Halos Heaven

seen it on the replay

so I guess it is official

eyespy - April 6, 2009 reply

Light it up!

1 for 1!!!!
Love the Hookie Joe start
The Howie Kendrick Bat!
The Arrendondo and Fluentes Bullpen!
All looking good!
Light up that Halo!

WillGoAngels27 - April 6, 2009 reply

Howie for Panther!

WillGoAngels27 - April 6, 2009 reply

I love the game by Howie.

But Joe “What is this ‘Regression’ you speak of” Saunders gets the Panther.

TheOptimist - April 6, 2009 reply

+1. Howie was great. Saunders even better.

Agreed.

Big assist to Howie, and the defense by Figgy, Aybar et al, but gotta give it to the Colonel when it’s all said and done. Second straight season with a Shutout his first start.

He's never lost a MLB game in April

wow.

b0rd3rline - April 6, 2009 reply

Thats not a jinx?

WillGoAngels27 - April 6, 2009 reply

Only if you point it out

they mentioned in on the teevee today

so if anybody jinx’d it, it was them, not me. lol.

b0rd3rline - April 7, 2009 reply

gotta give the panther to the colonel

but howie’s bomb was nice

deer - April 6, 2009 reply

we'll see many more 3-0, 3-1, 3-2 games

Typical Halos.

Hey, as long as the Halo is lit, fuggettaboutit!

yeswecan - April 6, 2009 reply

Oh and that last hit by Nomar's probably off the wall in Denver. Welcome to

Anaheim, Brian.

TheOptimist - April 6, 2009 reply

Heh.

True.

POTG

Saunders pitched a gem, especially when it looked like the offense wasn’t gonna pick him up. Light up that Halo!!!!

halofolife - April 6, 2009 reply

If Howie doesn't muff that DP ball, it's close

But what a way to set the tone when three starters are down….

mattwelch - April 6, 2009 reply

Colonel leads his troops to a win.........

panther.

I like the poll

nice to see HH becoming more democratic.

UCIHalo - April 6, 2009 reply

you had to say that 'd' word out loud, huh?

d is for defense

also double play and donuts

teopeht - April 6, 2009 reply

or...Doubles, Howie

hk47 - April 7, 2009 reply

i got tired of people whining about my choices...

AH the troubles confronting a dictator…

Stalin’s solution would have been to shoot you all.

Rev Halofan - April 6, 2009 reply

Ah...benevolent dictatorships are OK.

Unfortunately, Stalin wasn’t so benevolent.

Dammit!

I’m old enough to remember that!

LittleCupcakes - April 6, 2009 reply

what a beautiful day

what could be better than Saunders et al shutting out the green and gold scum on opening day? Ignore the rest of the shit, even Stalin could smile once in a while.

And Stalin’s name, btw, was Joe …

Nickname??

When he inevitably goes to the Skankees, maybe?

Clutch - April 6, 2009 reply

Er, rather

Just “goes to the Skankees,” not inevitably, but goes?

Clutch - April 6, 2009 reply

LONG LIVE THE CRIMSON CHIN!!

Angels 3, A's 1?

wasn’t it 3-0?

TheAngelsAngels - April 6, 2009 reply

3-0 final.

thanks for catching that

Rev Halofan - April 6, 2009 reply

anything i can do to help

you do a great job!

TheAngelsAngels - April 6, 2009 reply

that would be Angels 3 A'ss 0 not 1

lightupthat420 - April 6, 2009 reply

thanks for catching that

Rev Halofan - April 6, 2009 reply

It's okay.

After all the talk about how big and bad their new offense was, you naturally assumed they managed at least 1 run off our injury depleted staff.

BTW

the star wars quote is

“Before I was but a learner, now I am the master.”

Only a master of evil

Brew Angel - April 6, 2009 reply

like i said at the end of the game thread..

we’re 1-0 now, so the 162-0 dream is still alive!

b0rd3rline - April 6, 2009 reply

Angels 3

A’s 0.

Chompo - April 6, 2009 reply

Well said

Honorable panther mention to the Rev's dog.

Not sure which gave more licks in the video…

1866 Baseball say:

All my friend study this match in detail. We can find no flaw in luminous performance of Angels team, which is now my our favourite team. The Oakland team showed no resistance power. Giambi-san must need to sit in dugout where luminous brother sat, perhaps on syringe of luminous resistance power.

My friend and I tip our noodle to “Jokie Ho” Sanders and his crispy chicken pitches.

Much ruck … 1866 base-a-ball

I was thinking about a burger for dinner...

…now I’m considering sushi.

