Final Score in Arlington: Rangers 5, Angels 3
The Texas Rangers play in the nation's 4th largest media market and it is obvious that MLB wants to get the ratings going to bring in baseball dollars amidst Footballville. They have the umps completely getting in the way of player's establishing their game and a first inning ejection of John Lackey was the most obvious indicator that baseball intends to hand a mediocre organization a competitive edge thru treachery in order to more firmly take on the NFL deep in the heart of Texas.
The terrible Vicente Padilla was given a strike zone slightly deeper than the average Texas oil well, forcing Angels hitters into desperate hacks, many of which went for singles, but plenty of which doomed any chance of them competing (in the comments below, an economist takes issue with my description of Texas Oil Wells, showing Padilla's zone was not recorded as it appeared to me. Probably one of those spoiled brat heirs to an Oklahoma oil fortune wanting daddy to join OPEC or something, but okay, Padilla attacked the zone, the Angels hacked the zone and that was that).
May the farce be with you, MLB, the Rangers are 6 games over .500 for the first time since steroids were banned by baseball and are one urine specimen and a Tim Donaghy-style investigation away from their rightful place... and that would be fighting for third with Seattle.
Lackey was ejected after hitting Ian Kinsler. The plate-crowding cheat ended up scoring that inning to tie the game 1-1. Lackey's ERA now stands at: INFINITY. That is kind of awesome when you stop and think about it, which is better than spending another ten seconds thinking about this miserable excuse for a point shaving scandal.
Of course, the real pox on baseball in all this obvious slanting toward Texas is that every Jim-Bob and Joe-Ellen Cro Magnon Redneck Horseturd around the country starts to crawl out from under their hunting dogs to chant YEE-HAW in a Texan version of the harmonic convergence with a visionary figment of Billy Carter floating in the barbecue smoke to encourage the good old boys in their patriotic self-strokage.
0 recs | 162 comments
Captain Awesome - May 16, 2009
I don't know why, but that picture made me laugh.
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
F everything.
Figgi4life - May 16, 2009
This is getting really hard to watch....
10 hits all singles. It is hard to watch three slap hitters all in a row! I really hope things turn around soon. On a brighter side Bulge looked good out of the pen today.
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
But the Angels can't use Brandon Wood's services
Noooooo.
scareduck - May 16, 2009
Of course not
he hits homeruns, who needs those…
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
He'd screw up the feng shui
rspencer - May 16, 2009
Yeah all 9 of his HRs
are just useless for the major league club.
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
RIght
Everyone knows how a HR just kills a rally. And how can we deploy our running game if the bases are cleared?
rspencer - May 16, 2009
BOTG Lackey without question
WTF? Does he not know the Angels have the worst bullpen in the league?
scareduck - May 16, 2009
agreed, throwing two consecutive purpose pitches served no purpose
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
+1
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
+1
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
+1
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
+1
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
I apologize for the 4 post......Stupid browser....
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
it's OK, you voted for me
ladybug - May 16, 2009
darn, i thought you really liked my post!
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
well i did rec'd it
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
He coulda saved one for IK's next AB...
pitched him inside all day…or something
K3YEROUT - May 16, 2009
BOTG Halos offense
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
What a disaster of a game
Moondoggy - May 16, 2009
Lackey for Blame.
You just cant do that anymore…. Once in a time you could Def do that… not now.
WillGoAngels27 - May 16, 2009
screw all you guys saying lackey threw on purpose
his command was of no 1 throws intentionally at the first batter off the DL. Padilla was off too he threw 2 wild pitches in the 1st. and loux threw a couple wild pitches too. idk what was wrong but those were not intentional. lackey should not have been tossed
dmoney2741 - May 16, 2009
oh bullfuckingshit
even the announcers stated they knew Lackey did it intentionally. If they can figure that out, ANYONE can.
lackey is nothing more than a low life, ass-wipe jerk-off of a douchebag.
Hey Lackey…GROW THE F UP AND IGNORE THE TROLLS….show some class and MATURITY, ya sniveling whiney jerk
ladybug - May 16, 2009
a major league pitcher doesn't accidently put pitch 1 behind a hitter's head and pitch 2 in the hitter's ribs
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
then he needs to go back down to learn how to control the ball
ladybug - May 16, 2009
Wow....ladybug......kind of harsh, no?
