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Wally Joyner sighting...
Where?
They justshowed him in the pressbox.
tim mead gettin himself on tv. nice
Lets go Erick.
All ships move to attack formation...
Looks like Nick is gonna start the 7th
I thought he was heading to the clubhouse....

had his jacket on and approached the tunnel

It looked like he was taking the jacket off to me

Wait, really?

Huh, hokeydoke, I trust Butcher.

they just announced Arredondo
You are full of LIES.
OH SNAPS

the boy has stamina

??????????????? Nick for the 7th??????????

The Soth has been too busy doing commercials for Howards.

Its lies, ET is in.
Nevermind. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Dondo.........coming in according to Gameday
SIT DOWN.

That was filthy.

Sweet K for Arredondo!
It would be awesome if you could get this dude out, Sweeney.
Sweeney accepts the challenge of getting himself out

and succeeds. Or perhaps fails.

For some reason

I wish arredando would punk sweeny with a 95er to the dome

'dondo is FILTHY!
Dondo wastes no time gettin' nasty.
Oh, SNAP. K'd.
ET looks like howie from afar

same facial structure and body type

hahahaha

“down he goes! oh, wait, thats just strike one”

that was rich
i guess with how filthy 'dondo is

that one strike should’ve been worth 3 and the K.

Rory Markas epic fail

“DOWN HE GOES!…..oh check it that is strike one.”

nice rory

“down he goes!…oh wait, thats only strike 1”

Either of the first 2 COULD have been strikes if this ump wasn't ****ing BLIND
Loving the ump hate
Actually both were balls according to GD.
GD has been known to BS on occasion.
If filth combined with grime: Dondo
Giambi rocking the leather thong?
perhaps a golden one.
dondo's the man

if he stays with the halos, he could end up the closer in a few years

Don't sweat it, Dondo. Get that last out.
awesome inning.........

all your base belong to us

I <3 ET.
OH!!

That a HEART… I thought it was a sack attached to something.

Done.

Nice inning. Insurance would be awesome here guys.

time to find out if they have a new 7th inning stretch
Dondo! Dondo! Dondo!
Dondo is on 2 of my fantasy teams.

Beast

i signed leo nunez in hopes of him being the next dondo

whoops.

Does Dondo still have the Kool & the Gang hair style?

That’s all that counts.

THEY KEPT BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP

YESSSS

boooooooooooooooooo
Maybe he's a distant relative to the guy holding the copyright...

;)

SCOREBOARD:
13%Keep it… it’s a harmless little song 31 votes
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Russ Springer is still pitching?

holy crap

He sucked during his time with the Angels.
Springer??????????

Damn you!!! Damn youuuuuu!!!!! (Charlton Heston style)

Keep taking Figgs.
well thanks for the walk
Figgy setting the table.
Lets go Howie.
It's payback time.................
So Springer not so much with the strike zone.
Needs more Soth Ball
Giambi looks like he is back on the Yack
Springer now a "grizzly veteran"

according to Hud

Come on, HK, nail something if he's throwin' strikes.
I like patience as much as the next guy, but watching Howie stand there while he throws

high middle in strikes sets my teeth on edge.

And then the K on the worthless pitch almost in the dirt.
You get in the hole with 2 strikes and you haven't seen his curve yet.

That’s what will happen.

Oh, and watch that low and away pitch.
onto the 8th we go!

oh wait, thats the first out

And that's why.

Screw patience. Hit that shit when it’s there.

Pheening a Jack right about now.
FIGGY SPEED.
or suzuki arm?
ok chupa, you can sac fly....right?
wooooooohooooooooo

FIGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first to third
Nice steal, Figgs. Score him, Abreu.
Return of the Soth
OC did a pretty horrible job on that throw.

Was he always that bad on steal attempts?

ok if abreu fails here

he’s officially on my bad side and must win me back over

No longer a Skankee we can like him now

Abreu should get a pitch to hit here.
For $5 million, all I ask is a sac fly
Ask and ye shall recieve.
but its a sac fly

i dont mind

Sac fly for Chupa!

4-0!

Holy crap I thought that was gone.

Stupid Marine layer.

Ribbi....thats why we signed ya.
sac fly ! 4-0! woo
Oh, THAT will work. Nice try for more. 4-0.
I love sacrifice flies...we had a tough time with them last season
That looked like it was gone
Marine layer'd.
man how many times have we said marine layer this week already?
Bobby

there’s one in the air. ;)

Hardest hit ball by Abreu yet, easy.
that helps Abu bu.........good job
Sac fly for Bobby A-Brew

re Terry Smith.