YUMMMM I'll meet you...that sounds good right now

Hot Sake! Yeah...oh yeah. That's the answer.

the hubby & I go to this place by our house...it's freakin awesome

adirondackangelfan - April 6, 2009 reply

we have the best place on the east coast

get the New Hartford roll

OK. That's it. I'm heading out now...

…sashimi, nigirisushi, california rolls, some wasabi. Mmmmm. Have a great evening all. Go Halos!!

adirondackangelfan - April 6, 2009 reply

envious, i am

Where is our "WIN" PICTURE?

All we get is a crappy AP photo.

44FAN - April 6, 2009 reply

panther

I need me some WIN picture

this could work too... i promise no more big pix :)

Gotta break this quote out for the first time this year

<<Oh, I hated the Colonel with is wee beady eyes, and that smug look on his face. “Oh, you’re gonna buy my chicken! Ohhhhh!”>>

Way to go Colonel!

Suck it Choakland!

swiss mcgee - April 6, 2009 reply

Don't forget the

The Queen, the Vatican, The Gettys, The Rothchildes…

Chompo - April 6, 2009 reply

“Ayyy, he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave fer it nightly…. SMART ASS!”

Downing Rules - April 6, 2009 reply

Let's hope our Colonel doesn't go "teets up"

Big Easy Halofan - April 7, 2009 reply

I'll take a bucket of original recepie from the Colonel

with a side of 3 hits, hold the runs. Good job by Hokie Joe. Glad the season has finally started!

Doctor Wu - April 6, 2009 reply

What was Howie's BABIP tonight?

He sure looked lucky, didn’t he? My statistical model proves that he can’t continue to hit like that….

johnnyangel101 - April 6, 2009 reply

oh ffs

panther

ROFL

Hilarious

ReggieBullits - April 6, 2009 reply

FTW

Downing Rules - April 6, 2009 reply

I LOVE IT!

anaheim angels - April 6, 2009 reply

if i could rec it twice, i would

anaheim angels - April 6, 2009 reply

Saunders=Panther

Vladd#27 - April 6, 2009 reply

rec'd

well done!

Good call on posting this

but just so everyone remembers, this was made by Anaheim of Anaheim last season.

i meant

to say that… thanks for the credit though lol

Fuentes...

That 3/4 arm slider he throws is NASTY.

sdsuchris86 - April 6, 2009 reply

its kind of weird

how he like chucks the ball tho. looks like every pitch is gonna be a knuckler.

TheAngelsAngels - April 6, 2009 reply

Yeah, I noticed.

I told my buddy, “If it wasn’t for the 90mph thing, I’d say he throws like a girl”.

No offense intended to any female HH’ers.

red floyd - April 6, 2009 reply

I said the same thing...then changed it to he throws like a flaming gay guy.

ladybug - April 7, 2009 reply

… no offense to same gender friendly HH’ers.

of course not

though I can throw much better than my flaming gay guy friends.

ladybug - April 7, 2009 reply

Don't underestimate...

With the assistance of the smart nerds, Lamarr Latrell could throw a javelin much further than the jocks! No offense to jocks or nerds intended, you know.

you made me look that one up! Yeah, that's it!

ladybug - April 7, 2009 reply

Fuck yeah!

Sorry kids but that’s an F-bomb that you shouldn’t speak until you’re at least old enough to know what it means.

Feels good to win, feels extra special good to win on Day 1 and feels extra super special to know the bats will be better than they were tonight.

Learn youngsters, learn what it takes to hold a division rival to 0 runs on 3 hits. And especially learn what a “quick inning” means. IF popups rule.

ReggieBullits - April 6, 2009 reply

Fhew

Results are up.

scottnak - April 6, 2009 reply

thnx, i noticed

good job!

scottnak, I picked Mathis to get a first hit which he did.

I should have scored a 3 instead of the 2 you gave me. Thanks for taking on this job of scoring again this year.

44FAN - April 6, 2009 reply

Nice catch!

I’ve updated the mistake on the file in my computer.
Thanks for catching it.

scottnak - April 6, 2009 reply

Thanks for the fix, and nice to have you back!

44FAN - April 6, 2009 reply

Awesome.

I scored before the A’ss did this season.

Stirrups - April 6, 2009 reply

Panther

rec’d

awesome

to see howie go deep tonight. didn’t he only have 3 all season in 08? looks like he’s headed for a nice season. saunders though. big panther. especially since he’s on my fantasy team! woo!

NW angels Fan - April 6, 2009 reply

On pace for 162 jacks...

Unless he becomes unlucky all of a sudden.

Actually, Hokie Joe

looked a little uptight at first — understandable under the circumstances, but the D helped him out and he settled down.

red floyd - April 6, 2009 reply

Angel Pitching and Angel Defense

Get past that!

