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Gimme some Kowbell for that DP
we've been really flooding these game threads

i dig it

lets go bobbyyyyyyyyyyyy
CHUPACABREUUUUUUU
Bobby

see… he is cool

Abreu is warming up
chupa chupa

i like this guy

Goddamn

we just RULE at game threads so far this year

Back to back knocks for Chupa and Vlad
The hit parade resumes

Wakefield’s not going to make it out of the inning, I’m calling it.

I think the Red Sox catcher was stoked that Vlad hit that ball

otherwise another wild pitch.

did anyone else here the rap

from rex huddler?

no, thank god
I am really curious now...

was it on the telecast? I am TIVO’ing it. I’ll have to go looking later.

LOL

No. What’d he say?

what?
from his toes to his nose

somethin somethin vladimir is the best

4 pitch walk to Torii.
90210

has very nice eyes

All your base are belong to Halos
YOUR BASE IS UNDER ATTACK.
Bases Loaded

Come on Kowbell

Torii walks. Bases juiced. Nobody out.

Let’s end this game right now.

That's the 70 MPH fastball I was talking about, Matt

I could have drilled that thing without trying.

aight take two for KMO

cmon man make up for last time

lets put em away here boys
Let's go Acuda
kendry doesnt like these knucklers
He doesn't look happy up there.
Just a base hit, KMo
Kendry doesn't get it far enough.
i got wake on my fantasy team........

oh well :)

no no no

Team before fantasy

i know.......thats why i said oh well......
Thre times a charm....

Bob Saget!!!!

All right, HGH, show us why you should play instead of Juancho
Kendry

Not doing so hot.

Here comes my idol
gary matthews is really, really bad
Fellas, WTF?

We need another Seitz knock here.

Okay, let's smack them in the mouth
Way to go, GMJ. -_-;

1PS against the knuckleer.

what is he even still doing on the roster

The Angels have enough OF’s and their best hitter has only hit in one game out of 4 because we only have 2 catchers. Release GMJ, bring up Bobby Wilson and let Napoli DH 4 times a week and catch the rest.

why not take some pitches gary?

what a waste

Hey guys, when you have a guy on the ropes

don’t just ease him off them, huh?

well it's the same guys getting on base

and the same guys choking

I might say stick Q out there against wake instead of Morales.
this is where i miss GA

these situations

The hell with HGH!!!

Put Rivera in there

That newfound plate discipline is great, isn't it?

Take a goddamn pitch!

Mathis hit it hard
Atom ball by Mathis
No offense, Canadians are gay (lookin at you Bay)
Well shit.

Great hit Mathis. Can’t do more than nail one like that.

Bases loaded nobody out and we still can't score a damn run.

Talk about blue balls.

Nice try by Mathis

just hung up there too long.

What a depressing half inning.

Botomm of the order must produce!!!
At least Mathis didn't pop out
true

good contact

Wakefield is not good enough to justify getting out of that crap

Our team, whenever they start to see the virtue of being patient pay off, suddenly get aggressive again and fuck themselves over.

J-Weav for 7?

He’s motivated

Holy crap what a play Figgy!
Oh baby

Nice play, Chone

Lets go Weave...

get this shit done

How bad have Rivera been against Wakefield to warrant

starting a guy that is 3-20 against him?

anyone know?

lesson learned: publicly bitch for playing time and ye shall receive
Painful as it is...

you have to root for HGH to do well…

for the team

and

for his trade value…

That ball would have hit Glaus in the teeth... :)
lol

my cousin just said no way Glaus has that

:D Glaus would have just reached up to protect his teeth to catch that!
Another K
6Ks More Fun!!!

Been waiting for that

More important than Figgy's catch

was who he fuck’d by catching it.

Way to take 10 off ...

nice change

Good Night Now!
kkkkkk
now type it divided by two

And that’s how you get shot!

And the old guy dances
Stirupps

where is our K count?

Weaver is looking good!
they really do have good at bats
Figgins would have had that if fair

he’s a monster like that.

BAM!

GRAB SOME PINE.

6 solid innings.
understatement

6 innings and 1 run that was Mathis’ fault is only deserving of “solid”? hehe need a better/stronger adjective.

GOOD NIGHT

Bench time, Youk.

