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"Under blue moon I saw you
So soon you'll take me
Up in your arms
Too late to beg you or cancel it
Though I know it must be the killing time
Unwillingly mine"

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not a whole lotta traffic for awhile
Rays not looking good this year
good start

and thanks for the thread. :)

K-Mo swinging for the fences
K-mo fighting some off

Rev must be sleeping

Shit man

post a game thread and runs start scoring.

oh well

Kowbell had a great AB

bummer

but with WTY going, a 2-0 lead looks solid!

Shields threw 22 pitches
2 runs early

i like these kinds of starts … so long as the O doesn’t snooze for the next 5 innings

So i’m listening to the gameday audio link. They’re having Retro Night at Tampa….does this mean they wear those ugly black jerseys from the 1990s? Jose Canseco hypodermic needles?

NO

it just means no one is in the stands

no ugly jerseys

no word yet on the needles

lol, nostaglia and the Rays don't exactly go together
What lead is officially bullpen proof?

We need to score at least 15 runs IMHO.

I don't think there is a Kevlar number with these guys.
We've up already. Off to a good start.

Vlad with a hit even. Figgy scores in the first. One pregame point already, yay!

We've Up
we got some runned that inning
It helps that we aren't sitting anyone.

Well, I would rather see Naps in, but having the real OF in makes a bit of a diffference.

Matthews is a tool.

  Just a thought here.. Great to see Torri hitting 3rd..While everyone knows that I regard Vlad as a God, he is nolonger a typical 3 hitter.. Yer 3 hitter should be a great athlete and your best hitter if possible,while Torri def can’t match Vlad for his career,right now he is the best option to hit 3rd.. Clean up with Vlad,take some pressure off…He should be a 4th hitter,while Torri can still create havoc on the basepaths !
  That is the pitch Vlad needs 2 be PATIENT 4… I don’t think he is a David ortiz n decline,he can still drive the ball (hit the CF wall in TO 400 ft) What he needs to learn is to STOP swinging at unhittable pitches (even 4 Vlad) He can’t drive thos crazy pitches that he use 2.. But if he learned to be patient and wait for a pitch high to drive,you are gonan see a .300 avg with 20 hr and 75 rbi by seasons end..Not 2 bad for 4 months of production…
Stay back Vladdy,and stay PATIENT please !!

almost a nice play by aybar

wood

he's almost an average player
send him down already
GA totally makes that play
trade possibility

carl crawford to angels for______? The rays will probably not make it to the postseason this year

another OF?!
bobby is probably gone

after this year and so is GMJ and Vlad isn’t an OFer anymore

I wouldn't mind if Reagins

tried to re-sign Chupa.

for how much?
Well, Chupa signed for $5M this year...

I suspect he realizes that the market may not match the pre-2009 market.

I like chupa at 1 or 2 in the order

but not for more than 7-8 mil

he can be the future leadoff hitter and LFer
Rather trade for Longoria
Longoria for Aybar
Longoria/Kazmir for Aybar/Quinlan
if they want quinlan then

they better give us pena too

GREAT THROW MATHIS

YES!

WOAH!

nice throw!

Nice throw Hummer2
We threw someone out at 2nd?

weird

Is Mathis allowed to do that?

I thought he was only allowed to play catch with Torii (or whoever is playing CF).

All the guys are playing better because they have been yelled at for the past two days.
Soth also made them watch 2 hours of Murphy Brown.

That’d change my game I’m sure.

I'm stoked to see we put up 2 runs off james shields early

I always remember him being tough on us. Hopefully we can tack more on.

Weave out of it
throwing out runners really changes an inning.
Is it an official Game Thread

…without random lyrics?

it's official now...
Thank you for the lame radio spot, Newport Beach Plaza Retirement Community
I remember the olden days back in Anaheim...

when I used to watch the Angels on TV. Watching the games on ESPN gamecast just isn’t the same. I can’t wait to get extra innings. I should probably buy a TV first.

And Hud gives the reason for The Soth's man-crush on E-bar.
his awesome bunting?
Ding ding ding, we have a winner.
Anyone know the draft procedure??

How long will I be waiting until the Angels pick at 24???

#18 pick coming up, maybe another 45 minutes?
Not too long, they are up to pick 18 now
It's been an hour and a half and they're only on 17
there is this great site called MLB.com

that is tracking every pick

lets see if you can get to 2nd on your own now tools
Why no sac by mathis?

It’s not like he’s been killing the ball or anything?

no sac or hit and run

no steal attempt by aybar

aybar is a waste even when he gets a hit, it’s just compounded when the guy behind him can’t move him over

The angels team I'm used to would turn a leadoff single into a run

or at the least, get the guy over to third.

he can't hit the broad side of a barn

is it paradoxical to say this since he has a batting cage in his barn?