I’m going to have to ask Rev to suspend your account…
:)
bc56274 - May 16, 2009
go right ahead
it isn’t harsh. IF Lackey did it on purpose, he’s a selfish jerk. IF he did it on accident, which I doubt, then he needs to be sent down to learn ball control.
Did any wild pitches like this get thrown at rehab games? NO
Has he ever really hit any player unless there’s “revenge” attached to it? NO
He has a history with the Rangers. He showed how immature he is. THAT is not the act of a team leader.
ladybug - May 16, 2009
Maybe payback from Padilla hitting Rivera last time?
44FAN - May 16, 2009
It started with Adam Kennedy in like '06 or '05
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
Adam Kennedy and
today’s starter for the Rangers, Scooter Feldman.
chrisR - May 17, 2009
that game if you watch MLB
from 2006 was 3 Rangers were plunked in that game and Feldman finally plunked Adam. And unlike the rangers just taking their base , he decided that he should charge the mound and start a fight. The video is on MLB cause I am sure someone will say the Rangers hit you all first, which is not the case in that game.
daniel1234 - May 17, 2009
yup
I remember that game. Feldman (a sidearm pitcher then) throwing a sidearm punch, and Mark DeRosa tackling Kennedy. But idk, things have been pretty heated with these two teams in the past few years. I remember Gerald Laid getting into it with an Angels player before a game, too.
If there such thing as a rivalry brewing, then good. But it’s not oficially a rivalry until the other team starts winning, too.
chrisR - May 17, 2009
I was only teasing...
I’ve never seen you so fired up…..yowza.
bc56274 - May 16, 2009
it happens
I’m calmer now…kind of. It was a bone head move. Sosh needs to slap him
ladybug - May 16, 2009
Results Up
scottnak - May 16, 2009
So if Lackey doesn't hit IK, the Angels win because he only gives up 2 runs and pitches 8 or 9 innings?
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
Abreu
this guy is a slap hitter in a power hitters body? i’m tired of his freakin singles. he’s a corner OF and only hits singles and walks.
HALO_86 - May 16, 2009
Exactly
Just cause Lackey pitches doesnt mean the offense mixes in a double. When you get 10 hits all singles, you shouldn’t win.
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
If Lackey doesn't hit IK
Angels score 10 runs and win : p
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
For sure
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
Really?
Well then, I guess when you get 8 hits, and SEVEN of them are singles, and the other an unscoring double, you should DEFINITELY, not win, right?
Because that’s what the Rangers did.
Caseys Kiss of Death - May 16, 2009
isnt that what we have reggie for?
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
To mix a double or HR?
Lol I thought he just mixed in a walk
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
my reply was to HALO 86.....
all he does is get singles or walks.
norcaliangelsfan - May 16, 2009
Ahh gotcha
go Reggie
angelskid2210 - May 16, 2009
Vladdy
i hope he’s healthy enough when he comes off the DL. at least we know he’s got some power plus Nap.
HALO_86 - May 16, 2009
yeah
could have saved some money. i’m not saying what Abreu puts up isn’t nice, but not for what i thought we were getting from him.
HALO_86 - May 16, 2009
He thinks he's Figgy now
Or Hatcher taught him how to become a slap hitter
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
not a single called strike out of the zone for padilla
but plenty of balls in the zone. nice try though
Fireal20 - May 16, 2009
confetti. i guess they think that titles are won in May in Texas.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
No we just think that your rant was completely malinformed
BuckyB - May 16, 2009
I amended it
re-read the post, Jim-Bob.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Being an Angels Fan I would agree with that statement.
deejayelleseven - May 16, 2009
Malinformed? Spoken like a true Texan.
This from the territory that beget the nation George Dubya Bush. Nice to know that a measly fifth of a season has awoken Ranger fan from his four decade slumber.
This, too, shall pass.
PieceOfAase - May 16, 2009
Ahem ....... Begot!
PieceOfAase - May 16, 2009
Try "begat"
rspencer - May 16, 2009
or “GIT”
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
This is odd....
now politics has anything to do with baseball?
