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FIRST

tehehe

psyche

arent I first?

i dont think that is proper grammar, but unless my server is wrong, my post is first

Yup

It’s possible that it looks like ihearhowie2.0’s post is first on his screen though.
Since he sent his post before the refresh of new comments and you guys have the same timestamp…

oh well. haha

scottnak - April 6, 2009 reply

its first on mine

im upset that i apparently look stupid on other computers

Why wouldn't you throw a strike to Jack Cust 3-2?

He never swings….

Joe tried he just missed.

twice already

Given the limp noodle bats behind him.

It’s not like Joe’s under pressure to hit a spot.

Also: Gubi's a Hessian!

He finally got almost likable.

i like gubi

Let's Go Angels!

Chone Figgins = ballplayer

I thought you bailed!

you dont bail on the angels on opening day.

he has made himself a darn good defensive thirdbaseman

We've got a pretty damned good infield

Especially if Morales learns his footwork & digging.

2 down, 1 more Joe.

cust looks out of breath from his run from 1st to 2nd

Definition of a baseclogger.

potentially caused by an artery clogger?

off topic but..

would you take cust, giambi or jacobs as a low avg/high hr guy in fantasy ball?

cust is only valuable in a league where walks is a category

yeah i better take jacobs

Rev woulda had that

The Colonel dancing through the raindrops.

shutout still!!

marine layer!

i thought that was hit alot further than it was..

Oh, Joe, it's almost like K-Rod's still with us.

Through 5.......w00000

2 more innings from saunders and i go 3-0 on the pregame guesses.

just stumbled on this

“I’m suicidal,” Hunter acknowledges. If there’s a chance to make the play, the wall be damned. This is a guy who charged through a plywood fence in the minors and knocked himself out ramming into a pole in high school. He says he has fractures in both big toes from hitting fences this season. “I’ve always been that way,” Hunter says. “When I was younger, everyone said I was nuts.” Hence his nickname, T-Nutts. As in Torii is nuts.

Hah!

I like it.

T-Nutts officially Torii's new nick.

Men in white shoe show no resistance power versus No. 51 with special extra crispy chef recipe

BAD Figgins. NO power swing.

Ohhhh . ouch

I still love you Des

Power swing is okay.

I just wish we’d stay back. Though given the fact that his fastball is 87.7, it’s understandable.

Thanks for listening Howie.

can we hire nathan haynes as a personal trainer or something?

or, you know, let wood play?

BLAH. Can'[t watch that.

and Howie, stay off that low and away pitch.

Need to see me some Angels runs

it's gone!

sweet!!!!!!

HK BOMB

HR HOWIE

WOOO!

Sayanora

BOOM!!! HOWIE!!

NIce POKE!!!

HOWIE

home run howie

matt welch: smartest man alive?

Very good question!

Howard!

howie!

MVP! MVP!

Bye!!!!

CARRIER HAS ARRIVED BITCHES!!

BATTLECRUISRE REPORTING

LOL is that a quote from something??

You wanna piece of me boy???

My life for Aiur

Starcraft.

great game

That's my Boy!

TheTypingFiend - April 6, 2009 reply

pop pop pop

hk-47

HR-tastic

HOWIE MOTHER****ING KENDRICK!!! 3-0!!

opposite-field PANTHER

Howie DOOOOOOOOO

Colonel looking strong

Howie redeems! Feelin’ good!

SonomaCoHalofan - April 6, 2009 reply

****HOMERUN*Howie Kendrick!*************

HOOOOMMMMEEEE RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNN

HOWIE!!!

howdy boys, my first in game post for 2009…let’s go!

SCHalo - April 6, 2009 reply

That was beautiful

Epic Dean - April 6, 2009 reply

hooray for howie wood!!

eek

bobby’s officially an angel

And Abreu strikes out

Epic Dean - April 6, 2009 reply

Ugh, BAD Bobby. You're supposed to know not to do that.

Howie just sit back and be tha man. You the man

vlad IS my man!

