOOOOOOOOOO

Bring on the SPANKS.

All for you Nick!

Kartane - October 11, 2009 reply

I have NEVER

been more proud of our guys than right now!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!

ronniejm - October 11, 2009 reply

here here!!!

JUST ANOTHER FLAG TO FLY!!!

love this team so much.

lightupthehalo - October 11, 2009 reply

It has been paid forward.

Fuck you Red Sox. How bout them apples?

Best game I've ever seen.

Couldn’t be happier right now. Bring on the ALCS!

brooke26 - October 11, 2009 reply

well, that's sort of an overstatement...

but the OUTCOME is pretty damn fantastic!!!

yes, sorry, been drinking

But top 5 for sure!

brooke26 - October 11, 2009 reply

Definitely top 5, maybe top 3.

Only some of the 02 games top this.

World Series Game 6...

I was busy that night…

So pissed…

BruinHalo - October 11, 2009 reply

AMAZING!

Man, look at how close they got with the two-strike count on Admiral.

2-strike count on Aybar...Papsfail.

2-strike count on Figgy…Papsfail.
2-strike count on Chupa…Papsfail.

And the last strike papsmear threw to Abreu was the last strike he would throw in 2000 fucking NINE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Payback for 1986!!!!

The Red Sox were one-strike away from winning the game. OOOPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guess not!!

(I am LOVING this!)

Is that a graph of the crowd noise at Fenway?

Very Very Nice

if that wasnt a joke,

win expectancy

Rec'd for awesome

What a beautiful looking graph.

TheTypingFiend - October 11, 2009 reply

That was easily the most biased coverage I've ever seen

Even after the Angels take the lead, they show a montage of Boston beating us in the playoffs.\

FUCK YOU TBS!!! EAT A DICK BUCK MARTINEZ!!!!!!!

Could Orsillo and Martinez have been MORE monotone in their 9th inning play-calling?

They did? Well, fuck them.

Wow! Were you all by yourself or was there a crowd screaming along with you?

I remember a rally held at Downtown Disney in 2002, when we just happened to be coming out of Disneyland. That was pretty cool.

I don't know how this post ended up here. It was directed to someone else, way down the thread.

This win is so symbolic/representative of the Angels' history with the Red Sox

Up two games, suddenly down 5-1, it looks like it’s over, the Sux are cheering—and then, when it seems all hope is lost, BOOM! This team delivers and GETS IT DONE!

YES! LIGHT IT UP!

BEST part

NO MORE TBS FOR THE ANGELS!!!! ON TO FOX COVERAGE

well, Fox will be much worse if we play the Yanks

hey hey no more suck martinez

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Seriously!

Three games is enough from that jackass

Agreed!

He’s so obvious too. Everytime he talks about the Sox it’s like a little girl talking about her favorite boy band. Even when he tries to pay the Halos a compliment you can tell it’s like forcing out a stubborn turd.

pbubba - October 12, 2009 reply

I know!

He does such a bad job of hiding his Blowsux love

I love these guys.

Post Game Coverage on MLB Network

Loving every minute of it!

kdoc - October 11, 2009 reply

Holy Crap!!!!

SWMBO just took back everything bad she’s ever said about Fuentes. If anything’s better than beating that arrogant ass Papelbon on his own field, it involves Russian tennis divas and 55 gallons of Hershey’s syrup.

Jimatkins - October 11, 2009 reply

From over the monster

“Being swept hurts, but it was obvious we were beaten by a better team”

thank you

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Fucking Red Sox

Who were they going to bring out to throw the first pitch in game four, Andrew Gallo? The guy who shot Lyman Bostock?

LA Seitz - October 11, 2009 reply

Very very funny!

I concur

I have no idea what they were thinking bringing out Hendu. Such an inconsiderate, arrogant organization. No class at all.

Posted this earlier in the 2009 Motivation Posters thread

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

Oh man...i will be watching the highlights ALL DAY

Oh man

What a game, what a game. I never gave up hope, though it looked bleak. Even in the top of the 8th I said to my wife “wouldn’t it be great if the Halos could hit a three run dinger and sweep these dudes?”

wildwill - October 11, 2009 reply

Right before Bobby hit that double my wife said “don’t worry babe, he’ll hit a home run.” my wife has this weird sense about when things are about to pop off. it wasn’t a homer but it kept things going.

pbubba - October 12, 2009 reply

I'll say it again: 1986?

The year Nick Adenhart was born.

When that door popped open in the ninth? Holy ghost. Angel in the outfield, brothers an sister.

May the circle be unbroken. Nick just pressed refresh for us.

Turks Teeth - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Eish

Thats freaky

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Oh, SHIT dude. Just sent shivers up my spine.

+1

...and Nick sent the Hendu curse to hell

Nice job

An actual door?

Or are you talking in metaphors.

an actual door

a door in the green monster in LF popped open, and Torii had to run over and close it..

Cool.

DUDE I was reading this tread while watching the 9th inning over (DVR)

And when Fuentes got the second strike the door opened with no one out I got some chills and the first thing that came to my head was Nick coming onto the field to help us finish of the Red Sox, the 1st team we played after his passing. And then I scroll down and read your Post and I felt the chills again.

RIP Nick we are ding this for you! but please continue to be a part of it like when you tripped Blueberries in the outfield on Friday to get us the nice lead and when you came in to help us clinch today.

acuda27 - October 11, 2009 reply

Dave Winfield just called the Angels "The California..."

err….Angels…

I STILL think of them as the California Angels, don’t you guys?

wildwill - October 11, 2009 reply

yes

Absolutely.

Turks Teeth - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

of course

DM_RMBRS '95 - October 11, 2009 reply

Dave Henderson can go to hell

LOL!

And the bastards that asked him to do it!

Fuentasaurus Rex 1-2-3

RAWR! RAWR! RAWR!
Light Up that Halo Baby!!

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

HE LOOKED LIKE A F**KING DOMINATING T REX ON THE MOUND!

Sorry for the yelling, but what a performance. All business, no bs.

LazorkoRules - October 11, 2009 reply

I read that as Dominatrix

maybe, in the privacy of his hotel room…..

UK Halo - October 11, 2009 reply

go eat chowder boston hahaha

I think someone just pissed in that!

I hate clam chowder.

BryanHarvey'sMoustache - October 11, 2009 reply

This ones for you Dave Henderson...

hope you like the two out two strike comeback you bald asshole.

this was is for the 1986 Angels, damn I waited 23 years for this

1000 times yes!!!

Oh this was so sweet!

If there was going to be a game 5 in Anaheim

I was hoping we could be just as classy & roll out Ted Williams frozen head to the mound.

LOLOLOLOL

That was a sick idea...

but I am laughing my ass off! ;)

AGREE 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow

So freakin awesome! Believe in that 9th inning magic. Just bought more tix to the LCS!

I'm looking for a still photo of Vlad's hit or the Angels celebrating, please post link if you find

Apologies

to Mr. Fuentes for doubting his RAWR-ness

He's definitely showing up this postseason.

HalolessHaloFan - October 11, 2009 reply

I did my part

hiccup

screw all you premature ejaculators from the 6th inning

I need a cigarette.

Making the Red Sox fans cry with two outs in the ninth is better than sex with playmates. Well, I would imagine.

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

I'm going to make another stiff drink

this time in glorious celebration

swiss mcgee - October 11, 2009 reply

Haha...I got one right after we took the lead, not in celebration, but to take the edge off

Have one for me, buddy.

Ask Bobby Abreu, LOL

NA

Atonement for it all

Where's Highland Halo?

Crying with joy in the corner of the Sports Cafe on Haymarket...

…would be my educated guess

The Limey - October 11, 2009 reply

MLB Network showing their celebration

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

When?

Just went to commercial

nice name!!!

THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT

cardinalwraith - October 11, 2009 reply

Step 2 of 4 done

on to the ALCS we go.