WTY having a hard time finding the zone early on
A walk!

It’s Arrendondo time.

In this game

pick the next inning the Angels will have an offensive outbreak of 2 runs or more, if picked correctly i will send you a Halos Heaven T-Shirt.

You cannot pick 0/none, and you are allowed only one pick.

The house picks the 5th

so any other inning than the 5th

7

If I win, donate my shirt to someone else… I’ve got a bunch of Del Ninja’s already.

all of them
real clever

lame and out

6th inning
out
cupie rips the shirt off our backs.
abreu looks like a guy running on ice whenever a linedrive is hit near him
Physioc on the radio is worst than Physioc on TV

he consistently forgets that the listener can’t see what is going on. Example, “line drive to right field, Abreu over to cut it off before it gets to the wall” (um, we don’t know if Abreu was catching it or getting it on a hop).

or "worse" than
Cut it off would seem to imply that it was on a hop.
Though Phys does suck
true but normally, Terry or Rory would say, line drive basehit to right, Abreu over to .....
yeeeeeeeeah

boyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Angels are in the hole for the draft
hoping for Tim Wheeler
Angels now on deck (and in the hole)
they're gonna take mitchell, for the TOOOOLS
Is there a bunt metric?
Who is the best bunter in the draft??

We need that. Anyone that can pull off a squeeze belongs in this organization.

i'll be soooooo pissed
i im hopin for wheeler too
He's a 6 tool player
Mitchell went 23rd to ChiSox
dodged that bullet
Angels now picking 24
The We've is dealin'
On the clock....(twice)
theee los AN-gel-EEEEEEEZ Angels
gimme

some Trout! The new fish in the outfield.

This is what I don't understand

Why not Trout? Unless he’s going right now.

Who?

Grichuk?

Angels select Randal Rrichuk

Outfielder from some high school in Texas

he is 18 years old

he turns 19 on June 13th

i mean august 18th
HORRIBLE PICK

Nexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxt

Not even in Keith Law's top 100
and at #25 Trout
Trout - much more like it
Ok there we go

That’s better.

Another King Fish
He looks pretty happy
kendry morales = fail w/ risp

i dont expect anything out of aybar or mathface, but come on kendry, pull it together

It's sad to realize that this would still be a scoreless game if it wasnt for those 2 tampa errors.
Seems like a good kid

i’m glad that they didn’t draft some cocky asshole that thinks he is the shit

Trout the new Salmon?
i like mike trout

nice story that he was the only one who showed up and we got him. just got compared to craig biggio too, which i like

I still don't see why they took grichuk so early.
maybe they took Grichuk as a negotiation tool against Trout
right

Trout will be cheaper as a later pick

Whatever

Tim Salmon was a second-round pick. You never know how guys will turn out.

Er, third-round pick
maybe, grichuk is a good hitter, but didn't see him going in the 1st round.

sign them both and demote the slap hitters!

Lots of homers

but can he bunt?

damn Mike trout

batted 531 with 18 home runs this year

Hatcher has his work cut out here...
Jesus

<sarcasm>Man, why didn’t they go after a speedy guy who can steal bases?</sarcasm>

I think there's an "auto sarcasm" on all your posts

/sarcasm

Heading for home.

Try to sign in later, depending on what Mrs. red floyd has planned.

Butchers has done a tremendous job?

we have the worst bullpen in the league.

i don’t think that’s something to put on the resume

Weav gets out of the jam

WHEW.

lol at that swing by Gross

weaver working hard … need more runs so the bullpen can give up their usual

Yeah, I think his PC is around 70 already.
Official Weave K Meter

K K K K K

Any chance Sheppers lasts

until pick 40?

looked gone to me
howie!

lol at mentioning srod while howie is batting.

Howie with a triple, how about that!

Go Angels!

behind the rail - homer
Let's see how this plays out

Should be interesting.

Home Run
instant replay umpire review mlb.com
I'm reversing my call.....
It's a triple
figgy finding his line drive mojo
Figgy gets him in

Yay!

jeeze

that one found the deepest alley in there…if it was outdoors that would be out

tori trotting = double instead of triple
let's go vladdy!!!
did they steal those wooden tablesets from behind our fountain?

they look the same…

damn vlad that was ugly
Even watching him on gamecast is painful now.

What happened to the other Vlad?

Well at least the house didn't win
jays beating up on the rangers early
sorry missed your thread, see mine below
Toronto 4-0 over TX in the 4th
10 weeks early for scoreboard watching
ok mom
and, eat your vegetabes
omnomnom
and

don’t eat with your mouth open.

this is why i date strippers and shoot meth
Hell yes, Weave!!
Wheeler went to Colorado at 32
Wow!

the Coors Light “Freeze Cam” was amazing!

atta boy Juan
aaack

un lucky

I hope this game doesn't turn out like I think it is
Mini Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich
Im here!

