Final Score in Oakland: Angels 5, Athletics 2
Joe Saunders struck out 7, Mike Napoli went 4 for 4, Torii Hunter had 3 RBI and Chone Figgins scored 2 runs on a 3 for 5 night. Brian Fuentes picked up his 6th Save as an Angel. Jose Arredondo relieved Saunders in the 7th inning and picked up his 8th Hold.
Mike Scioscia didn't exactly overflow with confidence when he had Fuentes warming up alongside Scot Shields. So much for the set-in-stone roles that he had managed with when Francisco Rodriguez was the Angels' closer. Fuentes threw a quick 1-2-3 9th inning, striking Gregorio Petit with the bases empty in front of a crowd that appeared to be about 675 shivering Bay Area die-hards stuck without Cable Television reception.
The Athletics got a run on a Balk, so their minor league offense scored in a manner befitting their minor league crowd. Their final run of the night was a homerun by Kurt Suzuki off of Joe Saunders on his 110th and final pitch of the night. It was the 8th pitch of the at-bat, so the A's minor league system has produced one hitter this decade.
Meanwhile Oakland Designated Hitter Jack Cust had 4 strikeouts and didn't even look that good at the plate. Brett Anderson was the kind of guy that A's boosters pointed to as the magic young pitching that would be carrying Oakland to a 162-0 season. Well, the fairy dust is off and the pre-April hallucination is over. Let a 6-month hangover known as the regular seaosn continue for the Green and Gold Getting Old if Not Sold Crew.
Two beaten and broken teams in a weak division up for grabs met Monday night and one showed which one has the urge to purge a loser at its door. I don't realy know what that means, but the Angels schooled the Athletics.
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In the AL West
(in the AL West)
Seattle folds.
(Seattle folds.)
Weak-assed Rangers’ pitching,
never gets old.
(never gets old.)
Up in NoCal,
(up in NoCal)
The green and gold
(the green and gold)
Retooled by Bean-boy to be winners,
but they’re just old.
Yippee-Ay-Yay the Halos keep on winnin’!
Yippee-Ay-Oh the Halos keep on winnin’!
Yippee-Ay-Yay the Halos keep on winnin’!
Yeah!
Stirrups - May 4, 2009
LMAO, rec'd
44FAN - May 4, 2009
Anyone good at this stuff want to put this to audio.
And get it playing when you get on this site?
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
uh
no.
Rev Halofan - May 4, 2009
haha
Wortha try.
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
What if we can get
Stan Ridgeway to sing it?
eyespy - May 4, 2009
maybe its psychology
I don’t know I gotta move some place where the blogs are easy…
Rev Halofan - May 5, 2009
what is this 1990s?
We’ll also spam “Under Construction” gifs!
scottnak - May 4, 2009
Saunders. Panther
Finger Lickin Good!
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
44FAN - May 4, 2009
Mathis Panther.
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
he scored
Downing Rules - May 5, 2009
He seems to be a playboy
stolenbases - May 5, 2009
Naps looks relegated to the backround
behind Mathis’ pimp-tasticness.
neochoa - May 4, 2009
Maybe Jeff owns a tanning salon
and he is just showing the customers to their booths.
Rev Halofan - May 5, 2009
Where did you
Get that pic?
Figgi4life - May 4, 2009
a good poster
does not reveal his sources.
DUUUUUDE … where the HELL did you get that picture????
Rev Halofan - May 5, 2009
Wasn't AM 830 doing a contest to see who would date Naps and Mathis?
stolenbases - May 5, 2009
Naps gets my vote
Epic Dean - May 4, 2009
Glad that Fuentes didn't suck.
mjhsieh - May 4, 2009
We went to FUENTE-TOWN!
red floyd - May 4, 2009
all of the above?
the best “team” effort thus far!
ladybug - May 4, 2009
Agree
I couldn’t make a pick between any of them because there were good cases for them all.
turs12 - May 5, 2009
POTG
Saunders, another good outing for our starters, special nod to the bully for doing its job. Naps very close second.
halofolife - May 4, 2009
44FAN - May 4, 2009
Kust for Panther
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
I would like to say
FUCK YEAAAAAAAH!
(post #3000 on HH!)
anaheim angels - May 4, 2009
Way to get your moneys worth.
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
w o w … how many times have you had to repeat the 9th grade?
Rev Halofan - May 4, 2009
You mean...
Unsucessfully repeated the ninth grade?
Figgi4life - May 4, 2009
6 tiMEZ and counTing!11!1 LOLllz!11!!11!
I was just really feeling the win this time. I think this club has turned a corner. It just feels so good right now. I decided to drop my F-bomb of the month because I would much rather drop it in a good manner than when I’m angry.
anaheim angels - May 4, 2009
well i will give you that one
actually a pretty mature approach to the old F-Bombage…
Rev Halofan - May 5, 2009
It just seems to get me angrier after I use the F-Bomb in frustration.
Plus, I figured I might as well do my 3k post in style
anaheim angels - May 5, 2009
Panther Hokie Joe
WillGoAngels27 - May 4, 2009
i think he meant swing set
teopeht - May 4, 2009
Mathis was catching today not Nap :)
Vladd#27 - May 5, 2009
But i have seen better swings in a toy set
WillGoAngels27 - May 6, 2009
POTG = Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
3rd Echelon - May 4, 2009
Panther=Nipples
eyespy - May 4, 2009
Love the Halos logo "branded" on the Schnauzer cow!
Also, what the heck is the Official Caddyshack “Flipper-Voiced” Gopher doing in the mini-sirloin burger commercial?
Downing Rules - May 5, 2009
Saunders was awesome
but i still voted for Naps. the man is ripping up everyone he faces!
howiestheman - May 4, 2009
+1
Funke5ive - May 4, 2009
Results up.
scottnak - May 4, 2009
So where exactly is Athletics Nation?
Liechtenstein?
Caseys Kiss of Death - May 5, 2009
why would you lick eckstein?
Downing Rules - May 5, 2009
Joe Nips Nap for Panther
Joe 4-1 w/3.29 era.
vladtheimpaler - May 5, 2009
Nobody commented on what, to me, was the best part of the night
ET’s and Fuentes’ stints in relief.
Hopefully, this is the start of a trend. The beginning of the end, as it were.
red floyd - May 5, 2009
Panther to Scioscia ...
for manning up and going against his normal “routine” when he was damn well ready to change it up.
Downing Rules - May 5, 2009
BULL SHIT Rev.........Dont give the A's any credit, you might make them feel better.
“Their final run of the night was a homerun by Kurt Suzuki off of Joe Saunders on his 110th and final pitch of the night. It was the 8th pitch of the at-bat, so the A’s minor league system has produced one hitter this decade.”
The A’s still have not produced a hitter, that was all Cal State Fullerton with Kirt Suzuki. The A’s cant produce a hitter if their life depended on it.
acuda27 - May 5, 2009
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