But it’s not like you can confidently say he’d change things in the postseason. We heard the same things about Tex, and a fat lot of difference he made.
Well...if the leadoff and 2 guys arent really doing the job they are supposed too....
I would say the 3 hole job is to get on base for the 4 hole guy…..
Look there are tons of people to blame…….problem is…the personnel on the team didnt do their individual jobs…..like the 1, 2 hole. 8-9 hole….so the 3-4-5 guys could do their job….
In the form of the AL West Championship. Gonna be more difficult this year and, yes, I’d like to see us go beyond the ALDS, and get back to the WS, but dayum — one step at a time….preferably in the forward motion…
1-0 USA after the first.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Rollins clanks.
Nice play by Wright.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Pretty sweet looking DP turn.
Am I the only one watching this?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
2 run shot!
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Rollins with the jack.
Roberts looks pretty good too. 3-0 USA.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
great start for team USA
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
sit down dirk!
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
sit down sharlon!
2 k’s in the inning
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
oswalt is looking sharp out there
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Given up a couple of hits in the inning though.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
he needs to get the ball down
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Bases juiced by the Netherlands with 2 outs.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
come on USA.............
dont lose to these guys
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Yeah that would be embarrassing.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
my boy Roy is on the mound........
cmon
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
nice work........
out of it…..
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
phew!
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Pudge got owned by his kid.
XD
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
yeah I remember owning my dad on a few things he said to me before..........
He hated that……….and Im sure my daughter will do that to me in the future.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Kotch woulda had that scope........
you suck Youk
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
scoop even*
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Kotch makes that.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
kinky kelly is a bum!
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Anyone know why Statia isn't on the Netherlands anymore?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
i thought i read something about a tight hammy
but i could be wrong
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
nice sequence there Roy.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
gotta buckle down again Roy......
since defense isnt helping you out
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
w00000 K'd looking...........
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Roll call
Looks like Joe Robbie/Pro Player/Dolphin Stadium has more fans than a typical Marlins game.
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
You can say that again.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
haha
oh man
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Nice
Looks like attendance is easily under triple digits there…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
triiiiiple
scottnak - March 15, 2009
w000 Rollins......
with some help from the CF taking a bad angle……………4-0
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
CLUTCH!
angelskid2210 - March 15, 2009
back to back triples........
5-0
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Roberts >>>> Pedroia.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Biran Roberts
Team USA MVP.
angelskid2210 - March 15, 2009
USA with more runs on the Netherlands than any other team thus far.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Hey Bert..........
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
business picking up again....
2 on…..0 out
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Make it bases loaded.
Dunn is slow.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Magellan was Dutch, right?
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
bases juiced
U S A!
wallispdub1 - March 15, 2009
Wow.
What a play.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
man after seeing the replay how did he get that in the right direction going home......
and it didnt go to the back stop
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
It was a great job just to stop that ball.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Holy crap......uh......I guess Nice play by Simon......
still loaded 1 out
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Roberts needs a homer for the cycle.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Just noticed that Virtual Torii makes a nice grab on the MLB video game commercial...
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
yeah and it looks like its at the old Yankee stadium.....
i think
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
It does...
It was probably catching A-Rod’s post ’roid warning-track-power ball…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
New Netherlands pitcher is having trouble finding the plate.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Jeter is anti-clutch....like AROID
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Yeah, Scot!!!
Let’s do us right…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Stop getting lit up Scotty.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
They're hittin' him hard...
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Scotty getting bailed out by his defense.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
All fastballs too. Mix in a slide piece
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Whew.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
scotty semi-do...........
but no runs given up
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Yeah, only hitting 90 on the fastball.
Shields isn’t there yet.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Dunn with another blast.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
im glad abreu is a halo.........
but man dunn woulda been better IMO
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Eh.
The hundred fewer strikeouts will be nice.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
not if there isnt anyone to knock him in.........
gettin people on base isnt the problem……..its getting those folks on the scoreboard.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
That's Vlad's job.
Hopefully he’ll get it together this year.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
You beat me!
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
see ALDS 2008............
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Because Dunn's postseason resume is amazing.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
never been there.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
That's my point.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
so because someone has never been to Oct baseball they are automatically in the same boat
as someone whos been in the playoffs as much as Vlad and performed less than stellar?
I refuse to believe that Dunn would struggle like many Halos didlast year
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Since when is a .467 avg less than stellar?
You can refuse to believe it all you want. His career .247 batting average tells me that he goes cold from time to time.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Vlad can't knock anybody home...
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
he wasnt lighting it up in the ALDS
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
And Dunn has?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
yet again...:)
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
he's been on crappy teams......
as far as I can tell….he hasnt even been to the postseason…..
not all his fault.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Not all his fault.
But it’s not like you can confidently say he’d change things in the postseason. We heard the same things about Tex, and a fat lot of difference he made.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Teix did his part...........
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Also, I'll point out that Vlad hit .467 in the 2008 ALDS.