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
What the hell are you talking about? Has the Texas heat sapped
what’s left of your operative brain cells? Go back to your circle jerk of a site, enjoy the waning moments of your still intact “lead,” and brace yourself for the annual inevitable Rangers slide.
PieceOfAase - May 17, 2009
you comment so angrly as if you are so worried......
Our Rangers havent won crap since 1999 and yet you are outraged at our team for being up on you in may? Its May geez……calm down. Ofcourse, going to the low mature level of bashing someone and calling them names is always the way to go. Do you have a mature conversation in you or am I just wasting my time?
daniel1234 - May 17, 2009
outraged?
It is called being a fan, getting into the game. One day maybe youwill grow ot like this game and even have a passion for it.
Rev Halofan - May 17, 2009
Oh now I get it
I am not a fan unless I get really pissed ,call the opposing team players cheaters, whine about calls, etc. right? I get frustrated just like any loyal fan…….the difference between you and I is I don’t take it out on the other team or their fans( as in the case with all the stupid Texan comments) …..I think I have grown to be a pretty good fan thanks ……your opinion is just that an opinion……good luck with more of your rants and outragious claims of why you lose a game as your blog insists.
“May the farce be with you, MLB, the Rangers are 6 games over .500 for the first time since steroids were banned by baseball and are one urine specimen and a Tim Donaghy-style investigation away from their rightful place… and that would be fighting for third with Seattle”. Hilarious again…….but hey what do I know I don’t claim these things when my team loses so I must not be a true fan lmao.
daniel1234 - May 17, 2009
It only took 7 games for there to be a whole bunch of new Angel's fans.
seamariners85 - May 20, 2009
Sigh.
Maximilian - May 16, 2009
I amended it
re-read the post, John Boy
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
im confused
so you post something that is completely erroneous (padilla getting a generous strike zone), are shown proof to the contrary, and instead of dropping the subject, you directly respond to it and dont even address the original comment?
you dont have to be happy, but at least be accurate
Fireal20 - May 16, 2009
Just Curious
Do you like the Roxy Music song “Prairie Rose”
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
We are having a parade
where the confetti never falls! They sandpapered Gregg Maddux’ face and call him Vicente Padilla, woo-hoo, May is the month of the World Series John-Boy, ya hear that? W is buying the team back from Clearchannel, woo hoo, confetti never falls out of the strike zone!!!
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Was their really any need for all of that.
We lost oh well get over it.No need to be classless and cry over it .The Rangers play better more patient offensive baseball then we do and will probably win the AL West this season.
deejayelleseven - May 16, 2009
what team are you rooting for?
The Rangers played better baseball yesterday and today. They will not win the west this year. Nice try.
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
yeah dude wtf
go root for the rangers man
angelsown3417 - May 16, 2009
what the hell man
linkbruin - May 16, 2009
You are DeeJay
Won’t you take the Rangers to Funky Town?
Well I talk about it talk about it talk about it talk about it talk about it
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Good God Rev..
You sound like a baby. Your point is proven to be FALSE so this is your response? Confetti? Why don’t you ask him how it is down in his mom’s basement?
seamariners85 - May 20, 2009
should he give out medals to those who prove him wrong?
By coming here and posting in the wake of a big victory shows that the Dallas fans are spiteful and overly gleeful WAY TOO EARLY in the season. If some of our guys/gals have done that, then they are lame. However, I personally have never posted on any SBNation baseball site other than HH, even when I see something ridiculous over on other sites (which is quite frequent). I browse and comment in a community in which I belong.
Downing Rules - May 20, 2009
I'm confused
about why Rev would say all that crap! Geez, why didn’t he just stop about how that chart wasn’t as how he saw it. This makes me want to bring up a different situation, but it’d take too much energy.
Figgi4life - May 16, 2009
BOTG Lackey?
I’m still not buying that it was intentional, and besides these guys are all pros. Lackey getting run truly sucked, but it shouldn’t have decided the game. And as others have pointed out, John had nothing to do with the offense, or lack thereof. Blame enough to go around, not just for John.
halofolife - May 16, 2009
People are not thinking logically
It’s the offense that lost the game
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
I think it is more logical to say that the offense lost the game than it is to try and justify what Lackey did or to say it was accidental
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
I didn't justify or say anywhere that it was accidental
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
I know that but others did
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
Damn your Vulcan logic!