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

3 down 8 to go.

First one to 11 wins

I guess there really was no curse...

they just sucked for 86 years…hope all those bandwagon-jumping Red Sox fans are ready to wait until 2090……

NewYorkOriole - October 11, 2009 reply

That would be epic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bga4vLTOJ4U&feature=related

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

I do love that commercial

somebody pinch me

[As everyone walks away from Vlad Dracul at the bar]

Ever seen Airplane! ?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

WOW!! THANKS FOR MAKIN VLADDY THE PANTHER REV!!
I like you cause you can see the errors of your ways (5th-8th inning)

I'm so sorry BBV!

I doubted him last night and again today. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong!

That's for October 12, 1986 you Boston Bastards!!!!!!!!!

Wow one day off from the exact day

swiss mcgee - October 11, 2009 reply

I'm filled with overflowing shock and awe.

Wow. Wow. What a game. What a year this has been.

We do this for Nick, we love and miss you, and we celebrate with you.

AlanFalcon - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

This team IS different

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

YES....YES YES YES YES YES

It has Luminous Resistance Power

I am embarrassed to admit I nearly gave up there and was quite pessimistic.

I’d like to chalk it up to being traumatized from the previous series’ against BOS (and even the 2005 job after Eddings), and if they hadn’t come back, it very well could have been over.

But now, with this—I WILL NEVER DOUBT THIS TEAM AGAIN!!!!!!!!

DON’T STOP BELIEVING! (Fuck you, I like this version better.)

dude you so gave up lol

its okay………..repent and you shall be saved!

Yeah, I repent, and I will DEFINITELY not be making that mistake again!

when GMJ was in, i lost hope for the game

but deep down inside i kept a small glimmer

Big Easy Halofan - October 11, 2009 reply

Unbelievably fucking awesome win!!! Instant classic...

C H E E R S !!!!

LOL So much WIN!!

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

My favorite win pic!

I want

that Kool Aid… all of it!

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

This is kind of the first sunday I have no idea what's going on with football...

….and don’t really even care

Football matchups sucked today anyway.

Slasher52 - October 11, 2009 reply

Wow...the bengals beat the ravens?!

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

Only football game I know about is Patsys at Broncos 4PM EDT.

Because we got the shaft over it.

Torii using bad language on the interview...

Me Likey.

Slasher52 - October 11, 2009 reply

Chowds were disrespecting him for arguing that alleged bunt strike

they can shut their pieholes cause we don’t take no mess

swiss mcgee - October 11, 2009 reply

How sweep it is!

SoCalWine - October 11, 2009 reply

One of the best parts is that this win came off of Papelbon, who the Angels just couldn't beat before now--SO sweet---Really overcoming those demons!!!!

NOW LET’S GO BEAT THE TWINS/YANKEES!!!!!

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

Beating Papelcrap was just the icing on this very large cake

now their closer fucked the mover for once

Now do the same to Rivera next round!

YES!

Figgins needs to pick it up in ALCS

WOOOOOOO!!!! THEY DID IT! I CAN'T FREAKIN' BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!

moosemastr - October 11, 2009 reply

How does it feel, Boston?

Meet your new nemesis

WHAT A GAME! WHAT A TEAM! WHAT A YEAR!

what a game.

what a team. Called up Stirrups/Dad, and just spent about thirty seconds cheering and yelling.

RubixsQube - October 11, 2009 reply

was he screaming like a little girl?

I was screaming like a woman on the 4th floor of a house on fire and the stairs just collapsed.

Seriously, I am glad the neighbors on that side of our house were not home or the cops would have come looking for murder victims.

I was screaming out in front of ESPN Zone in Downtown Disney...

no voice left from yelling in Games 1 and 2. Yet, I still found a way to scream when Vladdy put us on top.

Was there a crowd there with you? Awesome either way.

We went out to lunch after the gamed ended and this old guy wearing a well-worn Angels cap gave me a thumbs up, then he and his wife came over to our table and talked about how great the game was, and how terrible the coverage was.

I was by myself from the 6th to 8th...

then a bunch of other Angel fans stopped to watch the rally. About 30 were there at the end.

I remember walking out of Disneyland and there was an Angels rally in Downtown Disney, in 2002. That was so much fun.

I had annual passport in 2002...

and I saw the team in their celebration on Main Street … that was really special.

We had annual passes too that year, but I didn't know about the celebration on Main Street for some reason.

Heard about it afterwards. I watched the parade on tv, at the urging of my parents because they thought there might be rioting. In Anaheim. I laughed, but I went to visit them instead.

this is great

both LA teams bringing out the brooms
well good luck with the yankees..peace

VLAD IS MY FUCKIN HERO!

As I’ve stated before, my future son name will be
Vladmir Gimp Lee

Bring on the skanks!

dan73962 - October 11, 2009 reply

Yeah I gave up early on sonewhat.

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Yeah I gave up early on somewhat.

I will gladly eat crow now.

deejayelleseven - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Vlad and Adenhart

Co-Panthers!

SenorChuckles - October 11, 2009 reply

2 OUT LOVE !

Abreu interview with Jose Mota on MLB network

Love the replay of his double, the look on his face 0.2 seconds after contact is priceless.

I have to admit

when I saw Gary Poppins come in I thought we were screwed for sure. But Thank God for Erick Aybar!

IT"S A TRAP!!!

I applauded that move...

guy with a plus fastball you bring in a guy who is a good fastball hitter. It didn’t work out, but we didn’t need it.

Rory Markus sounded intense on his call

Oh man, I really want to hear that. Anywhere I can find it online?

They should have the game archived on MLB Gameday Audio.

Oh yeah, I forgot MLB is all protective of its audio, I don't have a subscription to that. Oh well.

http://azulweb.streamguys.com/am830klaa.asx

live post game interviews

What? this is a hockey game!

it wasn't...shows do go on to the next thing every once in a while

a lot of calls complaining about TBS and Buck and the east coast bias

Hilarious comment from Sox Therapy over at BTF

Via Robert Marchemer:

Baseball Prospectus has updated their probabilities. Sox are now only 20% to win the ALDS.

LA Seitz - October 11, 2009 reply

Did anybody doubt Big Daddy

Seriously, anybody.
I did

Angelitos - October 11, 2009 reply

There were times. But this game he seemed determined to come through.

not I

when they were walking Hunter, I was saying to myself that they were not making the right play there, regardless of the numbers this season. the thing about Vlad is that you never know what you’re going to get with the guy except that he will probably make contact with a bunch of balls during the at bat. but yes, he drives you nuts sometimes with his hacking style- in this case, he drove us nuts in a good way!!

ghsu - October 11, 2009 reply

Of course I did.

He had been nearly Figgins-esque this series (invisible).

After his two clutch walks I was not worried

hauldog - October 13, 2009 reply

Battle of Bullpens

Thats all I heard: THE POWERFUL RED SOX BULLPEN.
OUR LEAKY BULLPEN
SUCK IT

THIS IS FOR NICK!!!!

(yes i capped it cuz im yelling)

Happiest guy in the clubhouse:

Willits. ;-)

Willits AND Figgins.

That walk made up for at least part of the bucketload of suck in the past three games. If you can’t hit, at least don’t make an out when the team still has a breath. It was a small thing, but it put another man on base for Bobby and Vlad.

Turks Teeth - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Looked at one way the walk was a small thing, but looked at in context IT WAS FREAKIN' HUGE!

They are blasting reggaeton in the clubhouse

ballers

Gazoo with the ski goggles in the clubhouse celebration...

NICE!

Will they put Papelbon on a suicide watch ????????/

lol………

Ed@northridge - October 11, 2009 reply

Ouch

I was going to say that, but thought it might be in poor taste. LOL

-1

don’t go there.

Shaddup.

