Halos Heaven

2/3 for points...

Figgi4life - April 22, 2009 reply

Aybar is so freaking weak

can’t hit, can’t steal, can’t bunt and now he can’t field

UCIHalo - April 22, 2009 reply

good thing we're not using Wood, right?

at least ur drum set looked sweet

nice!

i didn’t get to see it… did it sound good, too?

the drum yes, david archuletta definitely not

the drums are all i care about ;)

ahhh that makes me happy.

Gotta be Shields

He’s supposed to be the holds king

Epic Dean - April 22, 2009 reply

Results up.

scottnak - April 22, 2009 reply

wheres the lil box link to the spreadsheet?

or is it just me

back up now

scottnak - April 22, 2009 reply

On the plus side

the rest of the AL West failed tonight so we didnt fall back any games.

teopeht - April 22, 2009 reply

We Are Fail.

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 22, 2009 reply

So K-Mo's GIDP in the 9th

ended up being quite huge afterall. Go figure.

Yup......His 5 RBI's didnt do anything either, He is worthless!!!

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 22, 2009 reply

Christ

can you please stop the paranoid, obsessive defending of the guy?

No one is slighting his performance for the night. No one is implying he is worthless. No one is suggesting he did nothing. No one said he sucks. No one said he should be cut.

It’s a simple, easy, acceptable, understandable observation…a double play that was hit into in the 9th inning proved, in the long run, to be more damaging than it appeared to be at the time it was hit. It has nothing to do with saying K-Mo is “bad” or worthless…it could have been an observation of any player, and happened to be about him because it was Morales who hit the damn ball. I can’t well just lie and say it was someone else who hit it, now can I?

We get it, you love Morales. Now stop the hyper-defensive stances for him. No one slighted him.

I think he sleeps in the bushes outside Kendry's window...

“Didja hear that??? He farted!!!” ;) (j/k ’cude dude)

whats 'cude mean?

I pronounce your screen name like this (white boy)

uh – Q – duh

So, I meshed the Q and the d of the DUH and got Q’d or cude; which rhymed with dude. Follow?

Oh I see........Q'l

that means Cool?!? lol never mind that was kinda stupid.

ROFL I did that on purpose, I know what you ment. I just felt like saying that.

Sorry If I pissed you off a little, I wont let it happen again.

Your one of the coolest posters on HalosHeaven, and I kinda missed our “battles” back in the day when Kotch was still here. So It was intentional, Sorry once again and yes I was thinking the same thing (about the DP ball) after Rivera hit the Double down the line.

I was stoked that Kmo

got 5 ribbies. I was hoping for a little magic that might have erased GA’s name from the top of the franchise RBI-single game mark.

Me too.....oh well, he will get another chance sooner rather than later.

I was pulling for a Grand Slam when he had the Bases Loaded. I hope tonight is the start of his hot hitting.

the thing that frustrates me to no end is

yea shields and arrendondo have been bad but what are you going to do? You don’t have anyone to replace them but Aybar, you have his replacement sitting on the freakin beach!

UCIHalo - April 22, 2009 reply

last i heard, it was 7-5 us.

then i get home, and it’s 12-8. i frantically find the box score to see what happened…. and i see Shields blew it. again.

….blech.

And you just found out how fast Shields can work.

WillGoAngels27 - April 22, 2009 reply

He has been sucking it up for the last 2 years

My hatred for him grows game by game!

Any other Shields haters here?

(excluding recent converts)

Ive Hated Shields forever now

Yet everyone seemed to defend him dispite his 082750923702-739704295723095732057325834056793420956 ERA at fenway with 39473205273509838 blown holds when it mattered.

PhiSlamma - April 23, 2009 reply

You need to get a radio in the car.

If you travel via bus, I would consider investing in a walkman.

Sony still makes the Walkman?

I thought those were discontinued in 1988.

I like living in the past.

Modern technology frightens me.

Plus, other benefits of the past were we had a nice bullpen.

Hey, I hear ya!

I was trippin’ on someone being “internet bullied” by their PS3 … I was trying to figure out how to surf the ’net with my Atari 2600 ;)

I saw that.

It’s like Donkey Kong coming to life.

I'm just a simple caveman.

Your world confuses and frightens me

red floyd - April 22, 2009 reply

i have a radio

unfortunately, AM 830 doesn’t really come in in the high desert at night.

$10 for MLB at bat on the iphone

and you can listen to every game, every team for the whole season. A great investment.

Although the cash you have to blow to get the iphone might not be such a great investment.

LosAngel - April 23, 2009 reply

does this work for the itouch?

given i do not always have internet. I was thinking about getting it but didnt want to waste my money.

sorry

I have no idea. I have not even used it over wifi, so far only 3g. It’s great in the car

LosAngel - April 23, 2009 reply

It works great over WiFi

But… you need a WiFi connection for that to work.