Hitting the first batter, regardless of intention, is such a monumental failure that it’s perfectly logical to assign Lackey the BOTG.
rspencer - May 16, 2009
You Romulan!
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
You discovered my secret
That’s why I always wear a hat.
rspencer - May 16, 2009
Scottnak Fail!
click the results they load the pic!
WillGoAngels27 - May 16, 2009
Fixed.
scottnak - May 16, 2009
K
WillGoAngels27 - May 16, 2009
BOTG Lackey
Lackey’s machismo – damn selfish.
The offense is to blame too, but to get kicked out of the game before it barely begins!
Angelino Angel - May 16, 2009
LAckey
no way. he didn’t even effect the game. no telling what would have happen today if he pitched longer.
HALO_86 - May 16, 2009
Crystal ball says.....
Texas will be flirting with .500 come mid August.
Doctor Wu - May 16, 2009
Can you hear me?
rspencer - May 16, 2009
FTW
rec’d
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
If we get any pitching for once
we will be better than .500 but that’s only if we get something we rarely have gotten in the past.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
After two years of arguing with Angels fans
Getting into it with the pseudo-shitckickers is FUN ! ! ! ! !
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
x
Maximilian - May 16, 2009
in more ways than one
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Fun to watch, too!
rspencer - May 16, 2009
BOTG: MLB drug testing.
Abreu needs some juice, he’s mysteriously lost his power.
bc56274 - May 16, 2009
Texas Toast
YEEEEEEHAWWWWWW!
3rd Echelon - May 16, 2009
wow
stolenbases - May 16, 2009
Too much?
Isn’t this rant a little, well, too much? I’m willing to believe that the ump was betting on the game, or if not, getting Lackey back for something he did in the distant past. Umps are conceited, sensitive, and petty that way. The Angels have a real complaint to make with Major League Baseball, especially when Masterson didn’t get tossed for hitting two batters and throwing behind Torii the other night. They should be on the phone with the league right now.
But a conspiracy to push the Rangers into the playoffs? In light of the monopoly protection MLB enjoys from Congress, does anyone really believe that could happen? The other 29 owners would be calling their congressmen so fast Bud Selig wouldn’t even have time to blame the union before his ass gets hauled in front of an antitrust hearing. This just seems like sour grapes to me. The ump hosed the Angels before the game even really started, but the Rangers still won the game.
Suboptimal - May 16, 2009
Rev Halofan's rants are to be swallowed whole in one big gulp.
They are not to be picked apart, carefully looking for a bone that was missed, or a stray hair that had fallen from the server’s head.
44FAN - May 16, 2009
I mean
I get as angry as anyone about shit games like today’s. It was a shit game. The Angels lost, I’m mad at the officiating, and Vicente Padilla is not that good. But there’s a line between being angry about losing and just being angry at the other team, at their fans, even at the people who happen to live in the area. Even if this stuff isn’t to be taken seriously, it still strikes me as a little below the belt.
Suboptimal - May 16, 2009
Dude you nailed it...
We play these guys 17 more times this season. I want a slam dancing PIT on this site every time it happens and if it means stage diving onto some bodies in the process, oh well, what di d you want, another three paragraph game wrapup? HA!!!!!!!!
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Well, after the last two games, I’m dying to see the Angels wallop the Rangers tomorrow, and if that’s the goal, then mission accomplished.
Suboptimal - May 16, 2009
does that mean that the monthly f-bomb rule is off when we play the rangers??
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 16, 2009
NO
Be creative in voicing your antipathy, disgust and rage.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
The irony of this statement.
Maximilian - May 17, 2009
the irony
is that Maxipad here cannot see “creativity” as applying outside your narrow, literal, all-info no impulse, puzzle-solving but never puzzle-creating mind.
Rev Halofan - May 17, 2009
Maxipad?
Congrats, you’ve ascended to the levels of 3rd grade bully. Keep it up, Padawan.
I’ve got no problems with ragging on my team or anyone in general, just actually be clever about it/don’t try too hard.
Your write up/Texan references are dated and weak. Oil wells? Jim Bob? Rednecks? A gallon of originality would quench your comedic thirst right up.