THIS ONE WAS FOR NICK ADENHART!!

for some reason, no matter what happened, even when we were down 5-1, i just KNEW we were gonna win this one and sweep the chowds. I’m not saying i wasn’t worried at times, but i figured something out going into the playoffs..

THIS TEAM IS DIFFERENT!!!!!

FYI

http://azulweb.streamguys.com/am830klaa.asx
open it with windows media or winamp for live streaming angels radio

Kendry Morales being interviewed now

Where's Scareduck?

RISP2, big guy!

LA Seitz - October 11, 2009 reply

Zing!

I love me some repeatable unrepeatable skillz.

Turks Teeth - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

The Angels were just LUCKY

According to my spreadsheet and statistical analysis, the Red Sox SHOULD have won the game…

johnnyangel101 - October 11, 2009 reply

i'll take lucky any day of the week

i’d rather be lucky for the next 8 games than good if that means a World Series trophy!

ghsu - October 11, 2009 reply

SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA.........

you know what you can do with that spreadsheet?

You know I'm joking, don't you?

My comment was for all the crap we take from BP etc.

But, yes, we can tell all the statheads where to shove it…

johnnyangel101 - October 11, 2009 reply

I LOVE YOU

Good one ;)!

Don't worry, Johnny, I got the joke.

Better to be lucky than good

but who needs luck when you’re good?

rmhalofan - October 11, 2009 reply

Donnie and Nick sippping dom Perignon up in heaven....

We luv you guys

Ed@northridge - October 11, 2009 reply

Front page on ESPN.com...

The Bengals!

Un-fucking believable! Biased Asshats!

I saw that. I laughed

Line for Papelblown!!!!!!!

1.0 IP 4H 3R 3ER 2BB L, 0-1; B,1

HAHAH

and that doesn't show the 2 inherited runners he let score

UK Halo - October 11, 2009 reply

Isn't that 1.1IP?

Nope - he got binned with 1 out to go

The Limey - October 11, 2009 reply

Missed that. Thanks.

I was only watching sporadically. Mrs. red floyd had stuff for me to do after my ballgame (my team lost :( ). :-(

what is with TBS

I can’t believe TBS cut away, what the heck

"Nothing to see here, move along"

But they jinxed it for the Sux by playing Ace Ventura, Pet Detective before the game on the HD channel.

Angel Talk Hot Line

877 – 883 – 0830

Hey, everyone...Cubs fan here.

I am so freaking excited for you guys. What a couple of days—the Cardinals get swept, then this epic comeback.

I am all up in your corner! The pattern of this century seems to be that every time the Angels win a World Series, the Cubs make it to the NLCS the next year. Let’s test this theory out again, please! :-)

GO HALOS!!!!!

Goodie1969 - October 11, 2009 reply

my hubby is there with you....he's diehard Chicago fan too!!

How is their playoff run going this year?

;)

yeah, we don't talk about that!

Take that, ROID SUX!!

I am so freakin excited, I have never been more proud of this team than I am right now. A three game sweep, and to end it, right there, on thier crappy field, its the sweetest thing!!! The ESPN clowns said we wouldnt even win one game!!! GO HALOS!!!!

The moment Bobby was up with 2 outs and he was grinning

I knew something special was about to happen. Just his presence in the lineup I believe got Figgins to finally get on base. When Chone was held at 3rd when he would have made the tying run had me a bit nervous. Walking Torii I thought was brilliant because of Vlad’s free swinging. But when I saw Vlad step up to the plate, All I was Yelling was SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH, and the rest was CELEBRATION !!!!

There was something confident all along during this game. And it took a little while to get it done but we got it done !!!!!!

Bring on the next team cuz either way, the boys are going to perservere. See you at the World Series !!

Dono Romantico - October 11, 2009 reply

ESPN.com message board...

Red Sox fans ripping on Adenhardt. Fucking classless assholes. Seriously, Boston is a fucking sewer that only scum lives in

where? link?

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/conversation?gameId=291011102&teams=los-angeles-angels-vs-boston-red-sox

click on ‘conversation’ tab

found people going after those posters but the original posts seem gone

well thats a good thing

I was seriously pissed off.

Doesn’t change how I feel about Boston though

it's just a few moronic dumbass trolls

even Sox fans were calling them out

let it go….only good mojo today

I did have some really good gelato in boston

put those sphincter lips on a barrel

cmon kids

we are better than this

grow up

Top story at SI.com?

Patriots – Broncos!

ESPN.com and SI.com are as biased as Fox News or CNN. It’s really quite disgusting really

football... now that's a sport

west coast hokie - October 11, 2009 reply

And CBS Sportsline had the Cincy - Bal game as the lead...incredible!!

There missing a great story

TOO...DAMN...AWESOME...

http://img42.imageshack.us/i/eastcoastbias.tif/

ESPN has changed it...

…but they originally had this Sox-centric pic up with the Angels win blurb:

RubixsQube - October 11, 2009 reply

Are the Bengals still the main headline?

Bobby is an ANGEL now!

...but will he be next month?

If there is any justice in Arte's pocketbook...

Man if this doesn't fire up our offense for the ALCS

I don’t know what does.

if the yankees clinch, forgot about any coverage tonight

jccangels29 - October 11, 2009 reply

creepy

didn’t x-stein catch the last out in the alds too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ

It's a good time to

TBS

tbs…total boston station

The announcers sounded sad and subdued after the game

One of the more amazing comebacks in recent postseason history, and it sounded like they were stunned and upset. Oh well, what do you expect from Red Sox announcers?

johnnyangel101 - October 11, 2009 reply

TBS

My favorite part of the ninth- Buck " Vlad 19 post season games only 1 rbi" Why do they always forget his grand slam to tie the game in 04?

Phineas_Fogg - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

they're talking about

SINCE that game, vlad only had 1 RBI.. but who cares, now its 3.. :-)

Chuklis wants to cry in his interview

chuklis is slang for a certain female organ in some parts of Mexico.

Angelitos - October 11, 2009 reply

TOTALLY BROADCASTING SEINFELD

they failed last year and they FAIL again this year

I propose a class action suit against MLB

for giving TBS the postseason contract!

fuck it I love me some seinfelf!

go to espn news or mlb network ;)

SenorChuckles - October 11, 2009 reply

official mlb.com story

about half way down the page:

Sending Jon Lester out against Joe Saunders in Game 4, the Red Sox can send the show back to Southern California for a deciding showdown on Wednesday with another victory.

LOL! What?

golf clap

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN

LOL!

Vladdy saw that and was like

“NO!”

OMG THERE IT IS.

Sending Jon Lester out against Joe Saunders in Game 4, the Red Sox can send the show back to Southern California for a deciding showdown on Wednesday with another victory.

Hilarious find, dude! XD

Et tu, mlb.com?

That sounds so ESPN

Can't believe it, given that it was Lyle Spencer, too, who's a TOTAL Angels homer...!

Just 4 wins away

from clinching Sosh as our AL manager for the All-Stars next year

Oh that's gonna be sweet

Shhh don't jinx it! :-D

FUCK YEAH!!!!!

one of the best wins in Angels history. Vlad singles….AND TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!!!

NW angels Fan - October 11, 2009 reply

As a Dodger fan, I'd like to:

1. CONGRATS! :) That was some nice timely hitting :D

2. Let’s keep this going and make our Freeway Series a reality :)

TheNewbster - October 11, 2009 reply

I'd like that.

One step closer...

Thanks. And congratulations to he Dodgers for their sweep of St. Louis.

Yeah that shot to the balls

was classic!! Be fun to play the blues.

Sorry, but a Freeway Series I don't want.

You have got to understand, all of my life we have lived in the shadow of the Dodgers. No matter what the Angels do, it is about the Dodgers. It has gotten much better in recent years, but I can’t possibly stomach losing to the Dodgers in the WS. That would be the worst sporting moment in my life. Don’t want to take that chance.