Weav Dealing

Why can't we have 9 pitch ABs?
and then K?

no thanks

KKKKKKK

Cry, baby, cry!

Yay, Jack commercial!

Sit down Fathead!!!
Way to go WTY

How many Blerns was that?
MULTI-BALL! MULTI-BALL! MULTI-BALL!
IIRC the rule is still no pics in game threads.
Reminder

no photos, movies, gifs, on the game day threads.

Sorry boys
no big whoop
It was amusing, anyway

even if it was “illegal”… :)

Feeling good fellas!
Looking good...
Man, Weaver is dealin'!

He’s a Mathis screw-up short of a shutout.

remember he had the no-no with dondo

totally possible

Most overlooked pitching performance of 2008.

Seriously.

How about we work some counts and wait for something good fellas
or not... ill just keep my thoughts to myself
Wow, it's like they heard you and thought

“Naaaaah….”

another pearl of wisdom ignored
i hope jose, scot and brian got their heads on right tonite
I heard LOL ( lowell) too much just now

LOL dives
 LOL throws
 LOL gets Maicer out
 Nice play by LOL

well heck....

that was quick

Weave is back out
'Dondo in the pen
WHERE DID THAT MISS??
give him this inning

93 pitches

Quick Guess: How many blown saves by Fuentes this year?

I’m guessing 9

KKKKKKKK

Hot stuff!

0o0o0o Dreeeeeaaaaaammmmmm Weeeeavvverrrrrrrr
Weave is on tonight
Drew fail it!!!!
Down!!!

Change = Sit your ass down.

Holy Heck

WTY is dealing like a MOFO

Our 3B can beat up your 3B
no way

Chone is an experienced guy
your 3B is just a kid

Does everyone realize that when Escobar, Lackey and Santana get back

this guy is our 5th starter

Is Weaver figuring it out the way that Nick figured it out late the other night...?
He's got a strikeout pitch in the changeup right now.
He's finally taking enough off of it...he was throwing it too hard earlier...

recall the Papi AB? His changeup was only 83…much better now!

Jason Bay

with a very Angels-esque at-bat right there.

Sign that man up!

Scioscia coming out with the hook
OMG

Can someone tell my why Abreu was chilling with Shields in the bullpen on that hit by Lowell?

Yeah...

That one actually looked like he SHOULD have gotten to it.

Two outs

Don’t allow a double. Still takes two hits to get him home.

If GA wasn't so lazy

Abreu would of had that

Standing O in my apartment.
I was already standing up

does that mean I should have sat down?

yes...

along with many of the sux players

Weave

HELL OF AN EFFORT… we’re not worthy

Way to go Weav

You did us all proud

Especially with the east coast love from the Blue.
And the crowd goes wild!
Nicely done, Weav
Standing Ovation?
Yes.
I invited my friends to the game

and I made them stand up and clap for Weaver even though they didn’t know what was going on.

Awesome job Weav.............
6.2 innings of 0 ER baseball.
Nice job Weaver
Replicated Saunders work
Good job Weave

Now for our Arredondo, Shields, Fuentes shut down trio. Let’s see what you guys can do.

come on ET
I THought Aybar was ET
aybar is ackbar, jose is ET
where did that miss.....

if it was a knuckler it would have been a strike

WTF?

Where are these pitches missing?

Don't get fancy Dondo. Trust your D
lol the waist high fastball right down the middle was more a strike than that one Joe

but I’ll take it

It was.

But the crazy corner miraculously reappeared.

well it is Joe West.....
Dondo!

Sit Down!

Oh no you don't, Lowrie!
They should send Weaver home in an armored SWAT vehicle just to be safe.
can't we just buy them each their own floor in those new condos right next to Angels stadium

and they could just walk home after the game

and have them never go out..........

ever

No

they can have the luxury boxes at the stadium. I’m not having them CROSS THE STREET!

Do these kids even know how to look both ways???

YESP.........

K’d

Uh oh

T.V. just got hijacked from me by a relative-to-be-named later.

Shit’s goin’ down, I tell ya whut!

lol
LOL

time to watch the replay of American Idol

ok

i have been convinced
its time to change the song

why do you build me up........

just to let me down……

I mean if that isnt smacking Karma in the face…….i dont know what is.