Maximilian - May 17, 2009
agreed
mentioning Dubya is more than enough to make us look bad. The rest is just cliché.
chrisR - May 17, 2009
the sooner you suceed the better
hows that?
TheAngelsAngels - May 17, 2009
seceed*
TheAngelsAngels - May 17, 2009
Secede
Although correcting spelling doesn’t make it any more likely. We have some iconoclastic conservatives down here who infight each other quite a bit – and that one falls into the biggest outrageous claim category. We have to take some local stuff with the same grains of salt that you may use about state budgets.
Ed Coffin - May 17, 2009
The Rangers
have a great line up. I still wonder about their pitching over the long haul. Padilla threw almost 120 pitches and I wonder why they let him go so long. This is a marathon and the Texas heat usually wears down the Rangers’ pitchers (or so I have heard) so if Texas is going to overuse their starting pitching in May, I would worry about the long haul if I were a Rangers fan. I think the division will come down to the Angels or Rangers and I still like the Angels’ chances. Eventually, we might see Brandon Wood and perhaps even a trade for a bullpen fixture and we have the best starting rotation in baseball which means a lot come the dog days of late summer. In short, everybody chill out.
tanana40 - May 16, 2009
From a Rangers fan......
Yea we do have an exciting team that for the first time in many many years actually have pitching. Our bats have always been big but our pitching and defense usually has us thinking offseason in June. This year is a little different but people chill a little. As much as I always cheer for my home team, your team is the champs till someone knocks them off. You have a good team and will come on strong with people coming back. Your a very talented veteran team , we on the other hand are a very young team with extreme talent but not muc experience. In my mind I still see you all winning the division. This is not won in May but we have every right as fans to be happy for our teams play.
As for today, Lackey has always been a good pitcher with very good control , so today was easy to call. As for Padilla pitching deep, thats the new ways of Nolan Ryan. He wants our pitchers to stop being a bunch of whimps that get 5 innings and bail. To do their damn jobs for once. So far its working but we will see.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
This is why we shouldn't attack the fans or whatever of other teams unless absolutely necessary.
This is a respectable entry.
I wouldn’t want someone saying we are all snobby bastards with our cashmere sweaters tied around our necks just because the Angels are from the OC. I agree the post game wrap up was a little harsh. And I couldn’t believe the calls Padilla wasn’t getting to tell you the truth. I still hate him and his face or even the concept of his existence, but he was getting squeezed for sure. But I liked that graph up there because it shows the Angels were swinging at good pitches for once. It looks like they only swang at a couple bad pitches. One of them for a hit. Then again, Howie wasn’t in the lineup.
Lackey is kind of entering the dog house with me. His contract negotiations, him starting on the DL for the last two seasons, and this incident today has really sent his stock plummeting in my book, which of course, I’m sure is only important to me. I will say, I will not easily forget what he HAS accomplished, but Lackey needs to really take the reigns of this organization and do what is best for the team. IMO of course.
The only person that knows what really went down tonight was Lackey so we will probably never know (unless he mentioned something to Joe before the game or something).
TheAngelsAngels - May 16, 2009
You forgot that we all have frosted-tip hair also.
I agree on Lackey, but I think his stock value will decrease with the Angels as well (if it really was an intentional beaning — I have yet to see the two pitches). Scioscia doesn’t order hits and Lackey took a liberty that Scioscia was not willing to dole out. That’s potentially a big strike against Big John from Abilene.
Downing Rules - May 16, 2009
one pitch went behind him ,
right by the head. Second one was directly in the upper rib section and hit him.
Scioscia doesn’t seem to be that type of Manger ……….It could have been just a control issue but most Major leaguer’s of his caliber have such pin point accuracy so that kinda dismisses that I guess.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
yea its kinda weird but
we as Rangers fans cheer for our team just to play hard and finally compete and do something in the division. You cheer to be ready for the playoffs. You fortunately have the luxury of cheering for a yearly winner……best advise after watching the Cowboys ride in the early 90’s , enjoy the ride ….its fun!
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
John thought he could get away with it
as they were his first two pitches of the year.
He thought wrong.