Gotta take the risk to get the payoff...

The Limey - October 11, 2009 reply

exorcise them demons and stop being a hater!

Amen, my fellow Los Angelito!

Our weather is likely to be better than the rest of the country by the time we get to the WS.

I grew up a Dodgers fan and only came to the Angels fold when I was in my 20s; I’ve wanted a Freeway Series for a long time, just because.

Not as cool, but ...

A snow vs surf series would be cool, eh? Go from 80’s Santa Ana winds and fires to snow and misery in the same series. Rockies, I mean.

I'd laugh but we have a cabin in Blue Jay and every time the wind blows just a tiny bit

I start checking for brushfires online.

I hope we get some good rain and have a mellow fire season...

but it always seems to flare up in October. I hate this time of year for that.

That's the only thing I don't like about this time of year.

Yesterday the word up the mountain was that there is a possibility of rain this week. It will probably all fall in Big Bear.

for me October/November=asthma time from the fires

I would LOVE that

If we played the Rockies we have already decided we’d spend whatever it took to drive over to Denver from Salt Lake to see a game. That would be so awesome.

lightupthehalo - October 11, 2009 reply

3 wins down

8 more to go to win the prize

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

Anybody else having a tough time getting to the KLAA website to stream? It just keeps loading, I"m guessing too much traffic?

I tried several times during the game. It wouldn't load.

My guess is you’re right, too much traffic.

I tried three times no luck.

missed the 9th...

i went to church as soon as rivera got up to bat in the 8th. thinking that only the big guy would help the team sweep. ran to my truck after mass, turned the radio on and heard “oliver gets the win, fuentes the save and papelbon the loss” maybe its a miracle, maybe its not, but it was the best 9th inning i never saw!!!

dougd11 - October 11, 2009 reply

LMAO at the mlb.com Wrap-up!

yup!

morons

Hey so who's named MVP of the series?

Sorry I haven’t heard yet…

Probably Chupa. Nobody came through for us more.

Should be Bobby

IMO

I'd vote for Abreu.

I say AYBAR

That was classic small ball run production… every time that it meant something this series

toughhhh choice

he had those RBIs in game 2, and started the rally in the 9th

Aybar had a great series... solid in every game.

They don't do that for LDS, do they?

But Abreu, definitely, if they do

,No

they don’t. Aybar is an excellent candidate. He had key ABs in all three wins, played good defense, and exorcised the demons from last year and the failed bunt attempt. It’s nice to see him excel against Boston.

jjackflash - October 11, 2009 reply

Who knows what the Mormons do... oh, were you talking about the ALDS?

Abreu

5 for 9, 4 Runs, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 0 K

MVP of series

Bobby had an obp of like 900 i think

no contest -- it's Chupa

None

They have a Combined ALDS and ALCS thing

Fox

Whats with those 4 morons on Fox..MLB…still talking about the Roid SUX…UM, HELLO? They LOST!!! Who gives a damn now what kinda year Dustin PedROIDA HAS BEEN HAVING It dont freakin matter…..

I'm going to rip that game off the mlb.tv archive site

and sleep with it tonight, well, at least the 9th inning after 2 outs.
Where’s the dude saying Francona is a better manager?
EAD!

Don't forget your own negativity, but I know you are a true Halo fan so NP

i was very calm in the 9th

thanks to my 3 week old son joining me for the last half inning.

fresh start v. the yankees, which a few of the hitters will definitely use to their advantage

O.K., So when we get down against the skanks, let's still realize that Figgy, or Vladdy or who else can save the day.

Or the Twins

( Just with the umps being paid off and all . . . .)

Oh, I definitely hope so.

Congrats! Btw.

it seems like all the announcers are genuinely sad…

They are

They're ALL about Sox vs. Yankees. It's what they all dream about.

one of the best parts is...

that the sox fans have to cheer for the angels now if they’re gonna root for the American league. No matter what, we’re still not the Yanks to them.

Fail

Of the reply variety?

Of the post variety. Still struggling.

Thread is on overload.

Yeah, it's been doing that.

SWEET

First the Ducks rally to beat the Flyers and now my Angels
And now some NHL !
Ducks @ NYR

i 1/2 agree with you

flyers fan and angels fan. but really happy for the ducks when they won the cup a few years ago

YESSSSSS!!!

Damn straight nothing like a classic come from behind victory toSWEEP them sawx….. awww yeah!!!!!!

scottnak - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

I gotta admit...

…knowing Papelbon was pitching the 9th – especially after 2 outs – I was for Saunders to pitch a good game tomorrow. Incredible rally!

*...I was hoping for Saunders...

My 2nd favorite play of this game...

was Naps shoving the strike 3 ball up the batter’s ass on the tag!

Awesome!

I'm out

God Bless you my brothers! I love you all!

Bring on the Skanks/Twinks!!!

For all that called this game over

i still love you

The Furious Bat of Howie47 - October 11, 2009 reply

I don't, they can jump off the bandwagon now

I basically called it over, but I ain't no bandwagon chump

I’d still root for this team either way.

Just traumatized from the previous four postseason outings…ok the two most recent, but still…

*Against the Sux, that is

BUT I WILL NEVER DOUBT THIS TEAM AGAIN! NO MATTER HOW BAD THEY’RE DOWN!

I didn't call it over

But I was very nervous. When Aybar hit that single to center, I knew something was going to happen

very poetic movie like ending to that game

once that door came open, it was like, oh shit … here we go.
vlad’s last big hit in the playoffs?
bases loaded in fenway.
getting no respect as they walk tori.
and then, what does he do?
SWINGS AT THE FIRST PITCH ARE YOU SERIOUS?
in my face!

Funny enough, that may be the way to get to Paps. We nailed him first pitch not

once but twice, Rivera did it then Vladdy. It goes against all logic, but I guess sometimes you have to do the oddball thing against a really good closer.

At ESPN Zone's outdoor TV, I yelled at him:

“THIS IS FOR YOUR PLAYOFF LEGACY VLAD! DO SOMETHING!”

And he came through.

Next time, please yell:

“HEY, FUCKING ESPN!!! WITH ALL THE MONEY YOU GUYS CHARGE FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGES INSIDE THERE, WHY CAN’T YOU AFFORD A JUMBOTRON WITH DECENT RESOLUTION???”

I swear upon all that is holy, that is the worst large screen video on planet Earth. It is clearest from 100 yards away, but then that silly-assed Rainforect Cafe is in the way. What a waste of time and electricity.

500 people (I am not kidding) ...

asked me the score, out, inning, count etc because they couldn’t see.

That place is RIDICULOUS. $10 per hour minimum. PER HOUR! What happened to the days of arriving at 8:45AM and eating breakfast and lunch and dinner?? Maybe that was a National Sports Bar.

Now they want us all to have one last, loving look at Fenway?? Whay cant they put the camera in the Vistors Clubhouse and let us watch our guys celebrate?

really frustrating huh?

They give us small victory and then cut away to FUCKING SEINFELD? It’s like just a little catharsis was given to the fans…

honestly though I think that the TBS team was poorly suited to take on the barrage of champagne… they might have had little faith in the angels and didn’t bring the camera covers to the game to protect from the liquids… DID YOU SEE THAT ONE CAMERAMAN WITH A GLAD BAG ON HIS CAMERA? I don’t think they were ready for victory…

Just more evidence of delusions that plague statistic-heaby sports… people forget that sports are really all about the WILL TO WIN.

NOW THE DUCKS ARE ON 830!!!!

RAPED BY ARTE AHHAHAAHA

one last loving look?

Why are they demo’ing that place? I sure would hope so.

was at the game

almost got my ass kicked. but the park was soooooo quiet after the game. soooooo quiet.

i was soooo pumped! what a game. can someone save the front page of the times for me tomorrow and send it to me. if you can, i will gladly pay for shipping. i want to frame it along with my ticket. let me know please. brocflores@gmail.com

kingfish - October 11, 2009 reply

run Forrest...RUN!!

so was it really as quiet there as it was on TV??