The problem was that people weren’t in scoring position when he came up.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
yeah but he's gone like 20 something games w/o an RBI
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
So put people on base ahead of him.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
tex batted in front of him
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
And you think Dunn would do better?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
I wouldnt bat dunn in front of Vlad........
probably in the 4 hole…and move Vlad to the 3……
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
So he can strikeout with Vlad on base?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
why not.....torii did that alot
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
I just don't see how a second person doing it helps.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
because no one on the team comes close to hitting 40 hrs a year on this team...
and that left handed bat would help especially in a place like Fenway.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
It might help, but only if he actually makes contact with the ball.
There are long periods of time where he doesn’t do that.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
then he'd fit in well with howie
and others on the team
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
No, less than Howie.
Like, WAY less.
And that’s why getting a guy like Abreu makes more sense.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
well atleast he fixes the two hole prob.....
hopefully he wont be left stranded
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
We agree on that at least.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
correction 1 hr and 7 rbi's in 20 games,,,,,,,,,
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
and only 1 rbi since 2004..........
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
And how many did Teix have last year?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
and this is where your put people on base infront of him argument comes in.....
he didnt have people on in front of him…….vlad did.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Figgy was great
what are you talking about?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
huh?
Figgy didnt show up till the end of game 2…..
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
At which point Teix disappeared.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
That's the winning point right there...
But continue to jab if you will…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Teix atleast had 1....lol
none for Vlad
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Only cause Figgins was getting Xtra base hits.
Where was Teix’s big bat? We could have kept Kotch if we wanted singles.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
6 K's and 0 BB's in 21 AB's from the leadoff guy is hardly great in my opinion
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
.333 batting average with a double and a triple is more
power than Teix showed.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
550 OBP....from the 3 hitter...
compared to 333 from the leadoff guy….come on now
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Oh, but .579 OBP from the 4-hole =
Failure for Vlad?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
If you're looking for your 4 hole hitter to just get on base.....
then NO its not a failure…….but crazy me…I thought the guy in the 4 hole is supposed to bring guys in.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Let's see how slim we can make this column
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
See, I would say the same thing about the guy in the three hole
especially when he’s the “Big Bat” everyone has been telling us we needed to get.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Well...if the leadoff and 2 guys arent really doing the job they are supposed too....
I would say the 3 hole job is to get on base for the 4 hole guy…..
Look there are tons of people to blame…….problem is…the personnel on the team didnt do their individual jobs…..like the 1, 2 hole. 8-9 hole….so the 3-4-5 guys could do their job….
It was all bass ackwards
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
See,
I would say that we played 4 tight games against a good team and got edged out.
But I still don’t see where Dunn makes the difference. More strikeouts from the three-hole would not have helped.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Man, I'd say let the the 2008 ALDS go...
Unless one of you own an automobile with a flux capacitor
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
This is why I disappeared afterwards.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
yeah I can let it go.....
but I cant help but think 2009 might just be a repeat of history……
something about that quote…..those who forget history are doomed to repeat it….
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
I remember perfectly well that the last
“40 homer” guy we signed hit exactly 0 in the postseason.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
was that finley?
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Nah, he was closer to 35 homers
during his good years.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
well he MIA all year anyways
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
True.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
I wouldn't mind a repeat of history
In the form of the AL West Championship. Gonna be more difficult this year and, yes, I’d like to see us go beyond the ALDS, and get back to the WS, but dayum — one step at a time….preferably in the forward motion…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
of course gotta be in it to win it......
but just getting in shouldnt be the goal.
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
It's the only goal.
Because what happens after that obeys the small sample size rules and can therefore be pretty random.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
oh and only 2 X-tra base hits
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
How many did Teix have again?
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
either was Dunn
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Straight up
And even Jeter says “goddamn”…
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
BAHAHAHAHA!!
Brad Ziegler SUCKS.
Zu Long - March 15, 2009
Hell Yeah!
Damn right he does.
lackey41 - March 15, 2009
seems like he's just not the same guy as last year........
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
The first Dutch HR in the tourney...
And a bench clearing to ensue??
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Oooh
Now this is sweet~
scottnak - March 15, 2009
Seems like high school for me...
I am sitting here chanting “fight fight!”
lackey41 - March 15, 2009
yessss
mahaha.
scottnak - March 15, 2009
Flagpole, 3pm sharp!
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Lindstrom belongs in the douchebag Hall of Fame
mattwelch - March 15, 2009
Agreed
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Don't you think you are jumping the gun?
He should at least consult A.J. Pierzynski before he even thinks about getting in.
lackey41 - March 15, 2009
what the heck is goin on with the pitching here for the US...........
bout time that half inning was over……..
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
lite up the statue of liberty!
norcaliangelsfan - March 15, 2009
Live to play another day...
Big Easy Halofan - March 15, 2009
Bum Ho Lee just yanked one out!
Korea vs. Meheeco. That was a shot!
AlohaHalofan - March 15, 2009
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