We drafted him for his arm not his Texan logic.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
hahaha
This is what I was ranting about to an absolutely unconcerned girlfriend at the time. He tried it once and it did not work out. The gall of the guy to do it again and think he could get away with it is ridiculous. He really thought he could get away with it and he was wrong. I would have to think Scioscia was livid in the locker room. It was blatant disregard of the team ethos in support of his own selfish ambitions. He cost the team more than just the embarassment. I wont go as far as saying the loss was his fault (which may be plausible) but I will say that he forced us to use our bullpen for NINE innings today. That’s like three days worth of relief pitching. With an already shaky situation. He really put the team in the backseat on this one. Assuming he did it on purpose of course (which I do).
TheAngelsAngels - May 16, 2009
exactly...his Texas size ego was his downfall. Humble pie at it's finest
ladybug - May 16, 2009
hahahaha...rec'd
i happen to like Texas though…the state…not the baseball team….or the politics.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 16, 2009
I like that you can’t mess with it!
Downing Rules - May 19, 2009
In the words of The Wolf, Let's not start sucking each other's dicks quite yet, Rangers Fan.
36 games, and Rangers fan is already planning the parade route through Arlington. Pitching will always be your Achilles Heel, especially in that lauching pad ballpark in the dead of summer.
Enjoy first place ……… for the time being!
PieceOfAase - May 16, 2009
Is this another rumor that you all made up?
What parade? No Ranger fan has ever said we won the world series….we live in reality. You are completely out in left field with your assumptions. Do you need this kind of stuff to pump yourself up? Does that really work for adults? We Ranger fans on this blog have been saying the same as you are dont you get it? Is this really that hard for you to see that us Ranger fans know we are not in the same conversation of your team until we do something for a whole season? We know our pitching sucks and has sucked for the past 10 years. This year we get a tease of pitching and our team finally plays some competitive baseball and you just completely can’t handle it. Geez this is getting comical to say the least.
daniel1234 - May 17, 2009
Agreed
I just logged in to to say the same thing. We hit the ball hard the last two days and just didn’t get the breaks. We are getting all our players back soon and we will be poised to make a run. Also, we have been so flat at the end of last two years I can see us being hot at the end of season when it matters most. This team is too good not to be there in the end. Maybe the tough competion this year will make us tougher come playoff time. This team has been through alot but they are still hanging in there given all the adversity. The one thing I like about this team so far is that they don’t quit.
AMB07 - May 16, 2009
I can't believe some of these posts
Are there really those of you that believe that Lackey did not act deliberately today? Of course he did, and I love him for it! I know there are those of you that are going to argue that the bullpen sucks and we needed him and blah blah blah… but the Rev was right: These fools were celebrating the division title in May, and they needed to be sent a message from the big guy. Who better to be the recipient of said message than that plate-crowding ankle biter? I couldn’t believe somebody didn’t do it last night. I know I’ll get shit for it, but I’ll gladly sacrifice a game in mid May to let the rest of the league no that this ain’t no Disney-ass franchise. The rest of these teams have been shitting on us for too long, and WE have to take a warning before there is any THOUGHT of retaliation. I’m sick of this bullshit! This is OUR fucking division. You can celebrate and act like cocky pricks when YOU do something with it. Fifty plus days of decent baseball doesn’t account for your complete absence of any sign of greatness in the past ten years. Show some FUCKING respect!
Sorry for the two f bombs, Rev.
Red114 - May 16, 2009
no?
Ouch. I meant “know”. Wow.
Red114 - May 16, 2009
No NO from you until Labor Day.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
*Hangs head in shame
Red114 - May 16, 2009
No F from you until the 4th of July.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
YES!!!
Finally somebody that thinks we shouldn’t be taking this shit from a team who hasnt won the division THIS DECADE. Lackey has always been like this, and I love him for it. Its one game in mid-May. I’m not for injuring players on purpose, but I am for letting these guys know that they don’t have anything to celebrate yet. The road to the division title goes through the Angels; Lackey was just reminding them of that.
linkbruin - May 16, 2009
Right?
They get six weeks to do damage while a team recovers from injuries to its Ace, a number two All Star, its best hitter/franchise player, an ATROCIOUS bullpen, AND a tragic death, and all they can muster is a current 3.5 game lead?
Call us back when you get some pubes, boys.
