Vladimir Guerrero is on his way back. He will likely be in the Angels lineup in 6 days. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Look at this picture and post a few of those words.
The picture says to me that Vlad loves to hit a baseball. Since Vlad can only DH, it makes me think of our lineup after he returns. It most likely will be:
Really not a bad line-up, if HK can start hitting it is very solid, one through nine. Naps needs to stay healthy so he can catch 5-6 days a week. I wonder if Naps could play first base to spell Morales? It would be tough to learn to play firstbase during a season, but catchers are generally good athletes and I wonder if he could learn quickly enough to become Morales’ backup. This would then provide us with a back up first-baseman which in turn could allow a call up from Salt Lake of an non-first baseman infielder.
This is exactly the lineup that I would write up (possible exception of switching Vlad and Hunter, but its semantics) every day. This is easily one of the top lineups in all of baseball….at least 5-7 wins better than what we are going to put on the field for the rest of the year. It’s too bad Mr. Scioscia doesn’t care.
If Vlad is still hitting like a girl, he better have the stones to put
Nipples in the lineup and sit Vlad’s ass down. Vlad has a short leash, IMO. He hasn’t looked good and if that lingers now that he is “healthy” he may be looking at decline…
Let's check back in 30 days and see where Aybar and HK are...
Aybar is hot right now and HK isn ‘t – I think they will switch places in a short amount of time. As down on HK as I am right now, he has a pedigree that usually doesn’t wash out this gloriously this quickly. Aybar is just not a .300 hitter – no matter what the stat line says right now…
Now, if Aybar has figured out how to hit, that’s great, but he has 1/3 the power of HK too…
I disagree. We dont know the extent of Aybar's talent...
Hes young…this might be normal for him.
And if you want to talk about power, you shouldnt be talking about either of these hitters anyways. If we need to rely on power from HK then were f-ed.
Kendry and Naps might switch spots, but we have to keep Torii in the top four spots and not move him back to #5. Matthews also seems to be ahead of Rivera right now. Either way, though, this lineup is excellent — the best we have had in years. Too bad Naps won’t be able to play every day with Vladdy back.
ROFL.......wait isnt that what Manny said at the Doyers press conferance??? Oh wait
that was only the first part…….Manny Really said,
IIMMMMMM BAAAAAAACK……………………………ON STEROIDS!!!!
However the Doyers managed to filter that out cus they didnt think they would sell as “Manny” shirts if they said “Im back on steriods” with the number 99 on the back, so they just kept it at “IM BACK”
You know how a butterfly flaps its wings in China and a Hurricane knocks down Florida? Stay with me here. There have been torrential monsoon rains falling on our rice farm in Kalasin Thailand and now I know why. Thank you oh divine Vlade for bringing the life giving rain to millions in Southeast Asia. We honor and respect you…but
get your ass out there and start hitting some four baggers!
Josh Hamilton is out of the lineup Tuesday with a strained right groin.
Hamilton suffered the injury while making a catch on Sunday. Rangers manager Ron Washington was hoping the off day on Monday would provide enough rest, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. “It’s just sore,” Hamilton said. “I’d like to play [Wednesday], but we’ll see.”
Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton left Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels prior to the eighth inning with a slight groin injury after crashing into the padded wall in right-center on a leaping catch in the seventh. Hamilton sprinted to his left and caught Howie Kendrick’s drive before running into the wall. Hamilton’s left forearm struck the wall and he fell on the warning track before scrambling to his feet and throwing back to the infield to keep Gary Matthews at first.
Vlad would kick
Samuel L. Jackson’s ass!
Jay Cal - May 19, 2009
Hard ground ball to short
Double-play.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 19, 2009
freakin hilarious!
lightupthat420 - May 19, 2009
That takes the cake!
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
Dang those dread locks are getting long.
Downing Rules - May 19, 2009
He looks like a Jedi Predator!
KICK ASS!
Monkeyspanked - May 19, 2009
Vlad practicing his warning track flyballs to right-center.
Mickey will be proud.
MH252525 - May 19, 2009
Vlad's mighty deathblow...hitting the enemy till he unseamed them from the nave to th'chops. And fixed his head upon our battlements.
Mayheminthehood - May 19, 2009
MacVlad I do believe
Higz - May 19, 2009
excess pine tar works wonders on dreads
texasraider - May 19, 2009
He might wanna consider Arredondo's haircut
Maybe it’ll take two years off his swing.