'member when Vlad wouln't miss those?
i member
pops collar

on members only coat

Wow, vlad looks off.
Soth Ball strikes again. 1 run. No hits.
Another slow start for Vladdy
I think Vlad is hurt. Time to rest him.
I member when he would put that pitch in the left field bleechers
Dude hasn't thrown him a strike yet.
Maybe still getting his timing. Maybe the dreads creating too much resisitance?
Gallagher warming up? I thought he was a starter?
K, he never misses that pitch
??? What are you talking about?
The high fast ball in the middle of the plate that he fouled off
he doesnt miss that unless he isnt right
There were 0 high fastballs in the middle of the plate.

All the pitches save the final one were outside.

Really, cuz i saw belly high fast ball fouled off

but I am 5 deep so why don’t you recount all the pitches for me.

I'll throw up a GD screenshot after the game.
Gracias.
Here you go.

Link.

Touche Zu touche.

Thanks for the heads up

He's not going to give you anything.
Hangin' with Vladdy
are we going to re-sign vlad?
I sure as hell HOPE so...
11 pitches.

Go, Vladdy, Go!

11 pitch at bat for Vlad
cox sucks again
At least you're getting the game

Be glad you don’t have Charter.

Gameday + Radio

I think I will order Direct TV tomorrow…

Thank god for KFWB

We’re running the cable for Direct TV this weekend.

Hate to gloat, but ...

This is my first Halos game viewed in HD! HOLY CRAP THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

You don't walk off the island.
There was just no way Vlad was going to let Springer walk him there.
Nuts. Oh well, got some Geico. Shields for the 8th or leave ET in?
It doesn't matter since it is a fact that Soth will put in Shields.
Is that right?
Wow. I was wrong.

Soth not going with Shields even when he had the opportunity? This has got to be a first.

well he got 12 ab's worth of pitches that appearance
ET stickin' around.
welcome back jose
Well nuts. Come on Dondo.
whats happening here
Scioscia effing with the chi
ET not used to going more than 1.
Arredondo blowing it
Looks like Scioscia's decision to have the guys go 1 inning is usually correct.
Physioc on the radio is terrible

I am watching on Gameday – the count … on Gameday is 2-2 to the first batter of the inning while Phyz yammers on and on about the details of the game.

The jackass cannot just update succinctly, he has to ramble so fast about what has happened that if you missed it you could not possible catch up from Physioc’s mototrmouth. Meanwhile he is skipping the action.

Agree emphatically

Phys is used to babbling and letting the TV picture tell the story. That doesn’t work on radio.

yeah...but phys is also on the radio at the same time i think.

Im listening to the radio and phys is on.

oh i get it...nm
i don't have thegame on teevee tonight

Charter sucks

Soth should stick to the formula

Maybe Scot wasn’t ready.

I just joined in right now.

Was adenhart really ade-awesome as the box score would indicate?

shaky yet got bailed out when it counted.
Sorta like Cahill last night

Leaking baserunners all over the floor, A’s couldn’t buy a hit with RISP.

He didn't let a runner cross the plate, but I won't say it wasn't nervous at times...
more lucky and timely than awesome

he was about 1 hit away every inning from this game being 7-3 oakland

He did OK the 4th and 6th. Other than that, yeah.
And he's coming out
gotta set up the save situation.........
OK, now Shields coming in...
soth tried Dondo, for more than 1

now he puts the SHIELDS up!

Shield still pimpin’ the Linkin Park. Wonder if Frankie is still using Sandungueoso?

lets be real, soth just wants fuentes to set the saves record
hahaha

how awesome would that be tho, really…it would be awesome

Live cut-in on MLB Network.
Roll call

Better late than never. Anyone want to give old Highland a one-sentence summary of tonight’s action?

adenhart getting out of jams and King like a mofo
Thanx teo ... Offensive side?
some men left on base

but angels baseball through and through. manufacturing the runs

Adenhart dancing through raindrops and the O getting a rally together.
The Buck stops HERE
Nice pitch Scotty
whoa

a fan definitely just said CUNT loud and clear on tv

OWNED. DP, Shields.
sweet K Shields!!