Red114 - May 16, 2009
red
what did the Rangers do during winning the last two days that showed the Angels no respect? They won the first game but not without your team showing the heart of a champion and almost pulling it out in the ninth. The game today was a singles fest from both teams with one double. I didn’t see or hear of anyone from the Rangers showing your team up. All they did was finally compete and win the first two games. But then again I may be wrong as I haven’t heard anything in sports of the Rangers disrespecting the Angels.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
I heard a rumor
that the Rangers players put vaseline on all the toilet seats in the Angels locker room this morning. Lackey likes to read a chapter of Lord of the Rings son the crapper before each start and today he slipped on the seat and fell on his ass and it ruined his pregame ritual.
Lay off the practical jokes, Rangers, don’t you guys have girlfriends to occupy you spare time, or are all Texan women too crazy to date?
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
Ok nevermind
this made no sense …….I was trying to have a normal baseball conversation with the opposing team and you come back with this off the wall stuff. I know not all your fans are like this. I guess some just can’t have a mature conversation without bashing and calling names.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
says the guy who put a flaming bag of poo outside the Angel locker room
Red114 - May 16, 2009
lol ok you got me
thanks for the mature response ….
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
MATURE?
When the Rangers come to Anaheim and there is SARAN WRAP across the toilet bowls, your players are really going to regret it. Imagine how poorly Hank Blalock will play if he is interrupted reading his pregame Shakespeare Sonnet on the john.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
lol
rumors of conspired toilets and reading on the john is why you lost? hilarious, Good laugh , goodnight!
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
Someone posted yesterday
Marlon Byrds comments before the game about how Lackey NEEDS to bring his A game. sounds to me like Lackey was letting the Rangers know on Batter 1 thats he wasn’t gonna put up with that slander bullshit. Hell, it sounds like reason enough for me to plunk Kinsler in the ribs.
halofan4life - May 17, 2009
then that's pathetic in my mind
cause the Angels bullpen has been over worked and not as dominant as in the past. So your starting pitcher sends a message gets tossed and still lose the game. Now how did that help your team in anyway. Maybe I am just naive cause wins are all that matters to me but hey I cheer the Rangers who rarely win so I can’t be picky. You on the otherhand have a playoff team to cheer and I guess wins are not as hard to come by and are sometimes irrelevant.
daniel1234 - May 17, 2009
Pathetic!!?!? BULLSHIT!
I hate to buy into the conspiracy theory type propaganda that we all on this site to some level believe, but when you watch your team go up against another team and watch a pitch get thrown at your teams players HEAD (Becky throwin at Abreu a few weeks ago), you hope that one of your guys has the balls to go high and tight to the opposing team just to let them know that “we don’t take no mess.”
I for one am glad that Lackey did what he did. This team has, dare I say, been the bitch of the baseball world getting pushed around by any bully that wants to do it. Byrd made some comments the other day that were quite cocky. Now, wether he suffers from bravado or foot in outh disease, his words ruffled some feathers. One person who go ruffled was Big John, and when Kinsler stepped up to the plate wasn’t afraid to put a 93 MPH fastball both behind his head and in his ribs. Go ask Nolan what he would have done, since I’m sure he put a couple under a few guys’ chins.
And your comment about wins being irrelevant is completely unfounded. Being an Angel fan in the 90’s was like being a Ranger fan this decade. We cherish every won pitch, at bat, inning, game and series. every division title and playoff win is a cause to party. Halo fans from before 2002 know what it was like to watcch a loser year in and year out, winning is never irrelevant. Winning is what matters most.
halofan4life - May 17, 2009
Winning is what matters most.
scariest statement I’ve seen so far.
ladybug - May 18, 2009
2nd place is just the 1st loser
i love my halos and always will but it is so much more fun to be a halo fan now. Don’t get it twisted though. Wether they are first or last place I will still cheer for them.
halofan4life - May 18, 2009
the reason
I said that is cause you posted you were happy your ace plunked Kinsler and like I said that didnt help your team at all not one bit. So I was wondering the reasoning is all.
daniel1234 - May 18, 2009
If a title is not won in
May then why plunk the best hitter of the opposing team in May just cause they won the first game against you? Just curious…..cause it makes no sence.
daniel1234 - May 16, 2009
because he thought he could get away with it
He was wrong. It is called a gamble. He took it, he lost. Go to Vegas, happens all day, no big deal.
