Halos Heaven

Rev asleep at the wheel...

WTF!?

okay i typed it up and took a nap

without posting it.

It will appear at 6pm as a 2nd game thread

Dear Ervin,

Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today. Please don’t suck today.

amen

yeahhh thanks for the game thread

ah yes

i’m drunk, i’ve just got back from a night out, i had a crap day at work and my feet hurt from the stupid shoes i forced myself to wear for the last FIVE hours

Erv – if you suck i’m coming over there to take alllllll of this out on YOU

4pm the next afternoon?

Now THAT is a Walk Of Shame for the ages!

aaah

i’m drunk in England

It’s 12.15am here

i’m done with those sorts of walks of shame, uni was good fun tho

A drunk Brit with an attitude

this should be interesting.

actually

i’m half Polish too

bring it on :P

I'm sober in Wisconsin

I’ve got nothing.

curses

was hoping for some banter

still…..you have plenty of day left for Vodka

cheers

bottoms up

you wanna be tough, better do what you can tori

no one wants to be defeated

crap

Tori

Just beat it

Another strike out for Torii?

This is getting way too common.

reverting to career norms

Happy Friday to all

I think Santana’s going to have a great outing tonight.

OUt.

1 out

nice

hitting 94

Let's Go Santana

94 mph looks pretty good

Nice bite on the slider

and dive on the sinker

2 out

Palanco has the weirdest head I've ever seen.

Have you seen Sam Cassell?

I have now

LOL

Yeah pretty damn ugly lol

My productivity at work just went down to 3%....

aim for 5%

but be satisfied with 2%

Will do

Hi Amy how's Matt?

1,2,3 yeahhhh

Santana looks good so far...fingers crossed

better movement on the fastball today

still missing a few mph though

I'll take 94 all game

especially with movement and good bite on his slider.

he's not throwing 94

93 twice on gameday

FSN had it at 94

im surprised they dont pump him to 96

as long as he isnt serving up 89 mph straight balls, i’ll take whatever they call it

Well looking at it on TV the first one he threw looked like that 89 straight ball

they might have done a little tv adjusting lol

It's all about the movement

Some can throw 85 and still get it done.

greg maddux

Exactly

Takes practice and wisdom

Santana hasn’t done it and doesn’t have the wisdom.

what's strange is

I had a bloody nose today, and so did Voodoo

roll call

red floyd standing by

red floyd - June 5, 2009 reply

k'd

I think Morales and Rivera are the same person

Roy Halladay dejavu

crap

Ervin has the VooDoo going.

A lot of short guys on these two teams

we have a hit

EEbar!!

headache!

If you had to choose,

Santana or Verlander over the next 3-5 years?

Verlander

what am i going to use him for?

Atta girl!

I think she's channelling Ladybug

red floyd - June 5, 2009 reply

Pitching, or household chores.

oh i dunno

Erv for pitching, the other one for chores

could use a general man slave

verlander

billhune - June 5, 2009 reply

Santana

If he’s not really injured.

Verlander

But only because Santana’s been hurt.

Santana

Belated roll call from highland

Hi folks! Let’s get some runs … and I got 6 months of f-bombs stored up

hey hey

lol I doubt F-bombs are rollovers like AT&T

They should be

and if they are I have at least a years worth

billhune - June 5, 2009 reply

I've got shedloads

In hospital mostly since last September … finally got out, had my laptop ripped off just got one back. FUCCCCCCCK! There goes one.

Got my Angels on now … yeah!

hospital?

sounds bad?

It wasn't fun

well

hope you’re ok now

Holy crap

Look who’s here!

Hummer2 flies out.

hahaha....

Maybe it should be Hummertoo.

Verlander at 35 pitches already.

At least were making him pitch…a bit…

This is good.

Verlander has a 1.08 ERA at home, and RHB are hitting .154 off him

little scary.

look at that

HAIR

red floyd no longer standing by

On my way home from work

red floyd - June 5, 2009 reply

Just saw a game with Bart.s Dad on channel 1

Santana be looking good

Just want to say:

If Santana gets “Bombed” today that Scioscia is a “NUT”

It's legume

We don't need any bad karma this early in the game.