Come on legs ... SB!

bradens gonna hit the showers

with devine out, the As BP isnt that good. This bodes well for us for the rest of the series

Love to wear out the bullpen

in the first game of a 4-game series

agreed

especially when we face such inexperienced young starters

T-NUTTS!

no 1-3?

id rather not blow out vlads needs in the first game

I have a feeling Vladdy's got the stop sign all year

Vlad up the middle on a ball way outside!

Hershiser: “I don’t think he’s swung at a strike yet.”

torii not pulling the ball = good!

T-Nutts listened! It's like they're reading the blog.

3 inches outside, 3 inches below the zone,

Vladdy still smokes it up the middle. Nice 1 Torii. RALLY TIME!

Rattling bats

Way to go, time to chase him off the field.

Come on Kendry

keep it going

RAT ATTACK!

Breakout time Kendry.

Deeeeeeep breath Acuda

no dice

c'mon k-mo

Morales chopper 1PS.

Thinking about Howie...

…on one of your return posts to Vivaelpujols, you talked about Howie driving the ball further as he ages. We may be seeing the start of that this year.

sothball - April 6, 2009 reply

I wasn't thinking two-three years down the road when I wrote it, just FYI. ;-P

I’ve felt for a while that this is gonna be Howie’s year.

...You coulda taken that one, Kowbell.

I like your second AB a LOT better.

Kotch would have had it

I know Rob Neyer loves the A's

but did you just see their starting 5? that’s without injuries… holy cow- how can they compete this year

You think Neyer's bad, you should see baseball prospectus.

all sabrmetrics guys love the As and hate us. we suck because we could be injured or old

but they dont mention how the As are already old and would collapse from another pitching injury

betting on your rotation when

3 of your starters have a combined 3 games started (all by 1 person) is not a good idea

kendry just missed it

k-mo pressing?

In that situation? Probably.

If he was pressing in that situation, he does not belong in the major leagues

shh!

acuda might hear you!

By the way--

that’s how you make up for an error.

Hokie Joe junkball city. I love it

dang

Whoops.

Cabrera doubles.

Pick OC off

Cmon Johnny Mattress show off the cannon

Erm...wow. No throw Juan?

GA would have ROCKETED that ball to second.

I will always fondly remember GA's cannon

Wiping away a tear as we speak. Sniff.

Stay focused Colonel.

a little nervous

somebody tell me about the "preston" patch

preston gomez was a scout/advisor for the angels for 20+ years

and just passed this winter

Preston Gomez, longtime Angel coach & org. man, died a couple months back

i remember hearing that

but didnt put two and two together…thanks guys

Oc Still thinks he plays for ANA

He was just trying to get in on the rally

Don't walk him, Joe.

Settle down Colonel

Oh, that was BEAUTIFUL.

SIT DOWN!

Sa------weeeeet!

SIT DOWN!

oh KK

Easier to hit with a syringe up your ass

Easier to hit with a syringe up your ass

Niiiice

Hondo's got a new lid!

i remember reading a story

about how he did it for his girl in the offseason.. don’t remember where tho.. sorry.

GOT OC! Nice heads up, Aybar! 2 down, man on first.

GOT OC AT SECOND!

What’s a matter Holliday? The air too thick?

See ya OC

thanks for the memories orlando

DARTH AYBAR

Obi-Cab, you were once the master and I the Pupil, but now I AM THE MASTER

sweet!

like this i do

Nice play Admiral

Eat glove OC

The Colonel knows no fear.

I LOVE THE COLONEL!

hokie!!

Hokie Joe! !!!

Much love for the Colonel!

through 6...........gansta

Yeah but what did Quentin do?

i think

he flew out to center..

im surprised we didnt get at least one ITS A TRAP

on that sneaky out by aybar

I used mine on the tarp lol

apologiez

IT’S A TRAP!!!

LOL

Good call.

Juan Mathis Aybar up.

Get some more cushion, fellas.

I need me some Angel bats

The drugs don’t work.

mcmahon v orton on raw!!

Who is warming up in the pen?

Is that it for Joe?

'Dondo

Way to go Joe!

Starting off the season with a perfect 3 points!