Rev Halofan - May 16, 2009
This is all about what Kinsler said about Lackey bringing his A-game, right?
Sorry, late the arguement.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 16, 2009
late to the arguement....
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 16, 2009
Marlon Byrd said it (of all people)
but i think it played a roll.
TheAngelsAngels - May 16, 2009
Just watched this disgusting game tonight off the DVDR
Horrible. Just horrible.
I’m not sure what Rev was looking at. As far as I could tell Padilla was getting squeezed by the umps, not getting breaks. He had several strike three pitches called balls. But his stuff didn’t look particularly special, which makes our patented lack of power or any productive offense especially sickening.
What the hell is Lackey doing? Everybody, I mean EVERYBODY, from the top of the organization down to the most casual of fans has been waiting since opening day for Big John to get out there and right the ship. Instead, he pulls a boneheaded move, a move which on top of everything else accomplishes nothing. What does that do? Is it gonna make Kinsler move off the plate? Not a chance. The guy is raking.
It makes me think of all the times we’d yell at the Rangers when they’d throw at Vlad. Here was always the thrust of our argument: If you wanna do something about Vlad, how about getting him out? So what does Lackey do after Kinsler bitch slaps us? Childish. What are we tonight? Pussies. Let’s leave those kind of actions for the opponents. Let’s retaliate when an opponent does something deserving it, not because they whipped us.
I keep waiting for the offense to do something. Anything, drive the ball into the gaps, hit for some kind of power, anything. But guess what? Here we are again, where we always seem to be. We’re 2nd in the A.L. in batting average. We are 10th in the A.L. in runs scored. Because we are punch and Judy. Where is the power? Where is any player on our team that’s capable of carrying us for a stretch, who you know can and will make a huge difference at the plate? I hope…HOPE…he’s on the DL and coming back soon, but I’m not holding my breath because that guy is looking more and more like less than what he once was. And what else is there? I heard here after we signed Abreu how fantatstic a signing this was, on and on. He scores 100 and drives in 100 every year. I look at this guy’s performance so far, and like so many other players who USED to hit for power and no longer do, his performance leads me to only one logical conclusion.
I’m hoping we can get it together. The bullpen is a nightmare. We’re fantastic at getting to first base. We can’t even get to an average pitcher like Padilla. And to top it off, today we act like a bully who had his marbles taken from him and runs home crying to mama.
It’s time to nut up.
goodvibe61 - May 17, 2009
Lackey
First of all, of course Lackey was throwing at Kinsler. IMHO, this had everything to do with Marlon Byrd’s "better bring his ‘A’ game" comments before the series.
It’s May. It’s not the end of the world that Lackey got tossed after two pitches. I’m glad someone on this team has the titanium balls to show some toughness and heart. Candidly, I’m a little disappointed that the other Angels pitchers did not take care of Bryd’s comments and provide cover for Lackey before yesterday’s game.
Remember 2002. That team won because it had heart, mental toughness and bravado.
Texas has the swagger now.
mustard_man - May 17, 2009
Loux
How much longer is Soth going to keep putting Loux’ 88 mph straight-as-line fastball on display for the opposition to have batting practice with? This is an embarrassment .
Thompson has been pitching well; Rodriguez and Wood continue to tear-it-up. At least give some of the kids in Salt Lake City a chance to prove what they’ve got.
mustard_man - May 17, 2009
Lackey
It’s possible that the rain delay messed with Lackey’s warmup routine, to the point where throwing 90 pitches coming off an injury would carry some risk. So maybe he thought instead of scratching the start he would get a little payback for Byrd’s comments. Why else would he throw those pitches on the first two pitches of the first batter of the game? Usually guys go a little deeper into the game before they bean someone.
hammerdog - May 17, 2009
Wow Rev
That was Jeff-esque from LL!
aggierangerfan00 - May 17, 2009
The funniest part of the whole write-up...
…Lackey’s ERA. INFINITY.
Finally, an ERA no one in the bullpen can exceed.
sothball - May 17, 2009
now that is funny
tanana40 - May 17, 2009
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