That DP to end the inning was luminous resistance power on display for all fan member.

Granderson is good

NICE

slider slider slider

we need a mini-sirloing burger commercial

way out west...

mjhsieh - June 5, 2009 reply

there's a story told

about a bunch of cowboys, tiny and bold,

I 2nd that motion

work that count....

Verlander throwing alot of pitches…keep it up.

Swipe

ROLL CALL

Nice SB

SB

tough pitch to hit

lol, ns

crap

vlad

big.fat.FAIL

have some vodka and SIT DOWN

bah... 12 pitch inning.

damn.

Wow, even with a full-count walk, huh.

yeah….one pitch to vlad and only a few to bobby a

btw sam...

dig your angels blogging way more than your competitor…steve bisheff. I commented a couple times criticizing him and he actually sent me an email…

very surprised…

An angry email, or a let’s discuss this further email, or a thanks for the support email?

And thanks. I actually dig what they’re doing to some degree. I like an ecosystem with lots of variety, and they’re doing something very different than we are, and that Rev and you guys are.

And how’s the job hunt going?

Somewhere between angry and lets discuss this. I sent him a decent email back explaining my issues.

Job hunt? Not so great. After over 6 months in NYC, it was looking bleak so I packed up and headed back west. Sort of reevaluating what to do now. Done a bit of freelancing but not much…

Interesting. Good luck!

Good luck on your search.....

hope it ends soon

Vladdy pops out to 1st... then pops out to the RF... hopefully

that means his next will be a bomb to RF

jesus

that jack in the box commercial is creepy

creepily awesome!!

WTF?

is up with all the cottn balls blowing around the infield?

Feels like I am playing golf at Green River.

dandelions?

rex explained on the radio...

i guess its normal….not dandelions…some sort of “blank blank seed”

K

first one

Voodoo is looking much better so far

i once punched garald laird in the mouth

Alex

That would be, who is Adam Kennedy?

it would be me, before he pitched a no hitter his freshman year ha

STFD COUSIN GERALD

No Boo for Voodoo

K

KK

keep it up

have you guy seen Laird?

He must have went on extreme makeover.

he was super skinny in hs ... now he looks just like his dad

bald and fat

I think we should make sure he has a bloody nose before every start.

Up from a nap in time for those strikeouts

from Zs to Ks … I LIKE!

S.T.F.D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

What is up with

Ervin’s Coke Booger?

Channeling Neil Young

Had a bloody nose before the start of the game, obviously fine now.

KKK

3 K's in a row

beast mode

voodoo mode

STFD, meat.

Santana, dude. I ain’t jinxing anything, but looks like folks panicked too soon, maybe?

people always panic too soon

except in February in Oakland, March in Seattle and May in Texas.

Sometimes I can’t hold it in and a few drops of panic come out.

I didn't panic

it was just a matter of time before he got over it. I had a shoulder injury and it does take a while to get over the fact that you can throw with no pain.

folks panicked .. or,

the management should have let him rehab in the minors instead of rehabbing up here

Well Rev mentioned this on the radio

the other day, that you only get a certain number of starts in the minors before you have to come up.

well that explains it then

I don’t think he got there, though. They were talking about giving him as many as three starts originally; didn’t he only throw two? Smoltz is throwing four or five before he comes back, if i’m not mistaken.

I have no clue

I just heard it on the radio…it makes sense but I do not know the actual rule.

SAM ZELL

answer to trivia question (ChiSox and Cubs)

Lol Bing Crosby

What don't you remember that famous infield of...

Hope, Crosby, and Zell?

nice to have these announcers today.

definitely

I can't believe I'm rooting for Boston to win

the dirt, it won’t come off!