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 7, 2009 reply

Another great thing tonight...

We were nice to OC, but Roid-Boy Giambi got booed every time he stepped to the plate.

On Angel Talk, one idiot asked Terry why Roid-boy got booed!

red floyd - April 6, 2009 reply

just got back from the game

The Colonel was GREAT tonight, and Howie was, indeed, the man. :P

feels good to have the season underway.

howiestheman - April 6, 2009 reply

I hope somehow my Del Ninja shirt arrives tomorrow

so that i can sport it to the game tomorrow night

anaheim angels - April 6, 2009 reply

Totally drunk now at the end of my 23rd birthday

and it makes me so willing and able to say nice things about everyone, but no one is awake anymore.

Great thing about a birthday on April 6th is that the Angels have opened on my birthday on a handful of occasions in recent memory. Great to get a win to help me celebrate the B-Day with some friends and some booze.

P.S. since i’m not my usual dick self right now, I want to say thanks to this awesome blog for almost 3 years of dedicated service to alleviating my boredom. Rev, you run a great show, and 99% of you are awesome contributors, even in disagreement. 162-0, here we come.

Your so much nicer when your drunk

Where do we send the cases?

(drunk = your instead of you're)

Caseys Kiss of Death - April 7, 2009 reply

No beer

only SoCo (the college student in me).

Actually, it’s as much the drunken-ness as it is the childish kid in me just pumped to have the beginning of the season start after a freakin’ 6 month wait. The first day of baseball is more a holiday to me than, say, Easter ever has been. And a win? Icing on the cake. I’ve been telling my friends since September that Saunders is not a fluke.

Childesh kid

You’re only 23! Don’t try to grow up too fast.

And I’m with you on Saunders. Been backing him up through all the regression thing.

I love you, man (just saw it tonight)

Diehard Angels Fan

What took you so long?

Great 1st game

Couldn’t ask for better. Our All-Star pitcher came through. That’s why he is an All-Star.

Win!

(900 hours in photoshop)

PhiSlamma - April 7, 2009 reply

Good Win, But...

Some less-than-impressive D. Kendrick made that error and both Rivera and Aybar misjudged some borderline foul balls. The A’s kept it close thanks to their darn good defense; there were 3-4 plays I’m not sure the Angels would have made. Thank Arte that Torii’s patrolling center.

Kernel - April 7, 2009 reply

I bet Aybar/Morales make the throw-and-catch on Guerrero's grounder.

Also, the pickoff of OC at second. They actually HAD a chance to do the same thing (against a much slower Rivera), and didn’t. Ellis wasn’t as heads-up as Howie.

Zu Long - April 7, 2009 reply

I was surprised

that it wasn’t ruled an error. Nomar had it and dropped it. I could see it being scored E-6 or E-3, but was very surprised to see it ruled a hit.

red floyd - April 7, 2009 reply

that WAS an error all the way. But, you gotta get Vladdy started on that march to 100 ribbies somehow.

The problem was, if it was an error, who was it on.

Because the ball was so deep in the hole, to expect a SS to make the play at all was unreasonable. Since OC did make a play and make a throw, albeit on the grass, it wouldn’t have been fair to charge him with an error on the play. Nomar maybe should have picked it but you cant really charge you with an error either. Got to be a hit.

Halo84653 - April 7, 2009 reply

Error can be charged to OC or Mr Hamm...

however, the throw was right there and had Vladdy beaten by a step or two. No way you cannot charge an error when the throw gets there ahead of the runner. I could see your point if Vladdy had nearly beaten the throw, but no … he was out by ~ 5,280 feet on that play. ;)

while I agree that Kendrick's error on the DP ball was bad you are nuts

about the “misjudged” “borderline” foul balls. Give me a break.

Halo84653 - April 7, 2009 reply

Both were catchable

Both were not caught. When I say “borderline”, I mean that they were catchable. I know that Aybar’s wasn’t far from new fan seating, but it was still catchable, and Rivera showed his limited range as well.

Figgins played some excellent 3B, though.

Kernel - April 7, 2009 reply

The A's missed a "catchbable" foul ball in right due to Jack Cust being slow.

Zu Long - April 7, 2009 reply

Favorite defensive blunder I saw in person last year was cust blowing a catch on a lazy liner … it was a thing of beauty. Unfortunately, Custy got the last laugh with a game-winning jack later in the same game.

Was last night worth 4.5 Pythagorean wins?

hauldog - April 7, 2009 reply

Erm...what happened to the game topics?

TheOptimist - April 7, 2009 reply

Go look at the left or right sidebar under “game threads.” My guess is that Rev doesn’t want to clutter the front page with game threads only with meaty content. Cheap filler moves to the sidebar.