YESSS!!! Way to be Brother!!

You're in boston?

It also might be good to get the herald front page

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Dude, you made it to the game? Freakin' unreal! Tell me you got PICS,man!

i got tons of pics.

saw vlad and sosh heading to the boston clubhouse for the postgame interview. vlad stopped and gave us some love. it was awesome.

so awesome.

kingfish - October 11, 2009 reply

Sweet!

Make a fanpost and post ’em up, man!

so happy.

all about the red sox still…

announcers wise.

Hard work paid off...

by the Halos. On to take on the Skankees or twinkees. It was every player working hard everyday.

docescobar07 - October 11, 2009 reply

now that is a win pic!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Jontathan_Papelbon_Irish_Step-Dancing.jpg/300px-Jontathan_Papelbon_Irish_Step-Dancing.jpg

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

You need to combine that with a screen shot of him SULKING

in the dugout after being removed from the game. IT was a PRICELESS visual I will never forget. Kinda like seeing Barry Bonds in the dugout of game 7 looking on at the celebration. PRICELESS.

Paps was OWNED!

HALO N BRIMSTONE - October 11, 2009 reply

More like Boned!

Figgins on the phone

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Ha!

He just ended the interview, “…I gotta go celebrate!”

Funny Chone Figgins MLB Network interview

he ditched the interview to go celebrate
“hey guys I gotta go, I gotta go celebrate”

that was funny - just saw that

...and now back to singing the praises of the Red Sox...

where?

Magic!

Just magic.

Diving Catch - October 11, 2009 reply

Fuck your hot water!

We’ll bathe in champagne baby!

Nice!

I've recorded the first and the third games on DVR

but didn’t get the second. I want to transfer them all to DVD,even with the crappy TBS announcing. I really wish I could have recorded the angels radio broadcast.

RubixsQube - October 11, 2009 reply

Lemme know if a copy is possible?

mlb

Im stoked Figgy gave two short answers and then bailed…

"The Angels sweep the Boston Red Sox"

what a phrase

I saw two good looking women in the crowd that whole game

awful waffle

watsup my man?

you’re one horny bastard… supposed to be lookin at the red, not the pink… you dirty black metal man

:D

HALO N BRIMSTONE - October 11, 2009 reply

23 years, take that Banwagon Nation!

Thank you God

and don't even think of jumping over here.

as was said earlier… we don’t have any room in the wagon.

DONNIE IS SMILING RIGHT NOW!!!

hotrattz - October 11, 2009 reply

Revenge is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Ed@northridge - October 11, 2009 reply

ONE PITCH AWAY

How does it feel?

Oh, the Red Sox also were one strike away in 1986...

They know that pain all too well. They forgot they had done it to us.

3,591 game thread comments

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

SWINGING FOR IGNORANCE

BRILLIANT!

epic freaking win!!!

good-bye Boston. bring on the Yanks!!!!!!
(or the Twins, if by some miracle they win)

GOOD luck

To those Twins. It won’t happen.

TIP OF THE HAT to Fuentes!

He has faced some criticism this year. But outside of the 2002 playoffs, Fuentes earned the most important save in Angels history today. Had the Red Sox come back and won in the bottom of the 9th………..don’t want to think about it.

So here’s to you Brian Fuentes!

1-2-3

Baby that was great!

Awesome reaction too

he was pumped

Matt UK - October 11, 2009 reply

+1

+2

+3

No drama whatsoever..

+4

Take your base….

Have to disagree. Not the most important...

But certainly Top 5. I gotta put some of Percy’s ahead there.

Some of Percy's when???

He did say outside of 2002. Did Percy have any big saves outside of 2002? Maybe the 2004 division clincher. But today’s was bigger by far.

HALO N BRIMSTONE - October 11, 2009 reply

The only monkey we want on our back is the Rally Monkey...

Bring on the dirty Skanks!

So many great images from this game

Kendry standing and watching his homer, Bobby clapping as he ran while his hit clanged off the green monster, Vlad dancing like a girl at first base after his hit, Bobby and Figgy full of joy after scoring, and Aybar dancing like a mentalist outside of the dugout

What a game!

Matt UK - October 11, 2009 reply

Where did you see those things?

I missed all of that somehow!

Just on the TBS broadcast!

Matt UK - October 12, 2009 reply

Rivera jumping out of the dugout

hauldog - October 13, 2009 reply

Does

anyone know when and where they are due back in town tonight?

higdog - October 11, 2009 reply

49ers gonna pull a comeback too?

:(

hopefully

that would be awesome. theres still time though

i have no idea

but i’m sure they can help you with that here..

Sure hope not.

GO RAMS. :)

I think it's time for us to root for City of Industry...

Goodness the Rams blow this year.

Gonna make the transition easy.

Word is the negotiations begin the day after the Super Bowl with the goal of bringing at team by the 2010 season.

BruinHalo - October 11, 2009 reply

There is a total of 27 only 27 posts about the Red Sox losing over at “Over the Monster.” If that doesn’t show you how pathetic the Nation Bandwagon is, I don’t know what would.

Win or lose over here. lots of people over always got stuff to say.

Monkeyspanked - October 11, 2009 reply

It is our time now

your posts are awesome

i’ve gotta go have dinner with the in-laws… don’t get arrested tonight, k?

peace

ps-let’s all have some fun baby!!!

Torii Hunter: statistical evaluation

WAR: 3.8
wOBA: .379
OBP: .366
SLG: .508
UZR: -1.9
“Fuck You Red Sox” HR and helmet slam: PRICELESS

HOW SWEET IT IS

Great win in Boston. Loved the look on the face of that jackass Papelbon in the Boston dugout after he was pulled from the game. Great 2-out hitting by Rivera in the 8th and Bobby, Vlad and Aybar in the 9th. Did you guys hear the chants of “LET’S GO ANGELS” in the 9th, that was beautiful!

310Angel - October 11, 2009 reply

No, can you post it?

THAT IMAGE IS PRICELESS...

Agree 5000%. Papelbon was owned. That was the turning point in my mind that we had really nailed this game down. Just seeing his sour puss.

less cowbell, more 'neau - October 11, 2009 reply

Congrats Halos!

Well done!

Papelbon sounded like he wanted to cry

during his post game interview.
“How long will it take you to get over this?”
jp – “As soon as I leave this club house…”
YEAH RIGHT

Baseball Tonight in 10 mins.

according to espnews

batting 8th, and DHing for the minnesota twins, KENDRY MORALES

wow, he got there fast.

they could probably use his bat though…

Man, Kendry's been holding out on us.

They made a mistake

They meant to say Juan Rivera.

Juan Morales actually,

espn fixed it on BBTN

congrats

better Halos than Red Sux any day of the week

my_cat_max - October 11, 2009 reply

Baseball gotta love it!

NFL gets more coverage but who cares this means alot to me. Angels are winners!

SenorChuckles - October 11, 2009 reply

Boston does not matter anymore

Time to move on

NEVER GIVE UP. NEVER SURRENDER.

BY GRABTHAR’S HAMMER, WE ARE AVENGED.

I knew I had that sig for a reason. :)

I think the comics by WiHalofan should be based on that movie.

you mean the historical documents?