I cheered for that other east coast team when they were playing texas

enjoy the dirt

rarely will you have such a good excuse to feel dirty

exactly

I prefer to not think of it as rooting for Boston

rather rooting against Texas

Great point

there... that's the way to think about it.

right, well

think that’s going to be it for me, vodka and work have taken their toll

Enjoy the rest of the game – see y’all on Sunday

Lightweight

haha

you can’t start th banter as i leave!

*the

enough with the internet flirting!

you are all equally hunky bundles of manliness

no favouritism here

98 mph...

ouch.

Ched!

wish I could throw 98…

I went to a batting cage once that claimed the ball was coming at 95 MPH.....

I never saw one pitch the entire time it was so freaking fast…………

Remember when Home Run Park had the Ryan Express cage?

That shit was freaky

that the one in buena park?

I lived in Buena Park once..

used to play golf at the big T

Anaheim

Beach and Orange (I think)

that's the one i'm thinking of. they had a 90s cage ... i dont think it threw 90 though

if it did, then i was GOD when I was 14

I like your sig....

whos the quote from?

Walt Whitman

Was used in Bull Durham

ah okay.....

dont remember that…….been ages since I have seen it though

I think its the 2nd to last line of the film

The last line is “You can look it up”

ever read Thomas Wolfe?

he has 10 pages in Of Time and the River dedicated to baseball….most amazing descriptions. Shows how much it is apart of American culture…

No I haven't

But I will now…thanks.

In Truckee

does anyone have a link for TV?

please?

this road trip is really bad for my game watching

give me e-mail address and I'll send it

dmeinecke at gmail

many, many thanks my friend

didnt get it i dont think

Tiger’s announcer: “Mathis doesn’t have the strongest arm.” Oh yeah, then how come all his throws go all the way to center field? He’s like a super hero who can’t control his own strength!

LOL hosed!

no cape, but effective

/ get’s shown!

whoops, good arm there

tanana40 - June 5, 2009 reply

Mathis!!!

Nice throw Hummer2

Flacido!

Clete Thomas

sounds like a hill billy name.

he looks like the kid on delieverence too

(gameday photo)

Was he swinging a bat or a banjo?

Born Jacksonville, Florida

booger!

ANewFoundThrice - June 5, 2009 reply

my pop just called that

“is that a moco?”

What would that piece of cotton in Ervin's nose go for on E-bay?

a blowjob.

you are much weirder than me.

LOL

Pitch Counts

Verlander 61 through 4
Santana 45 through 4

both are going past the seventh if kept up…

good job mathface

uh oh...

call up bobby wilson.

Theres no way Mathis got hit by that

he woould be hurtin like crazy!

Ha. Awesome. Gamer for real.

HK

ouch

rub some dirt on it

or some tussin

Beane Ball

95 MPH fastball........

ouch

enough with the bunting howie. he throws fastballs.

take advantage

that jump

coulda been on espn

with as many as AB’s as HK has this year, is there any chance of him saving his BA?

If he hits .320 for the next 300 at bats, he’d be right at .280

So in other words

no

word….i just want him to produce but i was thinking about the possibilities if your BA. is so low at this point in the season…..

as much as there is

for me playing in the MLB

haha

Lol still can't bunt

FSN W

Fail

oops

Shows the faith they have in

the Angels…lol

what happened to the hit and run they were doing on 2 strikes in the first few innings?

hit em right in the pinky

ouch

Come on Fig Newton!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Excellent, Howie

Steal your way back to AAA. God DAYAM.

k-mo

fail

that wasn't kmo

dmoney2741 - June 5, 2009 reply

just not fast enough

man whoever invented these Starkist Tuna Lunch to go things is my idol.......

and Im gonna make them a millionaire all by myself

Mini Star-kist Tuna!

doesn’t have the same ring as Mini sirloin burgers…

they are pretty good

I just wish they used mustard instead of mayo.......

I hate mayo…..so I dont use it.

Everywhere I look I see sliders and mini burgers

where were these damn things a year ago?

In your grocer's freezer section.

With the brand label “White Castle” on the box.