MidwayCityLivestock - April 23, 2009 reply

and $15 for GameDay Audio Premium for BlackBerry

You’ll need a Bold, Storm, or Curve (certain versions only). It works, though it rebuffers with some frequency. A lot better than nothing, however. They also have it for Windows Mobile phones.

Ivan X - April 23, 2009 reply

I was thinking about grabbing it for my iPhone

How is the audio? Is it jumpy at all?

thrill000 - April 23, 2009 reply

Crashes often, but otherwise great. I use it all the time.

I restart my phone before a game and I have only a couple problems.

AlanFalcon - April 24, 2009 reply

brutal

NoDakHalo - April 22, 2009 reply

we just need a mushroom cloud animation

that we insert in posts after the 6th inning

damn

shields was one of my favorite players. now i cant stand it when there is any indication he will enter the game. so sad. this is brutal. even if we are “spoiled”, there is no fun in watching this. this is beyond just “not as good as it usually is”, this is last place team status. at least they hit well today, but hitting well in a loss means nothing because everyone knows there is a solid chance they will score two runs on five hits tomorrow.

TheAngelsAngels - April 22, 2009 reply

Forget Shields' pronouncements that all is well

this tightly-wound fucker needs to get his head examined. We are losing patience.

PieceOfAase - April 22, 2009 reply

he's sucking now but what would you expect him to say ?

"i suck, i need help"

bud light to the rescue!

What's there to say ... his pitching is speaking volumes.

PieceOfAase - April 23, 2009 reply

Kevin Bacon anyone?

“All is well”

red floyd - April 22, 2009 reply

Was that before or after his rape at the hands of Bernie Madoff?

PieceOfAase - April 23, 2009 reply

Animal House

During the riot scene

red floyd - April 23, 2009 reply

This team is hurting.

TheTypingFiend - April 22, 2009 reply

I blame DowningRules.

I’m pretty sure if he wasn’t watching we would have won.

Yeah, that guy is a reall butt hole...

trying to optimize all the negativism. What a weenie he is.

I'd like to step on your rose-colored glasses.

i got more of them.

1986 and 1995 humiliated me so much that i learned to almost revel in suckitude. heck, I was a rabid Rams fan from 1991 to 1999 always getting laughed at DAILY by 49er fans in a predominantly Maroon and Gold region.

What's wrong with Shields?

Has he just lost it?

stolenbases - April 22, 2009 reply

done

he'll be fine eventually

Too much Bad Shields this season.

TheTypingFiend - April 22, 2009 reply

too much Bad Shields in recent seasons

i think

last time i saw shields this bad was post ASB 07 I THINK… hopefully he’s just having his bad stretch now… problem is EVERYONE in the bullpen is having their bad stretch now

BOTG: shields

close 2nd aybar… good to see kmo driving in runs but the DP ended up being a killer

THIS JUST IN: THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!

cancel Christmas, everyone. stock up on kleenex to catch all the tears! (leave your unused tickets for future games at my doorstep, please!!!!)

You can send team merchandise to me.

TheTypingFiend - April 22, 2009 reply

Well if youre in the club section the sky actually is falling

linkbruin - April 22, 2009 reply

Ba-dum Cha!

this team just needs a 4 game winning streak for some prolonged mojo building

good vibes to bring us from the muck

i'd take a two game win streak first

I'll take a one-game starting tomorrow...

and then work from there.

how about a youkilis beaning?

that would make everyone feel better:)

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/zip/

Season Ticket Refund

Hey Rev, what information can you give me about this? I can’t sell my tickets to games I can’t attend because of the glut on Stubhub and now the team is melting down.

HungryHunter - April 22, 2009 reply

There is always this place to post your tickets ...

Send me an email

I will take them off your hands

linkbeardrummer at yahoo dot com

linkbruin - April 22, 2009 reply

You want to buy them?

I’m not giving away $30 tickets for nothing.

HungryHunter - April 23, 2009 reply

See I would have sympathy for you

if say I just lost my job. Or my parents need help with the medical bills. Or something…you know real.

But I have zero sympathy for someone who buys season tickets and then looks to sell them when the team looks kinda bad. I hope you sell zero. I honestly do. I have nothing personal against you, just people who flee when the going gets tough.

linkbruin - April 24, 2009 reply

link...

i agree with you if he is trying to make a profit, but …

it is really tough to attend 81 games. further, it is quite a financial outlay for 81 games worth of tickets. you just cannot give them away, unless you are buffered from the financial mess going on.

give the fella a break, he is only trying to make some cash back. however, that isn’t going to happen this year due to lack of spending cash for the common fan.