Yes

BigBangRobbDawgg - October 11, 2009 reply

Papelbon looks weird

And like he’s gonna cry

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

im still bouncing off the walls...

absolutely amazing game… things were looking grim… but when aybar was able to get that single… and i couldnt help but think, just get on base figgy, somehow someway do it… i had a good feeling about bobby getting up there… and vlad.. thank you.. my plate of crow is delicious. i will never harp on you for 1st pitch swinging again… seriously. WAY TO GO HALOS… so happy i stayed home for this game. the silence on the tube was absolutely serene

Fucking awesome

Two outs, two runs down, bases clear, and all of a sudden the Boner has lost the game. Just willing the Red Sox announcers, I mean, TBS’s announcers were reminding you that Papelbon is Mariano Rivera 2.0 with a 0.00 ERA in October. Vlad barely had time to wipe Francona’s spit off his face before he shot the first pitch into centerfield. But if you’d rather pitch to one of the best hitters of the last 15 years instead of Torii Hunter, I guess you take it, right Terry?

Postseason “choker” Guerrero went 4-for-10 with two walks in the series. Big Pimpin’ David Ortiz went 1-for-12 with four strikeouts. Good thing the Red Sox had all that historically clutch postseason hitting on their side. The media wasn’t about to let you forget about it. You can suck it, East Coast Media Elite.

Bring on the Yankees.

Suboptimal - October 11, 2009 reply

I anticipate our scouts

Are sitting in on the NYY / MIN game

Great line from guy on MLB TV....

Vladdy must have grown up in the D.R. batting on the edge of a cliff….LOL (and probably only one ball)

pslakerfan - October 11, 2009 reply

That was funny

haha

Bliss, joy, elation, HALOS HEAVEN

So happy, love highland

highlandhalo - October 11, 2009 reply

Did you guys see them trash Jose Mota?

Guy walked into the club house celebration in a suit and they doused him big time.
$2000 suit gonna have a nice Angel fragrance to it

Torii Hunter : douses JM Why would you wear a suit in here?!

where is the clubhouse footage?

tbs didnt show it, and neither did espnews or espn

MLB Network

Jose tried interviewing Hunter but Ervin Santana poured on both of them, Napoli came over, and Orlando Mercado. They all ganged on Jose Mota

ESPN Baseball Tonight:

“Bobby Abreu has really made an impact on the Angels. Let’s go to Peter Gammons. Peter, what about Abreu?”

PG: “Well, after the game I went into the Red Sox locker room and everyone of them told me…blah…blah…blah…”

“Looking forward to an Angels/Yankees series, what do the Yankees have to do to face the Angels?”

PG: “Again, I went into the Red Sox locker room and talked to the players after the game, and…blah…blah…blah…”

Saw that

Annoying. He stutters so much because he is still trying to swallow all that chowder ;)

Congrats Halos

Rangers fan here. Congrats on sweeping the Red Sox and best of luck in the ALCS. Make the AL West proud guys and we’ll see you next year.

Bo Reed - October 11, 2009 reply

Classy. Thanks.

Very much appreciated

That’s one classy Rangers fan

There were a lot of classy Ranger fans that left coments after Nick's death.

Cool post. Thanks!

thanks Rangers' fan that is cool

Can't believe what I just saw

Never thought I’d have a feeling comparable to that glorious day in June 1985 when the Lakers finally destroyed the Celtics curse, on the parquet floor no less. Best thing about it was tivoing the last inning and a half because I had to go play with my daughter. Came in the house, fired up the tv, and witnessed history. Amazing.

pantsfucious - October 11, 2009 reply

Incredible

That will most likely be played on MLB during off season as an MLB Classic game

Of course... it features the Sux.

But it features the Sox LOSING! How can it be considered classic??

Great calls on many fronts...

giving time to your kid and bringing up that glorious FINALLY victory of 1985. Congrats man! I feel ya!

Man, the only that would have made this sweep perfect

Was if Brandon Wood would have been an opportunity to play more by Scioscia.

Instead we had to win with guys like Aybar and Figgins on the left side of the infield.

Bah!

BBFan1 - October 11, 2009 reply

I don't think you are going to find a lot of anti-Aybar on this site anymore after this series

Aybar is solidifying his post season legend

We are all witnesses

That was funny.

Aybar has been serving me crow for quite a while now. He has been nothing short of amazing this entire season. What a player.

Imagine if he had been traded!

Legend in the making

Yeah, boohoo, we won.

Calm down everyone

i’m just guessing here, but i’m pretty sure BBFan1 is making a joke.

…but i could be wrong. ;)

I think everyone except opie knew that! ;)

I did not know that. The irony was hard to spot, since I don't know this particular poster well

and it’s exactly what so many others have said all season.

That was exactly the comedy in it:

and it’s exactly what so many others have said all season.

many of us idiots (myself included) did not believe in Aybar. Good thing the Soth is driving this bus.

myself included

Aybar has impressed the heck out of me this year, he really has.

but i still call him “FAILbar”, just in case. :P

my sig

will be the reminder

Well, me too after last year's performance.

It’s the Brandon Wood Will Save Us thing that disturbs me most, though.

thought we were doomed

When we lost OC, I thought we were doomed with Aybar. He shut me up all season. Great job this year. And no more platooning with Howie, Izzy all the way.

Yep

It was nice to see you guys do that against someone else for a change.

Bo Reed - October 11, 2009 reply

I'm still not satisfied

8 more wins

vladtheimpaler - October 11, 2009 reply

+8

i hope we didnt just open that up to octomom pics

No, please Lord, no!

Figgins

did have a big walk today in the ninth, but someone needs to tell him that the playoffs have started. Come on figgy we need you!

CaptainCarlos - October 11, 2009 reply

no, no, no...

we need to convince Figgy that this is NOT THE PLAYOFFS. If he can be hypnotized into believing it is just the regular season, he might perform as he normally does — igniting the offense and wreaking havoc on the basepaths. Otherwise, it’s “O-fer Figgins” come playoff time.

(Disclaimer: I am desperate for some Figgy crow. Serve it up, Chonie!)

+1

Priceless

On TBS pregame show for Yankees/Twins, when they were reviewing our game, David Wells’ expression seemed demoralized to me. Also to me when he was talking it sounded like he was about to cry. Ha Ha!!

monkeys54 - October 11, 2009 reply

Demoralized that the Angels await his alma mater?

Probably wanted a Yankees/Sox series just like every other east coast homer...

He may be an East Coast homer

but he was born right here in Torrance.

Thank You Dan Shaughnessy

Dave Henderson, Curt Schilling, ESPN, Baseball Prospectus, TBS, Rob Neyer, Jonny Papplebon, smug Robert Redford motherfu%^er in the front row, Bill James, Theo Epstein, Big Papi, Ben Affleck and the entire Red Sox Nation. It will be cold and dark tonight.

And because of you, today is that much sweeter for me.

Zaius - October 11, 2009 reply

You forgot Steven King.

He is living his own horror novel now! WOO HOO!

Sweeet Papelbon

CHOKE
CHOKE
CHOKE!

the fastball never looked so good!

SO GOOD
SO GOOD
SO GOOD!

Well played ...

Neil couldn’t have penned more magical lyrics!

Sing it with me!

The ghost of Ted Williams' frozen head rears its ugly, uh, head?

Not sure that metaphor works…

Brew Angel - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

Freezer burn!

The ghost of K Rod

Good riddance!
KRod? Meet our extinct dinosaur!

Torii Hunter

IMMA RUIN YO ALDS, BOSTON!

Sweet Patriots just lost in OT! Boston Sux

monkeys54 - October 11, 2009 reply

beautimous!

So Game 1 of the ALCS is Friday, October 16th

Angels pitching will be rested. Let’s go Twins at least tire out the Yanks.

looks like

i’m gonna need to find a sports bar in vegas to watch the first couple games.. anybody got any advice as to where i should go?

I imagine there's a sportsbook or two that might show the game

Brew Angel - October 11, 2009 reply

Great FREAKING GAMEEE!

o yea, F all you fake angel fans that were asking about tomorrrows game time, and saying game over after the 8th. If you knew anything about the angels you would know never to understimate the heart of the champion, especially these angels with their never say die attitude!