Solid pitching a good defense = the Angels way

Its so sad over at the Athletics Nation thread

woah rivera

nice

Let's swing the pipes

CMON HALOS!

rivera finally gets a hit

wait i havent been paying attention

rivera u r the man

juan!

man would it be great to get him in a groove

Deh JUAN!

Stay awesome buddy. :-P

THERE YA GO, RIVERS! Leadoff 2B!

What kind of 2B? Fliner? Off the wall?

bloop just inside the line over the 1Bman head

Thanks.

yahoo sports lists it as “J. Rivera doubled to right”, and I was hoping he had knocked one off the high wall in right.

mathis bunt?

or let him swing?

Guancho!

A'ss shitty fielding skills sure helps out our game.

spoke too soon

damn you holliday

oooo oc had rivera if he wanted

Ellis wasn't there.

Not as on top of it as Howie.

johnny looked like bengie running to 2b

he coulda pulled an oc

That was a tailor-made DP we somehow avoided

They can't DP on that.

They can get the lead guy.

Easy on that thar trigger, Jeff.

You can’t always swing at the 1st pitch and get a hit.

Cool story about Juan being a leader.

Taking Morales under his wing this spring.

Keep the knives away from Acuda

Oh my my Delilah …

Been close twice Erick.

Get one this time.

sooooo close

No Bloop

sorry Aybar

at least he didnt bunt

Dude, heard you the first time.

That was last year. New season.

nice play by holliday

im sure reagins was watching

Aybar can't buy a basehit right now.

Don’t waste that leadoff double Figgs.

Aybar robbed twice tonight

same with my fantasy team then :(

Good think HK is on mine! A-OH

save howies up

nevermind

well HK leadsoff

Straight away single. Leaving men on makes me sad. :(

Nuts.

Leadoff double = not much.

figgins what are you doing here?

SMOKE!

Lady with the Beret killed that inning

FSN needs to stick to the hotties or at least the cougars that a guy only needs two beers to growl back at.

then what will Mis Halofan look at?

oh right….almost every player on the field.

I like seeing the sixty year old guys trying to chase the foul balls with the nine year olds and always lose.

b wood where are you?

Did anyone notice than some guy who thinks he's God got a save in New Yoirk today?

It's been mentioned.

Did anyone notice that CC got lit up.

haha yeah

he was overworked last season

breakdown time

That was awesome, yes.

by the Orioles

go birds.

no, mark teixeira went 0 for 5

and his wife probably had a hot dog thrown at her

hey O!

Oh SNAP!

Lets see if Joe's got 1 more.

Hokie Joe

starting the 7th.. ’Dondo ready to step in if needed..

aight thats one

thank frankie for the marine layer

XD

lol

Colonel will deal

Oh shit that was hit pretty far

Marine layer'd. Howie made that shot to Right-center look

way easier than it actually is.

SOTH SPOTTED ON TV

Looked calm, stern, chewing gum and surveying defense and especially watching his catcher. News at 11.

nice one more out

Last inning for Joe

He’s over 90 pitches

Nice calm there Joe.

1 more out Joe.

Hokie!

Great game Saunders

way to go Joe

well here comes dondo

YEA SAUNDERS
sooo good

Standing O For Saunders

I stood up for him

Great Outing!

joey mcsaunders doin it right

clap clap clap

Hondo loose

I love this shit

Awww.

That’s it. Way to be Colonel.

nice job Colonel

hahaha tip of the cap??

too soon colonel….

its never too early for the hat tip..

6 2/3 IP on Opening Day when 3/5ths of your rotation is injured deserves a Standing-O, which in turn brings forth the hat tip..

hahahaha....word.

good show, joe

Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Colonel.

Regression THIS, mother****ers.

Damn straight.

Salute to you Colonel........

well done sir.

Great start to the season for Hokie Joe...

sothball - April 6, 2009 reply

Isn't Cust up?

I guess Soth doesn’t worry about L/L R/R matchups as much as pitch count, eh?

Well, the other part is that Cust has walked twice against Joe.

Let ET get him.

lol ET?