@ Hungry:
I would doubt there is a way to turn in your tickets. Everyone is turning them in … on stubhub. And they are not selling very well there. So, there are going to be a lot of “empty seat sellouts” this year, at least mid-week. My best bet is to offer really low prices at craigs list to at least get something. You are NOT going to get face value. I cannot count how many SSH are still trying to get face at this time.

Downing Rules - April 24, 2009 reply

The profit thing is a whole another story

That I am also ok with. I understand the unfeasibility of attending all 81 games, my family had season tix through 2002. I know what its like. The problem I have is when “the team is melting down” and “I can’t sell my tickets,” so “I want a season ticket refund.” (all HungryHunter quotes). This I have a very big problem with. There is no emotional satisfaction if you’re not there for the entire ride, so instead you bail at the first sign of trouble. F that. Seriously.

The guys who buy tix for profit are also terrible. But the season will force down prices since aggregate demand will be down, and supply is going to shoot up. So not as worried about this year. But those guys also suck.

linkbruin - April 25, 2009 reply

44FAN - April 22, 2009 reply

Bruce Sutter is now an Angels fan?

LOL I bet thats what he looked like when he got off the phone with the guy at the Cable company...

ZACKLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rev Halofan - April 22, 2009 reply

If Aybar hadn't have dropped those two fly balls

We definitely could have won.

chairmanofthebar - April 22, 2009 reply

BOTG

Two costly defensive plays would have saved a few runs in the 7th. I was also thinking the same thing as Hud before he said it but why not try and get hit in the foot when that ball started bouncing in the dirt to bring the tying run to the plate. The ball was low enough to where it might not have hurt him that much and lord knows he wasn’t going to get on base any other way in that situation.

turs12 - April 22, 2009 reply

BOTG=Aybar*

turs12 - April 22, 2009 reply

This is what I get for having so much joy in watching the Mets the past couple years

ItsNapTime - April 22, 2009 reply

A question to someone who attended the game...

what was the distraction on the field (center?) during Shields’ appearance? Guys, if you are going to run on the field and play “dodge the cops” do it when the OTHER TEAM is pitching. Shields didn’t need that distraction.

Maybe that person is the true blame of the game. Just throwin’ it out.

Erick Aybar Sucks.

All this talk last spring about what a defensive phenom he was. What a joke.

This is something that happens with certain players. They make some flashy plays, and then they’re anointed as some kind of defensive wizard. What goes by the boards is the fact that they cannot consistently make the solid plays on an inning by inning basis. You watch the player long enough and see that he simply is not fundamentally sound.

That’s Aybar.

goodvibe61 - April 23, 2009 reply

+1

he should be #3 on our depth chart behind Wood and Izzy.

Halo84653 - April 23, 2009 reply

THIS JUST IN

Angels forfeit the rest of their games for the season since they were just going to lose them anyways.

linkbruin - April 23, 2009 reply

hahahahahaha

oliver shelved. 15 day disabled list. at least i can go back to focusing on my graduation while the angels figure it out. their health problems has to be a product of something other than just bad luck. scioscia focuses so much on the health of his pitchers yet he cannot keep any of the healthy. every year! what is going on?

Yeah, come on back when it is convenient and easy.

We will discuss Actively Inactive Brandon Wood and Slothy Soth until the cows come home while you are gone! ;)

whatever dude.

your false sense of entitlement can fondle my balls.

obviously i will be watching everyday and come up with excuses to drive somewhere just so i can listen to pregame on the radio everyday. the main point was Oliver. but of course you had to abuse this opportunity to crack what you seem to think are jokes or something. ill just go with attempts at humor.

Nice retort! (rec'd)

@ your false sense of entitlement can fondle my balls.

that had me shittin’ giggles! ;)

FAIL

Can I get a group discount if I buy one for everyone on the Angels 25 man roster?

This year we score runs when we can’t play defense, and get pitching gems when we can’t score runs…

This is because of all those people calling us “lucky” for all those years, isn’t it?

Isn't this book something you get when Amway or Primerica try to recruit you?

Bring the entire Angels roster to “a meeting next Tuesday night” for details. “No, it’s not a pyramid scheme!”

*slaps forehead

hmm.

maybe it’s because our best pitchers are lined up against other teams best pitchers? i think thats the way rotations work. so when our best pitchers pitch gems, theirs are too, and when our lesser pitchers are pitching, we’re hitting off their back end of the rotation as well..

b0rd3rline - April 23, 2009 reply

Nah - not in these games so far this year.

Our best pitchers, for one, are on the DL. Soth didn’t even bother trying to line up matchups for the season because, frankly, there wasn’t much to line up – As much as I like our starting staff, you can’t really say that Soth was excited to start Dustin Moseley against Becky – thankfully our bullpen didn’t feel like giving up a seven run inning that night. Saunders, our opening day starter, and one of our top two current pitchers, gave up five runs in five innings. And left with the lead. And we scored 10 runs. And we lost.