Someone heckling the A’s dugout … mic is on. Weird.

must be drunk on diet coke
It's pretty funny. Dude is just shouting at Holliday
Was that the patented 2-seamer to catch Buck looking?
Yes. Yes it was. :)
This loud fan is kinda annoying

I’m ok with this guy if I’m at the game though

that fan is annoyin

on KLAA

hes got holliday laughing it seems
It appears the A's coaches are giving him lip service ...

I saw them jawing at someone in the first rows. “I hate green, too”

lets go shields
Attention charter customers

tune in 429. Angels game on there now.

charter?
Charter cable's not carrying the game

but never mind. Cut-in over now.

I had just never heard of charter before
terrible play figgins
Figgins?

Dude, that’s on Naps.

Figgins should've morphed into Naps and then Squeezed the glove.
AHHHH

dang. That was perfect too

What the hell?

Get the out, homie.

Mathis would've had it.
Yurg. Naps drops it.
the run would've scored anyway

leg got in there first..

Ump...

looked like he was ready to signal out though

agree...

he was out…. until naps lost the ball.

but it was unnecessarily risky in this situation

the run looked like it would have scored anyway and instead of a guy on second with 2 outs, it was 4-1 with 1 out

and not 4-2.

i repeat: terrible play by figgins

It is a point that going to the plate was unnessesary with a three run lead.

Still throw was fine gotta have that.

yep. you are right.
Ump was about to call him out when he saw the ball.
Ohhhh Napoli you gotta catch that .

You are a CATCHER

that was dumb

4-0 lead. get the second out man

Not to beat a dead horse

But if Napoli’s name was Jason Varitek that would have been an out

Beat the horse man, beat the horse
this shit always happens to scot
Holliday in?

Shit.

Naps Passed Ball

get it together Mikey

Wild pitch puts them on second and third.
Come on Scotty, don't let this get out of hand.
Evil Shields in the house
Not exactly his fault Figgs and Naps didn't get him that out.
Uh... no.

Good shields is getting no help from his D. There IS a difference.

I know

I am having a hard time following the game, having to rely upon Phys. Oh, live cut-in back on MLB Network.

Aaand cut-in over again.
Holliday strikeout says "hi"
yeah uh not his fault at all
UNREC!!
I recant and apologize!
Maybe Napoli should just pull a Downing and injure his arm so we can send him to the outfield
Shields has an effing gorgeous 2-seamer
Holliday

pickn’ his nose again!

Now just gotta retire Mr. Angel killer.
Get us out of this Scot
Bean him

force play on any base

Oh god Damn it.
lol..moral of the story here: get the out
i blame figgy

Wood would have thrown the first.

Yeah and Kotch would have had it et al

And if GA wasn’t so lazy he would have thrown to first and gotten the out

that dumb throw home looks really dumb now
Those two runs

are all on Figgy. Christ.

1/2 Naps.

But I hear ya.

Yeah, his fault for dropping it

But he has nothing to drop if Figgins throws the ball where it belongs.

But on the other hand, even though the umpire was GOING to call him out, he appeared wrong to do so, because it looks like the leg got in there.

That non out by Figgs-Naps really killing me here.
Oh bs he was gunned!
Weak ass throw Naps
DONT BLOW IT

CMON!!!!

F SWEENEY.

F HIM IN THE EAR

Should have hit him
out, buddy

close, though

Soth will talk to Figgy about out awareness.

Does Wood throw home?
then Del Taco will have a deal and then Ninja will trade his ass.
WTF is going on
This would be a moot point if we could score 5 runs/game like every other team in the majors
And now Scot is imploding.
The lesson here? Just bring in scotty to begin with.
Soth was being silly with a 4 run lead. If it was 3 runs, he would have brought in Scot
this inning is pissing me off
You are not alone.
Cabrera starts trotting to first before the pitch even gets to the plate.

What a douche.

Thank god Figgy
Phew.