Jose's nickname. Scioscia once commented that Arredondo has ET hands. :P

oh man i was drinking something we i read it and well...

i have to clean myself up now

*when

From a Mike Scioscia quote

talking about how Dondo had “ET hands”

TOTALLY ninja'd. XD

Stupid brain vampire!

Quit it!

probably not with the bases empty in a 3-0 game

True dat

panther joe

or HK

close call

We will see if HK gets another AB

The error tips it to Hokie Joe

what about figgy

he’s had some stellar defense.

DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE POTG

until the game is over. Bad Mojo

Exactly!

good point, ill go ahead and jump 3 circles in a cold shower

to appease the gods

it worked for Dusty Baker and Ortiz

back in ‘02.. oh, wait. I guess you’re right..

True.

Aybar’s been good too.

In case you missed it, yeah. No talkie till the last out's in the glove.

Joe Saunders big new Ace of Angel team this match.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is my first preferred baseball team with very brilliant players. All the members of this team is first-class contribute in baseball. I like it extremely. I am study every match of it.

luminous!

did not see your post when i made mine

apologies

most luminous!

just sayin hokies performance was panther-like

freaking-A i have to refrain from eating or drinking whilst reading these posts ROFL

oh K!!!

SIT DOWN, CUST!

Thats the way to do it Dondo

Dondo; mph?

94-95 fastball.

NICE!

Thanks.

93-94

93.6 ;-)

ETsays sit down, jerk.

DEALING CHEESE

FOR 144 DAYS

I love the K-Rod fist pump on the way off.

Way to bring the ’tude, ET.

et tu, arredondo?

Someone's gotta strut it.

Might as well be the guy with the filthiest stuff in the pen. :-P

A R R E D O N D O !

Saunders + Kendrick = PWN

uber pwnage

I wonder if The Soth will let Dondo pitch the 8th

nah

soth is too set on the back end of his bullpen. i bet shieldsy pitches the 8th followed by tito in the 9th (if we don’t get insurance..)

Let's just take a moment

to think about how lucky we are that Dondo is our guy who comes in to get one out with the bases empty in the 7th. That’s just sick.

I doubt it.

He has a man-crush for Shields, which isn’t exactly a bad thing though.

and rightfully so...

cmon truck

Whoops.

K’d on the outside breaking ball.

aight

Saunder panther

shhhh i guess

No, seriously, no panther discussion till the game ends. 0_o

we already had this discussion

please leave the panther discussion for the end of the game..

Yikes, HK down on strikes.

We still love you, Howie.

Ill take a .500 BA

HK is only hitting .500 this season?

pssh, what a bust! :-p

I'll take a line of .500/.500/1.250 for the season

he could do it...

324 RBI

might be a bit much to expect, though.

I love abreu's patience

or a .500 OBP

whoa who else saw only vlad's forearm band thing and thought his arm was white?

put down the bong, my man

Watch the breaking ball, Abreu.

Too late.

haha he swung under it

uh oh

k out

Come on Vlad

Yurg. Abreu K's on a mistake.

Weren't we supposed to call him Chupacabreu?

panther

No, no, it was "Breu Angel"

Win.

I hadn’t seen this. He is now Chupacabreu.

oh yeah we came up with that when he got signed...

I said he looked like a chupacabra and it went from there….

yeah it was chupacabreu and abra kadabreu/abreu kadabra

and cupacabreu won

Be good Scotty and Fuentes

yes i think we agreed on chupacabreu, or chupa for short

frankie damnit

onto next inning

Vladdy ALWAYS makes contact. 3 down rather quickly.

S’okay. Shields up, Scotty!

i thought we signed Abreu.........not Dunn

wouldnt know it….woulda Zu?

lol :p

considering how dunn hit today

I’d take either

Nice :P

The way to tell is he hit a single earlier. :-P

UH OH shields time

Why is this an uhoh?

Shields time

glad we are not in Oakland

Not much to like up here...thank god for the internet and local cable

Ray Fosse ain’t got nothing on Rex

sfhalofan - April 6, 2009 reply

agreed

the only bad thing is we dont get angels games on tv

Shields up!

here we go shields

and the way fuentes pitched on saturday…i’m still a little worried.