You guys are welcom to get back on the bandwagon but just remember KEEP THE FAITH ALIVE!

robi s - October 11, 2009 reply

Celebrate good times COME ON

Where are you finding these pictures?

so proud

SCHalo - October 11, 2009 reply

The Soth partying up

Unbelievable

OK…..I have been reading these commentaries for some time…..but now finally I went and signed up on SB Nation because I just had to comment. I have been an Angel fan for their entire history……and today’s game just has to be perhaps the SWEETEST moment of all…..to put to bed that f…g Red Sox “hex”……payback is so sweet.
Well …. all the above comments have pretty much said it…..I have laughed at some….but I know the Angels are a class organization and team, and they will calmly go on and do what they gotta do. I am looking forward to an all-LA series….which I know the East Coast media will try to ignore.
GO HALOS!!!!!

Ricko - October 11, 2009 reply

Tip of the Hat to Mike Scioscia

He managed the ALDS perfectly. He’s the best manager in baseball and I’m grateful he’s been with the Angels for so many years.

luminous resistance power!

HawaiiHaloFan35 - October 11, 2009 reply

SO STOKED

Amazing ALDS

I know it's not Sweet Caroline...

but I’d like to dedicate this tune to all those Chowdah-Heads out there (you know who you are…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bRjbWV7T-s

BTW, is there a special section for minorities at Fenway? Just curious…

Angels were scheduled to leave airport at 8 ET / 5 PST

should be home by 1130 pst

dunno which airport but i’m betting lax

why not john wayne?

smaller airport, closer to the stadium

Probably the likely one.

you’re right.

I would assume that they would want a direct flight.

No direct flights from Boston to JWA

Did not know that

Also, doesn’t SNA have a curfew or something?
they don’t fly after like 10 pm because they don’t want to disturb residentials or something?

Charter flight.

I am pretty sure they use a charter service.

Are charters exempt?

Maybe it’s not true but isn’t SNA air space locked down after a certain time because of noise ordinance.

Dunno, but the place is a morgue after 10pm. I've been on a lot of flights that landed about that time of night.

Probably because they close the airport at night. It is not a 24 hour airport.

Delta Airlines is their charter

and JWA (known as SNA to us pilots) doesn’t have a “curfew” per se, the control tower just stops operating around 10PM

Gotcha. Thanks

My bet wiill a Delta charter flight from BOS to LAX... it's a standard 757 or A320

with Delta livery so it’ll look like any other Delta flight.

They never fly to LAX. If they are past curfew, they divert to Ontario.

Downing Rules - October 12, 2009 reply

Sorry didn't mean to sound concieted there..

I learned to fly at JWA so I’m always there. You do get a lot of celeb sightings there (more than LAX) because it’s where most private charters operate. About a month ago, I was on the flight line and saw Tiger Woods getting out of sweet Lear Jet. Sweet!

Could land at Ontario just as easily.

they have flown out Ontario but I think primarily they are SNA

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL8882

Going to land in Ontario at 1:15 am

monkeys54 - October 11, 2009 reply

1st Time Visitor 1st Time Poster

This site has some of the best/funniest fans. I’m sure from looking at my SB nation name you can all tell why I am here. Anytime a Boston team is swept it really makes my day. Unfortunately I am not a huge baseball fan but I think I just became one. Great game and great passion by the Angels team. I hate Boston!

PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE - October 11, 2009 reply

Thanks Boss

Go win another one for LA

PURPLE AND GOLD FOR LIFE - October 11, 2009 reply

Same to you guys

PnG, welcome

this felt like June 1985 when our Lakers finally beat the celts at boston garden for the title. this wasn’t for the title but it feels almost as sweet to me.

SCHalo - October 11, 2009 reply

Is anyone watching the next victim series?

Did someone get A-rod a glass of clutch or what. We need to send Madonna to his house before the next series

Ghost of seven in a row - October 11, 2009 reply

It is probably the action he gets from Kate Moss

gets his mojo workin, ya dig?

LOL you guys need to catch up on your gossip

Madonna is sooo yesterday and it’s Kate HUDSON

Haha

At this rate, we are hoping she gives him gonorrhea because A Rod is on a tear

We're watching it. Pulling for the Twins.

Let's not get overly cocky.

Historical pwnage means squat, as we just proved.

And...

it will be more difficult to beat the Yanks in a 7-game series.

Downing Rules - October 12, 2009 reply

Looks more and more like...

NYY will be hosting us for a bash

All the Boston teams have lost recently,

the Ducks beat the Bruins, the Denver Broncos beat the Patriots, and our Angels swept the Red Soxs.

docescobar07 - October 11, 2009 reply

Bruins destroyed. Red Sox destroyed. All out of Anaheim

I'm sure the folks and Fox just doubled their prozac prescriptions...

Wha? No “classic” Yankee-Red Sox match-up for the ALCS?

But, but, but… we “payed” all that money.

Who’s this guy named “Lackey” by the way?…

God i love the Angels

UpStream15 - October 11, 2009 reply

I want the Yankees

Nothing better than making the league’s two marquee franchises suffer. Plus, if the Angels face the Twins, that will have meant that Minny somehow won 3 straight games after having been on the verge of elimination, which would require insane momentum. Factor in that damn dome, which is scientifically proven to win WS games, and no thank you. That said, wouldn’t mind a 4-5 game NYY-MN series to give us just enough to time to rest and set our rotation.

pantsfucious - October 11, 2009 reply

Don't worry about the rotation.

John Lackey will have his normal rest at the least for game 1, and everyone else falls in line. Our starters did so well against Boston that the bullpen is certainly not worn out. I’m sure the Angels are ready to get back on the field and back to the flag flying business.

RallyMonkey5 - October 11, 2009 reply

Funny thing

Roger Lodge from AM 830 bet Anaheim Ducks player Ryan Whitney that if the Angels beat the Red Sox, Ryan would have to buy lunch at a restaurant of his choice and show up in a speedo.

This should be good

KATELLA GRILL!

Get me some of that Rally Monkey bread!

Is that where it's happening?

HA HA! I was just joking

because Lodge is always pimping that place.

Actually they have really good food AND they give you 20% with your Angel ticket stub.

Word. Where were you when the Angels clinched earlier?

Actually I only finished watching the game

about an hour or so ago.

I recorded it and came home to watch in on the new 73" Mistu HD big screen. Went to game #2 and lost my voice.

You go to Howard's?

turs12 - October 11, 2009 reply

It's Ersty's favorite place too...waaahhhhhhhh, I miss me Ersty!!

Twins make another baserunning gaffe

what is up with this team? they’re shooting themselves in the foot

does anyone have/found

the picture of the angels celebrating with nick’s jersey from today? heard they celebrated with jersey on the field. has anyone seen it.

i have not found many photos from today, just the same few

All I need is a miracle

I heard that song over the radio as I woke up Thursday morning. I always liked that song, which came out in 1985 (would be more perfect if it was 1986). I didn’t hit the snooze bar immediately, which is my habit, but listened to the whole song as it made me feel like good fortune was in the air. On Friday, I went to lunch at a Quiznos in DC, and while I was eating, this song came over their sound system again. Two Angel wins later, I knew I couldn’t let another Angel game start without hearing the song. So I listened to it one more time, and did we ever get a miracle.

RallyMonkey5 - October 11, 2009 reply

Sox fan here

Congrats one the win, it was clear you guys were the superior team. A short but albeit, exciting series. Good luck in the future rounds, hopefully we will meet again next season.

ritz - October 11, 2009 reply

Stay classy, Boston

Thanks boss

Thanks! And thanks for a well-played series!

2nd Favorite Angels Game Ever

Behind G6 of the 02 WS. What a fantastic game, and when they walked Hunter, after nearly having heart attacks on Figgy and Aybar’s very different AB’s, I just KNEW Guerrero had to respond. He wouldn’t bomb it into the Monster, but surely he’d square up and make them pay, right?