Yeah, suddenly White Castle is the burger model for the nation.

Only because freezing In'N'Out burgers would be a sin.

hey thanks for the kind words about the job hunt earlier. Until then I’ve been supplementing the income via waiting tables…so its not all a loss.

no problem.....

glad to hear you got some income coming in……..its hard these days

sigh

yup

zone rating fail

Pull EM!

kidding.

Not really

but sorta…

voodoo with a bloody nose?

or just a really big white booger hanging from the nostril

turned on the game and seen the same thing

Pitching duels have the same feel of soccer sometimes...

back and forth back and forth…the littlest mistake could make all the difference.

Strikeout plox

Or walk and setup the DP.

well we got the walk

Nosebleed???

Should that be his new nickname?

Rusty as in pipe

sangrado por la nariz

Coke Booger

okay 221. batter...

lets get him!

damn I'm scared

221

Let's get a DP Larish

he's tired

xD

awesome

nails!

DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111111111111111

4-6-3!!!

4-6-3

tanana40 - June 5, 2009 reply

score some runs

YEAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

did you happen to send that link?

sorry for the pestering

DP !!!

hold that head high voodoo …. so that nose’ll stop leaking

mmm DP

ftw

And now only 10 more pitches from Ervin for the 3 points!!

M A G I C

Ervin is a SMART pitcher, he made sure not ot give the batter anything to hit when Ordonez mad it to 3rd, knowing he could get a double play. That is intellect and confidence meeting up with ability.

wait to interject that into his athleticism like literary theory….

way....not wait.

I am still stuck at work.

According to Gameday, that last pitch was a fastball right down the pipe.

Me rikey

there's an awesome NCAA baseball game on right now

between Virginia and Ole Miss the game is tied in bottom 9th.

what channel?

ESPN-U

hope I don’t get in trouble for saying that.

lol thanks

thats not a pirated site...........

so its okay

And the closer has a nose bleed too!!

This Years in Thang

Like Nelly's Band-aid?

Funke5ive - June 5, 2009 reply

I'm going to the super regionals that are here tomorrow.

The Giants-Marlins game is taking the cake

I just realized this would be a No-No for Verlander if it wasn't for Aybar

sweet sweet irony.

I'll take a walk

c'm Vlad

Let's Go Angels!

CRUSHED!

nice

fair ball

Maybe THAT will turn Vlad around

Deep to left

in the boxscore

Vladdy

GOES THE DISTANCE
ALL OF 9 FT

hahahahahahahahahahaha

YEAHHHH Vlad

Stupid Laird haha

I think that Vlad's penis extends out farther than that hit

trust me it does

experimented a little in college

Vlad went to college?

stolenbases - June 5, 2009 reply

I can confirm that...

boy do i have a story for you guys!

Please do tell...

torii time lets see it

C'mo Torii

The look on their faces when it stopped….

elevate soemthing

Hangin with Hunter 09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMTXaFEr1Lw&eurl=http://toriihunter.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/06/hangin_with_mr_hunter.html&feature=player_embedded

wow

he’s way behind those heaters. need a swinging bunt

Chupa FAIL

mental mistakes

bench him, or send him to Triple A, obviously.

you know this crowd I see.

Dude wtf?

AFAILeu

crap

brutal

foot does not equal bag

not even close

Bobby Failbreu

oc course

Hurt

ouch

that mistake hurts now

That just makes it worse

Even more of a fail now...

yup

oh lame

at least he got a hit

And then a hit

okay that would not have scored him…

walks suck if you get picked off

Take it out K-MO

that was your pitch kendry ... now, need a swinging bunt

I could use a 3 run bomb

roll call

showed up just in time to see Chupa f up

Hat Trick...lol

hopefully no sombrero for K-Mo

And hopefully not an Alex Rios either.

Yeah the Platinum sombrero

Fail

k-mo

K-Mo takes the fastball and swings at the garbage breaking ball.