ADMIRAL ON ALERT!

1-2-3

Yup, you can tell just from the way he came out.

scotty do.....................

love the tailing action on that fastball

kendry!

Oh, I'm liking that fastball location.

whoa is that casey?

Nice play be Kendry

1 down 2 to go

1

Nice grab cowbell.

1 down.

LOL

love it

Kotch... also gets... that. .>_>

Kotch who?

Sneezing borderline :)

Scotty says: Nice shoes Ellis

Nice play Acuda!

WTF THAT WAS A STRIKE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111

2

2 down one more

Strike 3? No? Oh well, 2 down anyway.

wow scot

how many pitches was that?

NICE

O Cab you suck

wow morales

beast

3

Shields in mid-season form.

Good Scotty. No fuss, No muss.

Shields with a ho-hum 1-2-3

I love watching him work.

You'd think that $4mil would fix the damn teeth

sfhalofan - April 6, 2009 reply

rofl

We could see En Fuego if we don't score anymore runs

love it shields

i wonder who was doing the broadcast for ESPN

and how bad it was

it was blacked out for me in norcal.......

espn was dead for some reason

norcal, go to comcast sports net, 721 for me

sfhalofan - April 6, 2009 reply

Oral Hershiser

and actually he’s been great. Cool stories about Mathis and Morales/Rivera, upbeat about Kendrick, mentioned the patience theme and how the Angels are trying to carry that over.

yeah the espn broadcast has been adequate

ah yes, oral is good. i just have this nightmare that steve phillips does every baseball game

Shieldsy shines on opening day.

dont mess with scotty do

1-2-3 for Scot?

Guess he didn’t want to get showed up by Frankie.

any fuentes nicknames btw?

Hopefully it won't be

FUentes

apparently the guys on the team

call him “tito”

They're calling him T-rex down there vvvvvvvvv

BTW

Can we get more Oral Hershiser in the booth from ESPN? This has actually been pretty cool to listen to.

Seconded.

Yeah, he's far from terrible

high announcer priase

its blacked out here in orange county

where are you?

Zu lives in Iowa. As do I.

Philly

Jeez that's sad

Can you see each other across the prairie?

very upstate ny

I'm very very very very upstate NY.

So much so, I think I’m in another country.

where?

I'm in OC.

So I guess that is why.

Love the cowbell fast food story

Nice work, Dallas.

He managed to keep you guys’ hitters in check. Impressive.

.Taylor - April 6, 2009 reply

Any and all insurance appreciated, bats.

Scotty! Let's get some runs for Fuentisimo

Im trying real hard to forget Fuentes' ST....

but some run insurance would be nice.

Bat work. Eat a moth time.

I will eat a moth if we can win this game.

Stop trying to hit HR's, Torii. This is not Arizona and balls hit to the

stratusphere just come straight back down.

Hey, Kowbell, don't got 0-4 on opening day.

that was horrible

Partially ump's fault.

First pitch was borderline, second clearly outside.

did somebody call me?

oh, nvm..

Too late. Tis only 1 game.

there goes one PG point.

It's OK

since Tex went 0-4 as CC got slaughtered by the Orioles.

Giant zone for this guy against Morales. :-(

yeah that call was brutal

he did

kendry feeling the pressure

t rex better make this quick and painless

Hope GMJ is in LF for the 9th

Im okay with that

as long as it’s not right

And maybe Quinlan in right... >_>;

Strangely enough, me too

me too, but I'm glad he's not batting right now

Get f----ing ready Fuentes

This isn’t Colorado

From his perspective thats probably good.

Zona probably reminded him a lot of Denver.

1978 was Angels last opening day shutout

wow great stat

who pitched the shut out, Frank or Nolan? (I can't remember)

really? I thought Witt in the 80's threw a no hitter.

Check yo stats boy.

that was the home opener a week into the season

aight here comes fuentes

lets do this

Nice try Juan. You're up T-rex.

Nail this nonsense down Fuentes or else turn in No. 40

FUENTES???

I’m skeered

(me too?)

Might as well find out if ET becomes the closer early.