Just got off work…looks like WTY is killing it as usual.

Whats up with the two errors?
helped us get our first two runs.......
oh i see...

I thought it was our errors.

Weav getting squeezed
OT: man I swear I just saw a highlight of Ortiz hitting a homerun in his game.....

then they showed a flash of a guy wearing an Ortiz jersey pumping his fist and it looked ALOT like Peter Gammons…….

anyone else see that?

Rory and mark need to stop paying attention to the bottle races

I don’t recall Vin Scully or Chick Hearn ever talking about crap like that.

The only bottle race that matters to me is the one from my liquor cabinet to the glass as our bullpen comes in with the gas can and matches.

Haha, nice

I am hoping for a celebratory libation tonight and not said bottle race

Ugh. Rex just called Weaver...

Jeff.

ugh.

when does the comp round of the draft start?
just started
cmon weaver

one more out and sweat through the bp trying to hold the lead

Seems a bit quiet in here tonight....

maybe it’s just me

It happens with east coast games
wonder if the refs will let ariza run through screens in orlando?

if so, SWEEEEEEP

Ha, I just rememberd the Lakers game is tonight
HOW

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

coming up on our first comp pick
i love the 1 min between picks.......

thats awesome

Better late than never

good evening everybody

joe crawford is reffing tonight

auto lakers win

whatever it takes
gamblers always have the best stats

11-1 (Straight up)— Last 12 Laker games in playoffs record when Crawford referees
12-10(Straight up) — Lakers record last 22 playoff games without Crawford.

OT: Orlando's home court is the "Amway Arena."

Does that mean we all have to sign two of our friends up before we can watch the game?

Back on the clock...
Wow

Howie afraid of SLC

The red card is in Howies locker if this is any other team in baseball.
Skags............

the pitcher from Santa Monica

Tyler Skaggs
a young lefty.....

nice…..

With the 40th pick the Angels take Tyler Skaggs
Howie Dipshit
what a moron
howie was dead meat either way
HK, rally killer

To AAA with you.

just when hk seems to be turning it around
Shit or get off the pot Howie.
chone...steal 2nd
woo hoo

abreu rocks

pick 42 coming up...
noice

keep it going “meat” of the order

it should be 5-2
should be like 7-2, if they would stop stranding runners
damn you howie, thats 2 runs for me and I win the T-Shirt without your dumb ass
Abreu nice hit but HK costs us a run
Garrett Richards?

RHP from OK

at 42 the Angels take Garrett Richards
another pitcher.....

nice lol

mini sirloin burgers song >>>> mini buffalo ranch song
Is there a song for those?
it's too long and there's not story
I'm sticking with the mini burgers song then...

that song rocks

mini buffalo ranch chicken sandwich?

what happened to our mini-sirloin burgers

i hope we get Poythress or Matthes with 48
Don't kill me but..

howie is 2-3 with a run.

So it could be worse
made a stellar defensive play as well

but he has a lot of bad will to make up for

put the foot on the juglar

and end it

true

but if he can muck a good thing, he does

they are told to go 1st to 3rd.

from day 1 in the system

true...but either go or don't

he got hung up on indecision

Sheppers finally goes to TEX
No more Big Bad Vlad...
bring 'em home Torii
Ebel is going soft
Gross has him gunshy after howie's miscue
Rare stop sign for Ebel
I'm back.

And the mini-buffalo-ranch chicken sandwich ads suck, compared to the Mini Sirloin Burgers.

Ebel should have sent.

cant rely on rivera v. a righty

our last comp pick up next!
one run, four hits, that pretty much sums this year so far for us
living on the right coast

means I’m deprived of the finer points of SoCal culture….i.e., I’ve never heard the mini sirloin burger song

flipping to lakers game...
flipping to lakers game...
another lefty pitcher
Tyler Kehrer is pick 48

another LHP

anyone know our next picks?
nvm
80, 110

looks like the last pick in every round…….from here on out

sad
thats what we get for having the best record lol
Time for dinner with Ms. Rex.

See yah guys.

Go Halo’s!

Bullpen in

Double gin and tonic, please

So how many runs did Howie cost us there

with boner on the base path’s?

I'm gonna photoshop the bullpen's heads onto UPS guys carrying big brown packages of FAIL.
M's got Poythress

:(

unbelievable
what a bunch of firestarterss
Bulger up in the pen
only if the bases are loaded
wow. just...wow.
Oliver decides to hit batters on 1-2 counts
i'm so sick of this bullpen

if you have to rely on Oliver in a close game, that says that your BP is trash. MAKE A MOVE ALREADY

WTF?