Knock!
Can you start saying

Run scored!

Chupaca!

Got one guess right!

Bobby 3-3 with a BB.
lets do it

abreu
ok im lovin it

He's on fire!
If he was only as lazy as GA in LF
Chupa SAFE!

Just barely though.

Vlad swinging bunt!
As I said, Angels 3B can beat up Sux 3B
Vlad channeling Willie Mays Hayes
hu-la du-la clap clap clapclapclap
Lets see if we can score this time
Does Abreu have a run scored tonight?
ok, now he does.
If we dont plate one run atleast here......

imma scratch myself with an SOS pad and pour lemon juice on it…..

Put the SOS pad down
Run Scored

That’s for you, cupie.

nice

Thank you.

ty Torii

a walk was NOT going to work there, everyone after you has been about as clutch as Hillenbrand

Kowbell is usually fine, just not against wake.
yea no problems with Morales

been a bright spot so far, and I was never worried about his defense

woooooooo hoooooo

YESS!!!!!

thank goodness......
Good job Torii. 4-1
cmon kowbell

its not knuckling anymore!

Now watch Kowbell crush it.
if his swing isnt all jacked up

lol

you mean be like A-Rod

do nothing in a close game and hit a homerun with your team already way ahead or way behind?

Or just be like himself and hit everything that isn't a pitch he's never seen.
you are the MAN Zu!
KMO!!!!!

i was screaming at that to get out!

Stolen by the left field wall.

Garret probably has another 100 homers if not for that thing.

Er right field wall.
no joke

that ball was SMOKED

I'll make sure to add that to my essay

on why Garret should be in the HoF, that I will mail to Cooperstown every single year.

Poor guy never catches any break. Seriously probably lost at least 5 balls a year to that wall.

DBL!!!!

Dino held Vlad at 3rd

Man

Vlad is costing us so many runs this year already on the bases.

That’s the third time by my count he’s been held at third on a double. Dude is a total base-clogger at this point.

you count correctly...
OMG sooooooo close

nice call

Krushed...

wish he would have hit that last time up…but I’ll take it!

Nice job Kendry.

Too bad you didn’t do that with the bases loaded.

How will HGH get out
intentionally walk matthews

THANK YOU BOSTON!!!!

to get to Mathis, though

PH Nappy!

LOL

they’re IBB-ing HGH?! hahahahaha

lmao an ibb to Matthews....
Scarry Junior

IBB???

Thank you Sux for taking the bat out of HGH's hands!

prayer answered! :)

doing what even Soth can’t do…

if only this could happen each time
Yeah for Pop-Corn
Just a basehit, Mathis.
if we had a 3rd catcher instead of Matthews we could pinch hit Aybar here
to sac bunt?

:P

Let it go
im just saying...
I thought it was funny
Double switch -- Aybar/Naps for Mathis/Izzy
yea but then if Naps gets hurt you dont' have a catcher
oh ye of little faith...

c’mon Mathis…

Once again, all your base are belong to halos!!!
Full count... cmon
Mathis drives in 2!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Jason bay sure can throw a good 10 hopper
He's not lazy enough to miss all those hops
BWAHAHAHAHA

NEEEEVVVER IBB MATTHEWS!!!

Shotgun, brings in 2
Woo Hoo For Pop-Corn
Way to go Mathis!
Go Mathis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wahoo!!!!!!

Yeahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
IM JUMPIN UP AND DOWN IN MY DORM ROOM

WOOOOOOO

Runs scored

I’m much more emotional than I should be right now.

big fig up to bat
If he gets a hit, new nickname

“Newton” as in “Big Fig Newton”

"I just got really tired of being an auto-out."

There’s nothing like motivation. :-)

did i miss something?
During the ESPN game Hershizer talked about Mathis in the offseason.

That was a quote from Jeff about his determination to become a better hitter this spring.

fantastic

i was at the game, so i missed it

Ah.

Yeah we commented on it at the time. Orel is the best broadcaster ESPN has by the way. Not even close. It was actually enjoyable to listen with the sound on.

not a Joe Morgan guy, huh?