NICE

We know change is scary

have faith tho

after the other night, I need to SEE IT

Spring Training

Pssshhha :)

(Truthfully I was lying to myself, I was a little skeered)

It isn't Frankie,

but I still have an upset stomach. Kaopectate……………..take me away…………………

where u from, fan?

He's going to have to do it. It's his job. He's gonna do it.

All-right Fuentes.

We’re starting you off light. 3 run lead vs the A’s. Look authoritative. You’ve now got the toughest closing job in baseball.

86!!!!! WTF

thats what he throws wizzdid.

That sucks. Something is wrong with him.

He’s usually 90-91

Gameday says 89-90.

He’s fine.

fuentes's delivery is a little strange imho

it's like he holds the ball out for the hitters to see

reminds me of kevin gregg

unfortunately

Gregg's is a little different

Fuentes last second throw looks like a girl

I think he actually hides it that way, behind his body

I'm nervouse since he got destroyed in ST.

Hopefully he got all the suck out of him.

Nice ump. Giambi apparently has no inside corner.

Shift works.

one down

oooooh cmon

Right into the shift.

Yay shift. 1 down.

Bust his steroid ass

duel of former rockies

Oh Snap.

Fuentes against Holliday. Former teammates going at it.

hit him

NIIIIICE

EN FUEGO

en fuentes?

Didn't get the first pitch, but got the third one.

nice 2 away

i wish i was home

2 down.

And Fuentes wins it!

sweet breaking ball

One more baby.

Abreu showing off the glove today

Epic Dean - April 6, 2009 reply

nice job so far

1 out away

Nice Catch

love the form

hahaha

im lovin that delivery

very sneaky

April 7, 1978, Angels 1, A's 0

Tanana beat Langford, Rick Miller had the only RBI and Terry Humphrey scored the game’s only run.

nomah needs to hit a 3 run HR

The halo is lit!

ok...finally...panther joe!!!!

What the hell was that? A 1-2-3 ninth inning?

I’ll take it! Nice Start Angels!

Chone's Chonies - April 6, 2009 reply

light it up

Light up the halo!

Panther Saunders

LIGHT UP THE HALO!

Light it UP!!!!!!

NICE!

SHUTOUT BABY!!

just another

HALO VICTORY

no baserunners! a save!

….AH!

And as we shall say many many times this season: LIGHT IT UP! Rejoice Halos fans!

LIGHT IT UP

light her up!

SCHalo - April 6, 2009 reply

DONE!!!!!!!!

LIGHT IT UP

wooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIGHT 'ER UP!! JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY!

LOVE when rory says that

SCHalo - April 6, 2009 reply

me too, also DPs and good D

Game Over!

3-0!

Kendrick and Saunders Co-Panthers IMO

Light it UP!

Angels baseball at its finest

Chone's Chonies - April 6, 2009 reply

Psh, you call that a save Brian

TheTypingFiend - April 6, 2009 reply

yeah where was the leadoff walk we are all so used to

To quote Frankie in my All-Star Parody

“WTF was THAT shit? You gotta work the crowd, man!”

Agreed, what was that? I blinked and it was over.

only finished one cigarette

Light it love it light it up!!!

Great game

Fuentes and Frankie are tied

say hello to last place Oakland

frankie who?

light it

It's over?

No base runners??? I thought saves were supposed to be hard

only hard in nyc

no frankie, no tex, no GA, no problem!

Angels win!

Pitching, defense, and just enough offense. The usual.

I love it

light it up boys

Panther = Hokie Joe

Ballsy opening day start

LIGHT UP THAT HALO

God, Howie is well-spoken and friendly

I know, it's freaky the first time you hear it.

Aww bummer, switched over to see if Mich. St. was catching up and missed it

shutout and 3 hits

man that must suck

go over to athletics nation it is sooo sad over there

sniff sniff but rob neyer said....

It's 1 of 162.

We can gloat when the season’s over.

You're right Stu

It’s 1 of 162 so enjoy it. We won. So we should enjoy it as much as any other win, in fact … more, because it has been so long since we last won. Smell the grass, dude