I hate Buck Martinez so bad. Calling it a tie game, misidentifying players, his annoying, reedy voice – he took some of the fun out of the series.

It must be hard not having any No. 1 starters, only having four quality starters but no dominant pitchers, having an imploding bullpen, no power in our lineup, blah blah blah. It’s hard winning with such a terrible team, but we always manage.

Anyone else notice TBS record a strike as a run for the Red Sox? It went from 7-6 to 7-7 to 6-7 to 7-7 to 7-6 in the ninth.

Kernel - October 11, 2009 reply

Yes I saw that but figured they had a shit attack when Boston was on verge of elimination

There were technical gaffes the during the series

When Izzy hit a single up the middle in game 2 to break the tie, TBS flashed “End of the 7th” in the upper corner of the screen. And I won’t go into detail about the insipid broadcasters they hired for this ALDS. TBS is incompetent. They are not qualified to broadcast baseball and should have that right revoked.

XYZ123 - October 11, 2009 reply

Nice. Try again. There were technical gaffes during the series.

Sigh. Guess I should work for TBS.

XYZ123 - October 11, 2009 reply

Imagine if they had Rex Hudler doing color commentary for post season

Hilarity would ensue

As it always does!

Weeee!

Vladdy did it for Nick!

In what he called “the biggest moment of my career — so far,” Guerrero ripped a game-deciding, two-out two-run single in the ninth inning on Sunday, stunning Red Sox Nation as his Angels completed a sweep of the American League Division Series with a 7-6 conquest at Fenway Park.

Guerrero, who dealt with recovery from knee surgery, a torn chest muscle and a strain leg muscle in playing 100 games this season, dedicated his greatest hit to Nick Adenhart, a teammate killed in a tragic car wreck on April 9

.

Awww

+1 for vladdy

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

You guys see that fan run on the field in MIN?

haha hilarious

Ghost of seven in a row - October 11, 2009 reply

I liked the Blyleven Jersey

Its official

Yankees Angels ALCS
October 16th

just about to write that

I got my Birthday Wish this year.

Angels are still playing through my Birthday, October 15th. Of course, with the late season start maybe I should have gotten greedy and asked for November 1st?

AlanFalcon - October 11, 2009 reply

I'll do it for you Alan.

I wish that the Angels are playing through my birthday, October 30.

Don’t cry AL fans, we got this! The Yanks shall not pass!!!!

I guess we're playing the yanks

hotef - October 11, 2009 reply

Awesome ALCS

On one hand I’d much prefer the Twins, but to go through the Red Sox and Yankees would be MUCH more satisfying than beating up on the wounded Twinkies.

I mean, after we take the Yanks out back, what’s left? An NL team? It’s like an after-dinner mint at that point.

Kernel - October 11, 2009 reply

Yankees are a little scary.

Angels just bopped an arch nemesis.
What makes us think they’re not capable of doing same to us? :x

The fact that we're a kick ass team, riding a magical high with level heads.

The Yankees did NOT look half as good as the Angels in their ALDS series, and the Angels brand of baseball overcomes the Yankees style of baseball. If you look at the Twins series, the Twins would still be in this if they played the Angels style of baseball and made the Yankees try for some perfect throws — they played far too tepidly, and they got the only possible result. I really think that the way the Twins and Red Sox played, the Red Sox sweep the Twins if they had played three.

I liked the Twins this year, and I was pulling for them, but I think they were a little worn after the insane battle for the AL Central crown.

Angels in 4.

AlanFalcon - October 11, 2009 reply

Just remember, we proved that historical ownage doesn't mean squat.

for nick

lets go

mikvitu - October 11, 2009 reply

Yankees front page ESPN

WHO WOULDA THUNK???
::finger to espn::

Wait, do the Halos get home field for the ALCS?

NO

Yankees had best record in MLB

Thats what I thought, but the guy on TBS said "we'll see you in LA"

???

I believe TBS is carrying the NLCS, Fox carrying ALCS

Oh, I pity the National League.

gary matthews jr. jr. - October 11, 2009 reply

Did anyone else notice...

Papelbon on the mound during warm-ups for the ninth inning? He was kind of joking around with V-Mart and didn’t seem to take the situation too seriously. I guess he was a little too comfortable.

Interesting!

MLBN called out the entire Sux dugout for that.

"and for every idiot who whines about taking the first pitch"

I dunno rev, I think I remember you complaining every once in a while

Figgi4life - October 11, 2009 via mobile reply

I even did, and I have been a STAUNCH Vlad supporter.

Don't Stop Now

Red Sox fan here saying congratulations on a series well played. I’ve experienced the same elation, and I’m sure you must know I how I feel.

Now go kick the !@#$% out of those soulless, classless, amoral mercenaries. Watching Teixeira stare from the dugout as the Angels celebrate on the field would keep me warm all winter.

liamv79 - October 11, 2009 reply

I swear..you Red Sox fans are making very hard to hate you…..

the actual fans arent the bad ones

its the bandwagoner assholes who think that just because they know people who waited 40 years for a title, they think they personally deserve one every year, and if they dont then it was a conspiracy against them

So what do the Yankees have that is better than ours?

Aside from bank accounts..
Is it pitching? Bullpen? Hitting? Base running?

Honestly can’t think of one thing about them that gives them advantage.. !

(mm, as a Dodger fan)

i would take Riviera over Fuentes…more proven and seemed more solid this year

TheNewbster - October 11, 2009 reply

I dunno

Even at 40, I’d take Rivera over the other 29 closers in the Major Leagues.

BBFan1 - October 11, 2009 reply

A-Fraud suddenly turning into A-Rod in October

Some guy named Mark Teixeira

Other guys like Johnny Damon, Robinson Cano, Jorge Posada, Hideki Matsui, Nick Swisher, Melky Cabrera

Starters CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Andy Pettitte

Some long reliever named Mariano Rivera coming out at the end of games.

Their shortstop is still a decent player, though he doesn’t get much attention from the national press.

BBFan1 - October 11, 2009 reply

CLANG!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta love Abreu’s double off the wall and the loud CLANG!! That ‘clang’ is going to be my ringtone.

That clang is probably what loosened the door that opened in the bottom of the 9th

I like to think it was Nick coming on the field to celebrate with the guys though. What really gets me about that double was Bobby stepping to the plate with that grin on his face, like he knew what was gonna happen. It’s wierd, they looked really nervous with a 2 run lead and we looked confident even when we had 3 hitters down to their last strike. Amazing.

Fred Fredrix - October 12, 2009 reply

I noticed th same thing and even said to my wife...

…“Why is he smiling?” That is one of the images worth preserving from this series.

sothball - October 12, 2009 reply

Beat the Yankees

that is all.

TheNewbster - October 11, 2009 reply

One more time for OUR closer...

YES.

To get the Red Sox 1-2-3 in Fenway with just a one-run lead was great.

Epic fail amidst the pantherness for misspelling the Fuentesaurus

Epic...really?

RAWR means STFD says the fuen-(thesaurus)

ehhh, you’re just hard to please. I’ll be sure to stay off your lawn. ;P

There is no "H" in Fuentesaurus.

Hey, I’m just old and…. excuse me…

GET OFF OF MY LAWN YOU DARNED KIDS!!!

Rassum fassum mumble grumble… now where was I ag’in?

Let your anger

be as a monkey in a piñata… hiding amongst The candy… hoping
The kids dont break through with The stick!

…goodbye Sally

Funke5ive - October 12, 2009 reply

"It's Betty, you son of a pig. The name is Betty." :)

So on he walked . . . . . . . and sometimes drove.
And occasionally, partied with the desert creatures.

Fan Since 1981 - October 12, 2009 reply

Let me know if you see a Radio Shack

Funke5ive - October 12, 2009 reply

Definitely not epic fail

But red floyd is correct. Brian isn’t trying to find synonyms, he’s saving games.