:P

Or McCarver either, really.
i'm a Steve Phillips gu-bwahahaha

sorry, couldn’t say that with a straight face

It's a good thing or I would have had to reach through the computer and slap you.
Apparently Matthis came to camp like a week early (BEFORE pitchers/catchers)

and spent the whole time in the cage with Hatcher working on his swing.

I appreciate that.

I was hoping for Naps today but I was hoarse by the time I was done cheering this double.

yes yes yes.......

way to go Mathis

lol

little behind?

just taking a bit longer to post..........because everyone elses loads first I guess.
NO! No powerswing!

Get HIT, Figgy.

One of tonight's observations...

Keep running on Bay…that is one weenie arm!!!

Damn Figgy!

Stop swinging

cmon Figgy do something

this is the type of pitcher that gives HK fits

gotta protect now, Figgz
figgy out.

but we still got 3 more runs!

good inning

lets seal the deal

lmao

MLBN just showed a clip of the rain delay at Petco, and they’re making fun of the grounds crew for not knowing how to use the tarp.

man, those guys are so much better than ESPN

MLBN is awesome
now that is funny....

did you see the angels grounds crew fail on national tv fox game a couple years ago?

no what happened?

and btw, they put the tarp in the outfield, not the infield, which led to the mockery

started pouring and the Angels grounds crew got the tarp on the OF but couldn’t get it on the IF…entire right side of the IF was 2 or 4" deep in water before it stopped raining…

they put a buttload of cat litter on it and were somehow able to resume play later…home plate and the entire right side were everglades…

lol

thats basically what just happened in SD

My mother would be a better sportscaster than ESPN.

All ESPN knows how to say is RedSox and Yankees (and occasionally Cubs).

I was expecting Shields

It’s Jepsen

Jepsen sighting...
wonder why no Scot?

maybe he’ll be in for the 9th?

5 runs.

Mikes rule is saving the big boys for the close ones.

either that

or giving Fuentes a night off after having a rough one on Wednesday

Not a save/hold situation
3 ER in 25 innings from starters

awesome

Wow. So MLB.tv has yet to return to the game.
our bullpen is awesome this year
just not two nights ago.
lol fail......

I so Fail

For some undefined value of awesome
Get Shields up
lets go Jepsen buckle down !
good double play candidate here
if the runners weren't on 2nd and 3rd
Mr Jepsen has issues.....
Pedroia is such an unloveable fucking weiner

God, I fucking hate him. Most overrated player in the game and a sham of an MVP.

oohhh, is that two months worth right there?

That's not even a post's worth for me
Would be nice if MLB.tv would let us outta-towners watch this inning
its not pretty

isnt jepsen what started the meltdown on wednesday?

wait! ortiz K’d!

Why should they -- they've got your money
Doing the Poopy shift
is that a new dance?

or just what you do after too much Mexican food?

the book on Jepsen seems to be to take him the other way...

same result last time he pitched…

Everybody concede ground ball goes to 1st this time ?
Sit Down Ortiz!
10K Commotion!
oh god

figgins error again

2 runs in

subtle reminder of how Kotch saved the IF’s so many errors…

Dammit, 2 score
Kotch would of had that!
Kotch woulda had it...
EFFFFFF

get up and throw that, Figgy! Youk’s not that fast…

that was on KMo...
a 4 hopper to first

and you blame the first baseman?

true, he probably could’ve had it, but c’mon… terrible throw

especially when he had time to get up and throw, Youk is NOT fast
yup...you said it yourself...4 hopper to 1st...

routine grounder…not tough

lol
Q woulda had it!

:P

Rivera woulda had it! :P LOL

hahaha
I'm sorry, I cracked myself up there...

laughed so hard I was crying…

IF GA wasn't so lazy, KMo woulda had it!

:))

bah-zing!

this guy’s on it all night, ladies and gents.

Teixeria would of had that
gotta knock that down, K

Nice play by Figgins, but you have to keep that in play.

In comes Shields
really ugly defense

morales is still a major work in progress

But now his double last inning

looks all the more important.

Of course they come back right at that moment.

Damnit Kendry.

Deja Vu.....

ewww Figgy.

In Jepsen's defense

That should have been the third out.

i dont think anyone blamed him for that one

that was squarely on his defense

They called it a single with a throwing error. Bullshit.
One or the other

pick one, assholes. If it was a throwing error, that implies that a good throw gets him.