Carl Johnson - May 19, 2009
It looks like the Predator just slayed an Alien
Fan Since 1981 - May 19, 2009
Not jedi
but Predator, “el que casa hombres”
Angelitos - May 19, 2009
"I gotta do better. Bug's going to be here Friday. Don't want her to go all Lackey on my ass"
ladybug - May 19, 2009
Were you going to show him your prom pix?
red floyd - May 19, 2009
I'm going to show him my Abreu jersey!
ladybug - May 19, 2009
Whoopi Goldberg called........
she wants her hair back.
norcaliangelsfan - May 19, 2009
Did the BP pitcher throw at him or something?
red floyd - May 19, 2009
Please don't pull a David Ortiz...Please don't pull a David Ortiz...Please don't pull a David Ortiz
Mayheminthehood - May 19, 2009
…or a Manny … or a Manny … or a Manny…
Rev Halofan - May 19, 2009
Vlad is thinking
“I love it when Loux thows batting practice…..”
mustard_man - May 19, 2009
the lineup and batting order with Vlad?
The picture says to me that Vlad loves to hit a baseball. Since Vlad can only DH, it makes me think of our lineup after he returns. It most likely will be:
1-Figgy-3b
2-Abreu-RF
3-Vlad-DH
4-Hunter-CF
5-Napoli-c
6-Morales-1B
7-Rivera-LF
8-HK-2B
9-Aybar-ss
Really not a bad line-up, if HK can start hitting it is very solid, one through nine. Naps needs to stay healthy so he can catch 5-6 days a week. I wonder if Naps could play first base to spell Morales? It would be tough to learn to play firstbase during a season, but catchers are generally good athletes and I wonder if he could learn quickly enough to become Morales’ backup. This would then provide us with a back up first-baseman which in turn could allow a call up from Salt Lake of an non-first baseman infielder.
tanana40 - May 19, 2009
Mike Napoli
Portrait of athleticism.
Captain Awesome - May 19, 2009
yeah, okay, probably good point but good athletes don't always look athletic
tanana40 - May 19, 2009
What does'nt look athletic when Mike Napoli does that sweet homerun swing that lands the ball over the wall in deep center field?
Why can’t Mathis learn first base for that matter, he might be a little quicker pouncing on line drives.
44FAN - May 19, 2009
Mathis can't play first base because the Gods
of baseball would never allow such a hollow bat to linger at that Mecca for offensive production.
Er…
Darin Erstad shoots a hole in that argument.
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
So that is why Robb Quinlan is our backup 1B?
44FAN - May 19, 2009
Fair enough...
jimmuscomp - May 20, 2009
Now replace Aybar with Wood...
That’s a good lineup.
But, I’d do this:
Figgy
Abreu
Napoli
Hunter
Vlad
Morales
Rivera
Wood
Kendrick
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
Honestly, how incredible would this lineup be?
This is exactly the lineup that I would write up (possible exception of switching Vlad and Hunter, but its semantics) every day. This is easily one of the top lineups in all of baseball….at least 5-7 wins better than what we are going to put on the field for the rest of the year. It’s too bad Mr. Scioscia doesn’t care.
Also, S-Rod should be the 10th man here…
Spird - May 19, 2009
only issue with that
Once Vlad is back Napoli won’t be in the line up every day, as Vlad can only DH. Think Sosh has the stones to sit Vlad ahead of Naps once a week?
dmhead - May 19, 2009
If Vlad is still hitting like a girl, he better have the stones to put
Nipples in the lineup and sit Vlad’s ass down. Vlad has a short leash, IMO. He hasn’t looked good and if that lingers now that he is “healthy” he may be looking at decline…
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
NO.
WHY get rid of a guy whos hitting 300 for an average defensive second-basemen hitting 220.?
put Wood or Aybar at 2b. But dont keep HK.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 19, 2009
Let's check back in 30 days and see where Aybar and HK are...
Aybar is hot right now and HK isn ‘t – I think they will switch places in a short amount of time. As down on HK as I am right now, he has a pedigree that usually doesn’t wash out this gloriously this quickly. Aybar is just not a .300 hitter – no matter what the stat line says right now…
Now, if Aybar has figured out how to hit, that’s great, but he has 1/3 the power of HK too…
We’ll see.