To the 9th!

feh...

lead still intact.

ok we gotta get more runs
thanks for throwing to first this time chone

i was hoping youd hold onto it and try to get sweeney in a run down

Fuentes better be nails.
he shouldnt have to be..........

should have a 3 run lead atleast

damn it figgy
I liked it in the opener when it was easy. >_<
Fuentes will need to earn his money tonight.

ugh. (that inning)

I'm calling it

Torii goes deep

Badly played inning, from Soth to Figgy.
Runs would be nice
Well now we all can have that save point
the ghost of frankie rodriguez is haunting our bullpen
So, more insurance is always good, fellas.
Gotta Construct some Additional Insurance Runs!!!!!
Torii pops it up.
Enough with these pop ups.
Stop getting under the ball, Torii.
morales is going deep
AFLAC please..............
Blarg Kendry.
Kotch would have had it
i really dont like where this game is going
What the hell was that?
You know, when the catcher stands yup like that, why isn't the bench yelling "Don't swing, idiot!?"
So what's up with the fact that all Oakland's pitchers seem to throw high-80s.
Put a tent on that circus moneyball clowns!
would have preferred a collision

but ill take it

Juan with the drop shot.
OAKLAND OF DEFENSE EPIC FAIL.

First Cust last night, then Rajai Davis earlier tonight and now Buck/Sweeney.

I'm embarrassed watching THEIR defense. It is sad.
much better game today Juan...........
Benny hill music!
2 run bomb for Naps.

Make them pay for their shitty defense.

Time for a POWER NAP.
Can someone please explain to me how WE have the worst outfield defense in the division?
matthews in

cue the caught stealing

Nice hustle Rivers...shoulda been on 2b... :(
He loafed???

I’d bench him tomorrow.

GMJ sighting! PR.
GMJ* the pinch runner
90 foot sprint

send gmj

GMJ is in. The magic begins........
ok Naps make up for dropping that ball
Good use of GMJ, speaking of defense
Naps, should you see that pitch again...CRUSH IT.
HGH Jr sighting...
much like the yeti

rarely seen at baseball games.

NUCLEAR LAUNCH DETECTED.
Not so much. >_<
How do i get out of this chicken shit outfit?
that 1-0 pitch was so hittable.
I REALLY wanted him to crush that one.

I repeat, screw patience.

Is this Hatcher?

What have you done with Zu Long?

chavez giambi cust

whooo

Flat pitches right down the pipe...what's the problem?
Welp. Here we go 9th inning fun
terrible day at the plate for the halos
Terrible last 6 seasons, really

Guess 2004 was okay, right? That was before I watched baseball.

do they have any extra base hits?

i cant remember

the napoli double/error
Naps.

But yeah.

in halo irony, they had like five yesterday and lost.
Real test time for Fuentes
Fuentes says Relax..............

lol

this a pretty crucial save for fuentes to win over the crowd

like maximus

Fuentes, in case you had any illusions about what your job would entail

This is what you’ll be doing…a lot.

THAT'S A STRIKE YOU ASSHAT.
christ the umps have the worst strikezone ever
Throw a goddang strike
Fuentes, I served with Frankie: I knew Frankie; Frankie was a friend of mine. Fuentes, you're no Frankie.
Hopefully he's doing his impersonation right now.
Gasoline........check.......

Matches…..check..

This scenario seems so familiar, somehow...
Excellent.

Now all we need is Holbrook;s address…

CLOSERS CANT WALK PEOPLE
Umpires can't adversely affect the game.
So of 3 strikes thrown, only 1 was called. Perfect.
"If you want to crown 'em, then crown their ass."
Nice chant...

“DL, DL, DL”

hahaha...is that what their chanting?

Now “STRIKEOUT, STRIKEOUT” Those guys have become more effective as the game has worn on.

Heads up blue!!!
Thank Jeebus that was foul.
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Big K for En Fuego.
K this ump is an asshole
lmao these fans are awesome.

STRIKE-OUT!

STRIKE-OUT!

STRIKE-OUT!

i thought they were kind of annoying

but theyre affective

Cust doesn't need any help
Man, nice gun Torii.
2 outs, 1 baserunner.

Still better than Near-Choke-Rod.

Don't say that yet.
not yet..........

Kaopectate………………..take me away……………………

A near choke is better than a full-fledged choke.

Fuentes sucks.

one more

cmon lets give the kid a W

wtf is with these chanting fans?

holy annoying batman :mad:

Yeah, imagine the gall of people making noise at a baseball game.
I kinda like it!

:)

T REX SAYS RARARARARARARARARAR
i havent heard hud in a bit
Suzuki blows engine, LIGHT IT UP!
premature blowage...
???????????????????????????

??

Ground ball up first baseline

Naps/Fuentes get signals crossed, neither makes play.

BOGGED DOWN PAGE ...

the page moved up when I didn’t expect it and I was clicking something else and accidentally pressed post and the fricking thing sends the post. Weak. Sorry boys. My bad, shouldn’t have had that written in there until it was done.

ahhhh danggit
WTF!