All Vlad’s hard work shot to pieces.

he's taking lessons from Vlad

FAILMO

Abreu waisted that blast to left by Vlad that inning

Juan Rivera

FAIL

Wow it looked like Rivers assumed that ball was a homer

man he hit the doonkleshtump outta that

How the hell is Erv's pitch count only at 62?

I think it's because he's only thrown 62 pitches

+1

he's throwing 89 now, he's done scioscia.

warm up the “relief”

he hasnt thrown a fastball yet dude.

90

i stand corrected

how do YOU spell relief?

K R O D

S-C-O-T-C-H

haha

What was juan doing there?

interpretive dance?

CUBA!

Ervin surviving!

TIGERS FAIL AGAIN

LOL at K-Mo running across the diamond.

this mound trip is to get morales some air

THAT’S how a champion plays!

eh that fastball the anderson was only 90…maybe he does he need some relief.

preperation H?

pitch count?

65 pitches

break out the junk erv…your fastball has lost some.

D

FENSE

Last inning of Verlander...

hes at 98 pitches….

Gettin FIGGY with the glove

Figgy the man!

FIGGY

Oh man

I wish I could have seen what just happened.

yeahhh figgy

Figgins=Gold Glove

He's gold to his left, right ... not so much

Aluminum to the right

Ok ok that's a little harsh.....Frakencense to the right

Myrrh to the right?

With A-Rod in the play

don’t think so

The funny thing is that Erv isnt over 75 pitches yet....

so even though hes pitching good, you might LOSE the daily question if you said YES.

he's at 68........

and I thought it was over 70?

oh....

slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

For a pitcher’s duel, this has been a pretty enjoyable game…

I love pitchers duel…i never get tired of them.

I'm pleasantly surprised at this game.

Yeah, 6 innings of 4 hit shut out ball from Santana

couldn’t ask for more

its one of those crzy pitchers duels

where they’re always on the verge of losing it, but keep escaping. Makes it fun

This game would be better if...

BWood and SRod were here

SalmonStream - June 5, 2009 reply

word

Texas 4 Boston 0 --- in the 6th

those chowds are good for nothing

errrrrr

Do we see Verlander next inning? Hes at 110 pitches.

his velocity looked like it was holding up, so maybe

3 points.

yeahhhhhhhh

Leadoff batter out

first time in 3 innings for Ervin

Erv has dropped to 90 mph...

hold onto your seats….

OK I came late. Can someone explain the wad in Erv's nose?

Grandmaster Flash

Coke Booger

AH. those can be a real pain in the ass

If you have coke boogers in your ass.......

well then, my friend, you have some major major issues

Don't judge me!

got a bloody nose

Would you let Santana pitch the CG?

pitch count? If it's low - yes

Instead of 1/3 of an inning by Speier?

uh… yeah.

i dunno his pitch count is down but his fastball has lost velocity….

still got good movement on the slider though

according to Gameday

Well he's at 80 as it stands

if he feels good i’d keep him in. It would just suck to waste this outing by giving up a solo shot on a 88 fast ball over the plate.

This. Probably let him go until first sign of danger, and hope first sign of danger isn’t a home run. Slider/change are still excellent.

Gotta give him a shot

believe in the powr of the iron-flat hat bill

shits gangsta....

Rex: "Magglio has got to go."

NICE K

Gubicza: "I think he should throw the slider down and away"

Throws slider down and away

= STFD MAGGLIO

Guby!

I like him better than any of our annnouncers….

+1

clap clap clap clap

nice job Voodoo

Erv at 80 pitches...

he might go into the 10th! (if their is one…)

when was the last time a pitcher pitched into the 10th inning?

stolenbases - June 5, 2009 reply

Nice job Santana

I love these Bill Curtis commercials

I'd watch Bill Curtis narrate a sunrise

the guy’s just that awesome

what the hell?

k...heads up HK...no dumb basepath moves...

He did fall down

pendletonmike - June 5, 2009 reply

Ghetto

double!

HK swinging bunt FTW