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
Agreed
I would bet a lot of money that Kendrick finishes this season with an avg. higher than Aybar and a lot more power to boot.
Spird - May 19, 2009
I disagree. We dont know the extent of Aybar's talent...
Hes young…this might be normal for him.
And if you want to talk about power, you shouldnt be talking about either of these hitters anyways. If we need to rely on power from HK then were f-ed.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - May 19, 2009
Well, I mean power in terms of
doubles.
jimmuscomp - May 19, 2009
I wanted Wood too but I was trying to think like Soth
tanana40 - May 19, 2009
Napoli played a lot of first base in the minor leagues
I know he played there fairly often during his time with the Quakes and I remember him being decent. Shouldn’t be too hard to get up to speed again.
CanyonLakeHalo - May 19, 2009
I agree with this lineup
Kendry and Naps might switch spots, but we have to keep Torii in the top four spots and not move him back to #5. Matthews also seems to be ahead of Rivera right now. Either way, though, this lineup is excellent — the best we have had in years. Too bad Naps won’t be able to play every day with Vladdy back.
Brody - May 20, 2009
it looks more like spiderman shooting a web than a lightsaber
ihearhowie2.0 - May 19, 2009
IMMMMMMM BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!
wallispdub1 - May 19, 2009
ROFL.......wait isnt that what Manny said at the Doyers press conferance??? Oh wait
that was only the first part…….Manny Really said,
IIMMMMMM BAAAAAAACK……………………………ON STEROIDS!!!!
However the Doyers managed to filter that out cus they didnt think they would sell as “Manny” shirts if they said “Im back on steriods” with the number 99 on the back, so they just kept it at “IM BACK”
acuda27 - May 19, 2009
totally just made that my desktop picture
kingfish - May 19, 2009
vladdy definately should be known as predator from now on
i noticed it a few times on this post and i like it
Sorbo182 - May 19, 2009
Let's just hope
His old ass doesn’t pull or tear anything else. I still bring up B Woody dude is killin’ it!
angelskid2210 - May 19, 2009
See when i swing hard enough the dreds get out of the eyes.
WillGoAngels27 - May 19, 2009
We are stardust, we are golden.
And we’ve got get ourselves back to the garden.
44FAN - May 19, 2009
*got to
44FAN - May 19, 2009
Butterfly effect
You know how a butterfly flaps its wings in China and a Hurricane knocks down Florida? Stay with me here. There have been torrential monsoon rains falling on our rice farm in Kalasin Thailand and now I know why. Thank you oh divine Vlade for bringing the life giving rain to millions in Southeast Asia. We honor and respect you…but
get your ass out there and start hitting some four baggers!
Moondoggy - May 19, 2009
I hope you are referring to home runs.........
and not women who require the use of 4 condoms at one time to even consider “sexing” them.
norcaliangelsfan - May 19, 2009
It Thailand man
both
Moondoggy - May 20, 2009
Aftermath of the sweep in Tejas
Josh Hamilton is out of the lineup Tuesday with a strained right groin.
Hamilton suffered the injury while making a catch on Sunday. Rangers manager Ron Washington was hoping the off day on Monday would provide enough rest, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. “It’s just sore,” Hamilton said. “I’d like to play [Wednesday], but we’ll see.”
K3YEROUT - May 19, 2009
Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton left Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels prior to the eighth inning with a slight groin injury after crashing into the padded wall in right-center on a leaping catch in the seventh. Hamilton sprinted to his left and caught Howie Kendrick’s drive before running into the wall. Hamilton’s left forearm struck the wall and he fell on the warning track before scrambling to his feet and throwing back to the infield to keep Gary Matthews at first.
K3YEROUT - May 19, 2009
Physioc could'nt talk enough during the game last night about how poor Joshy Hamilton hurt himself because
mean old Howie hit the ball to him soooooo hard! LOL
44FAN - May 19, 2009
Sweet Sassy Molassy
HaloDutch - May 19, 2009
That's his "Big Daddy (I'm going to kick your ass) Vladdy" swing
vladtheimpaler - May 19, 2009
Whewee, Mama Guerrero sure cooked up a spicy batch today.
anaheim angels - May 19, 2009
Look at me guys its 3:15 and im hitting bombs. Im no 5:00 Aclock hitter!
WillGoAngels27 - May 19, 2009
5 simple words!!
Vlad and Torii will dominate!!
im4kiss - May 19, 2009
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