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1:05 PM: Jon Garland & The AZ D-Bax Face Jered Weaver & the Angels / AUDIO LINK

Remember our 1 PM LIVE CHAT with LA Times sportswriter Bill Shaikin!

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Apart from Abreu, probably the opening day lineup.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_03_20_arimlb_anamlb_1

Figgins 3B
Kendrick 2B
Vlad RF
Hunter CF
Morales 1B
Matthews LF
Rivera DH
Mathis C
Aybar SS

Yeah

I guess they want to show Garland what it’s like to face a good line-up for a change.

its not like they aren't throwing their back ups

they have their starters

I meant from who he faced last year while with the Angels
Maybe...

If it were me (and it’s clearly not), I would:

Put Wood in for Aybar
Put Napoli in for Mathis (although is Napoli’s shoulder still hurt? will he be ready to catch by opening day?)

I like your idea for wood

get woody out there

Isn't it Friday?
Well, you see...

There was this accident with a time machine, a cat locked in a box with a radioactive isotope, a baseball, and a keyboard.

It’s all very technical, but it turns out that somewhere on Mars, today is Thursday.

Finally get to see Vladdy
I think the gameday operation fell asleep...

Still showing mid-2nd.

LINK

Well today is supposed to be Thursday...

And like I said last game, the guys over at the MLB network are probably locked into a really good World of Warcraft tourney right now.

Well, I doubt it's a tourney

But they may be running Heroic Naxx or Heroic Ulduar on the PTR.

2 - 0 good guys heading into 3rd

(according to gameday)

Rex doing play by play...

“Vlad looks real hitterish up there!” Now that is just too funny! :D

GMJ feeding crow

Dude’s lights out so far this spring.

Our "big bat'' for 2009, how ironic.
HGH....

looking dangerous…

I don't know who the hell you are Mr...

but we want GMJ back.

What?

Screw that. Keep the new guy. He can hit.

Damnit is he gonna make me jump back on the bandwagon....

I stayed on it for way too long last year and it made me depressed

I wouldn't say I'm on the bandwagon yet, myself.

Part of me is hoping that we trade him to make room for Wood. It’s getting hard not to think that a healthy GMJ could turn things around though.

man if rivera doesnt clean up his act

then he might replace GMJ

aight here comes Fuentes

please do well….

Naps throwing from behind the plate....

good sign!!!

Very encouraging!
and Escobar seems to be doing well too...
I'm liking the walks from Howie and Wood.

It really seems like maybe the orgs hitting focus has taken a turn for the better.

we can only hope
Kiniry walks
who?
exactly

he took over in CF

Rian Kiniry

22 year old OF prospect.

Spent last year in Orem where he put up a line of .262/.330/.291 for a .621 OPS in 172 AB.

Didn’t seem like much last season so I never mentioned him. Interesting that the Angels are giving him some face time this late.

Wood K's.

:(

:( indeed

i bet they use that AB to send him to Salt Lake

I'm really happy to see Chris Pettit doing so well this spring.

I really think this guy has a shot at being pretty good outfielder in the years to come if we give him the chance.

How old is he?
He's 24. Turns 25 in August.

On the high-side for a prospect, but he could still make something of himself.

No surprise seeing Castillo wiff.

Lots of power for a 19 year old, but he’s got some big holes in his swing right now. We’ll see what a year in Cedar Rapids makes of him.

GMJ being mentioned by the radio guys as potential trade bait

Yankees and White Sox as partners in such a trade.

Final score is 6-1.

Angels now have a 16-4 record this spring.

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