Ergo, not a hit.

Nope

Scoring decision implies he would have beat it regardless, but went to second on the error.

Oh, whoops

I don’t have the T.V. on right now…gamecast didn’t say anything about an advance to second just yet.

But from the sounds of it, a normal defensive play should have gotten him out, ergo still bad decision.

Also implies that the run which scored from second wouldn't have.
throwing error ? whaaaaa ?

scorers kind to KMO apparently

wait nvmd... that was a stat booster for mr. ugly
Shields Job Done

All we can ask for

and the inning is over

aight one more inning

Oh well.

Out of it. Let’s go Angels.

scotty do.........
good thing Drew's "Mantle-like power"

didn’t hurt us there.

anyone else still get sick from that?

I get sick everytime anything ever reminds me of the Red Sox in any way, shape, or form.
anyone else worried about fuentes
a bit

but let’s wait and see what happens

That's why we need more runs
naw

remember krod when he blew saves
came back the next day and got the SV

No more than we all were every night about K-Rod

when we could only talk about pepto and rolaids.

Uh...

only some of us worried. Some of us looked forward to the show. ;-P

Sorta what I mean

I was never particularly worried about K-Rod. But a lot of people were, and certainly the worry can’t be THAT much stronger on a guy like Fuentes.

Well, I'm not at least.
Awful call

He held up. Not even close.

Joe West is a prick.

Let's go Vladdy!!!!!!!
Bob Saget-ing Drew
lol

seems you caught on

really off topic, but ducks are in a shootout

and are tied for the 8th spot! somewhat epic…

dude we clinched

sooooo sick
nashville lost

really!

im very casual with the ducks but i didnt know that. thats awesome

Catching the Kings game tomorrow
So how's this for a switch.

Jeff Mathis is hitting .400. Howie Kendrick is hitting .222. Oh small sample size, is there anything you CAN’T make real?

Drew, you lucky SOB
When Frankie was around

He would always come in in a save situation (unless totally worn out). Will Fuentes be coming in?

Um... no. 0_0;

Huh.

did anyone else get an Adenhart jersey?
yea i did
what site?
angels

you have to personalize it, then write in his name/number

Shields are still up!!!
gamecast says shields in.......
Shieldsy still in
Shields career against the sox = :(
makes this kinda scary, no?
Pfft

a lead-off walk has never hurt anyone!

My guess is Mike wanted lefty righty matchups.
thats what Rory was saying
walking the lead off man

no bueno

i take it back

siiiiiick

DP!!!

sweeeeeeeeeeet

DP.

No problem.

anyone see Kotch take one off the face while in the field today?

Just saw it on Baseball tonight.

DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't want to be overly dramatic

But this is probably the most important win since 2002

LIGHT UP THAT HALO!!!

that one was for you, Nick!!!!!!!!!

Light It Up For Nick!
LIGHT IT UP!

This one’s for you Nick!

angels win, ducks make playoffs within seconds of each other

awesome.

thats for u nick!

Light it up!!!
Light up The Halo..

for our own Angel in heaven!

HALOS WIN !!

for you #34 !!

LIGHT IT UP FOR ADENHART BABY

oh and the ducks beat dallas and clinch the playoff

Light it up for all Angels in Heaven...........

You’re our boy forever Nick!

Victory for Nick!

Light it up!

Did I see tears?

there’s no crying in baseball…except right now!

We Love You Nick!
Light it up !!!

Thanks Nick

Somebody needs to get a screenshot of that dude in the crowd with a nice sign...

that mentioned Nick and had Halo Heaven on the bottom

Here It Is

Shoot that over to Rev and let's make it one of our WIN photos
They did

and Rory said “that says it all”..

I meant a screenshot that we could use here. I DVR'd the game, maybe I'll snap a photo of it.

=)

Oh...you have

to remember I am computer-challenged. I grew up before typewriters were capable of being plugged in to an electric socket……

This was for Nick!!!!!

First we won, then I cried. RIP #34.

Friday Fireworks

man i miss home

They were pretty awesome.

The weird ones that went all over the place were smoking. I definitely choked up when they started played Calling all Angels.

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