That should be game over.

Who's hosting Angels Live?
Sorry I thought the game was over.
Seriously, Fuentes, just get out of the way.
Naps is blowing it defensively.
what's wrong with Nap?
Not enough reps in ST due to injury.
Damn, when did we sign Frankie Fuentes
its only frankie if he picked up the ball

and threw it into the dugout

seal the deal

cmon fuentes

Nap won't be catching for awhile.
Alright, Fuentes strikes him out, take two...
Heading to beer store. This sucks
And... save blown.
GMJ?! wtf.
Bad jump, maybe ...

but it was too far from him to catch, i think.

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Monthly F-Bomb

BS

blown save!

great defense matthews
ut oh

damn it frankie

are youu kidding me?
GMJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TRADE HIM NOW
GET HIM OUTTA OF MY FACE!!!!!

way to go, Matthews

douche

DFA matthews tomorow

PLEASE!!!

GOD DAMMIT JUICE YOU COULDA CAUGHT THAT.

Just another nervous save!

Erm...blown save.
Get us to the bottom of the ninth with game still tied plz.
Every fear you had about Fuentes has come true...

he sucks ass officially and you called it.

Frankie was good.
Thanks for everything Gary.

God I hate that guy.

dammit i wanted the kid to have a W

darn it

Blows the win for Adenhart!

TIHS

epic fail these last two innings
haha we're going to actually lose

goodbye

and that'll do it, boys

effffffff

F Bomb city!
Astounding

Physioc is blaming the bullpen when he should be blaming Napoli and Matthews, blab blab blab

ummm

3 runs from dondo and shields

Terry should be calling the ninth
even if Nappy fields that cleanly

i dont think he gets the out. the ball wasn’t hit hard enough.

What the ball by Suzuki?

Yes he does. The fact that he didn’t was because Fuentes was in his way.

nooooooooooo
Somebody tell them this isn't the playoffs
Ha........

ugh……….

Oakland takes lead, world ends.
nuclear launch detected.
Fuentes falling apart.
Jesus...

we need some divine intervention!

Fuenteeees *shakes fist*
small sample size, but the bullpen looks pretty terrible
Not feeling Fuentes at ALL!

You gotta be freakin’ kiddin’ me!

OH GOD SHUT UP STEVE PHYSIOC

just terrible announcing for a terrible game.

i blame gmj

just because i need someone to blame :mad:

oh great

Speier getting up in the pen

K-Rod plox.

At least he probably wouldn’t have blown it.

Ohhhh, that's what we need...inSpeiration!
Crap, we should have kept Frankie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhh, sucide

G-g-g-g-g-game over.
Admins we need a new thread please
it is not a rule

but don’t request new threads

I did ask politely

And since this is shaping up to be one of the worst days of my life (got mugged, laptop and mobile phone stolen, spent 5 hours in the hospital dealing with cops/doctos, got to internet cafe only to watch us cough up a 4-0 lead and paying £5 for the priveledge) I was just hoping that perhaps something might go right today.

And yes Rev, I am well aware of the unwritten rule about requesting new threads. I’ve been around this place long enough to know.

FINALLY geezus
C R O W D BOOING

hahahahahaha Napoli and Matthews and ALL THE FRANKIE HATERS deserve it

This blows hard
OK, so that blew chunks. Rally time.
Send Fuentes back to AAAA.

K-Rod was the real deal.

lol.........

its game 3……..and Frankie wasnt exactly nails today…….

but lessoned learned on WHY its important to NOT walk the leadoff guy

How many runs did K-Rod give up again?
Fuentes you little bitch
are we in last place?
Not yet.
but we'll be tied with the mariners

and thats just as bad.

I don't know

what team are you on?

16 hits last night. 15 tonight.

It’s hard to win when you are that hittable.

Right.

Meltdown over. Comeback beginning.

Rally thread

HER YOU GO … GO HERE NOW

absolutely disgusting

gary mathews is a sorry excuse for a baseball player. there is a part of me that thinks he did that pussy shit on purpose. what an asshole. 50 million and he cant make a play. he bitches about PT and he does that when hes given the chance?

Walks, errors, shitty hitting with runners in scoring position, 8 hits – seven singles, sriekouts, tons of groundouts and pop ups. pathetic. spring training all stars.

texas looks good and so do that As frankly. for the first time this season i just realized it wont be easy at all. in fact we may not be the favorites.

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