Until this week he was nails.

his stuff isnt great

im happy when he does well, but he’s pitched way over his head

an entire bullpen of gas cans
it's a good thing we're talking about making moves

instead of actually making them.

threats always work…

Well, this game is over
sad that we even think like that
how much longer does management ignore the fact that we have no bullpen?
Maybe they think they can draft someone who can help

cheap

***groan***
Paging Mr. Cuervo. Mr Cuervo to the living room, please...
I have reservations at El Jimador
a reliever struggling with his release point is going to face a power hitter w/ the bases juiced

DRINKS, LOTS OF THEM PLEASE

Where's Thompson?

he can’t possibly be worse than this crap

it feels like 1975, THE ARSON SQUAD!!!
Still the worst ERA by any Angels bullpen in history

So it’s actually WORSE than that.

get the K Oliver....please
I feel cheated not having bulger in there.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
oh my god.

bow bow

LIDP

I. Do. Not. Believe. It.

thank you God
wow. god hates the rays.
God Hates Rays

That’s that Phelps guy right?

Kotch would not have had that
that saved them

FOR AN INNING

Thank the heavens for Kendry Morales!
i'm suprised he didn't fly swat that for an inside the parker
bynum must be allergic to weights

go to the gym you soft pos

K-Mo has a chance to follow defense with offense
that was such a sweet shot by Kobe there.........

and the foul

kobe could go for 50 tonight
While Kobe's here

maybe he can get a hit for us

wonder if kobe would scream "HEY" on every swing
Boy...dos Boston own the Yankees this year or what?

Even Papi hits them

S-Rod crushed his 21st HR today...

Meanwhile in a suburb of Tampa…Kendrick gets thrown out after rounding second too far like he was in 6th grade.

he did that yesterday
time is relative....
he's still playing kick ball
that swing alone should get aybar demoted
qft.
SMD

SUCK MY DICK
so there’s no confusion

way to power up there Aybar
now comes the scary part bottom of the 8th
Profiles in Futility
What are you lot like when the Angels are losing?
like women going through menapause...
straight right crazy
Is that what they say in that ad?

I thought it was “street rad crazy”.

street RAT crazy

yeah….where’s my hedge trimmers……….

Thanks

That does make more sense.

hah

real lovable guys and gals

just like cub fans

Anybody notice that once again

Mathis is battling the Mendoza line?

It’s like having a pitcher hit

surprised?
unfortunately

no

just seems that he seems to turn a corner

into a runaway truck

1st goddamn pitch
Bulger giving up more homers...
Nice to the Blowpen

show up

F'ing Bulger

thank God he wasn’t in last inning

hey bulger

FUCK YOU.

ok im done for the month.

the bullpen is not finished yet
get him the hell out of there
I might use my quota early this month.
used mine up on Sunday's grand slam

Sure glad we put Bulger in…

Is it just me or am I seeing the same bullpen pitchers in this game?

And Bulger gives up a homerun.

Shitesakes!

Bottle run in 3, 2, 1…

Angels bullpen gives me gas.......

anyone have some mylanta?

DO NOT WALK HIM
man Tommy Lasorda is milking his dignitary duties for all they are worth.......

took for ever to announce that pick………jeebus

damn it, YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
bulger, balrog, bulger balrog

hmmmm

at pick 66...

our next pick is 80

you see lasorda?

he’s a loon lol

no kidding

his mind is gone

I think the slimfast shakes worked on his head.......

and not on his gut

Which Fuentes will we see tonight??

the alligator arm one
Who strikes out the side
your mouth to God's ears
Improvement!

Hey, he didn’t give up a grand slam!

man Bynum plays some awesome defense........

NOT

orlando shooting about 100%
what's the score
41 - 39 lakers
41-39 lakers........
9 more picks til ours...
we need about 10 more runs
Let's go Booby
kobe is on a friggin tear.
NHL score?
1-0 Penguins in the 3rd
if it wasnt for him the lakers would be down 15...........
they make the 2nd round picks really fast
WTF!? BLUE!
live by the sword
Frankie just got the save for the the Mets can we do that?
I realllllly hope so
im sure in interleague play our bullpen could find a way to give the mets a save.
hows vlad doing today?
2 for 4 with an RBI
he actually hit the ball without GIDP
2.4 with an RBI
Dillon, Upton, Crawford

not an easy task

assuming all three come up. . .
I swear to god if he walks the first batter.....
rate pro sports athletes in terms of acting ability
  1. has to be soccer players, followed closely by the NBA. football #3?
our bullpen

they act like they’re professional pitchers

hockey

has too be 2nd

Well. This is looking just peachy
peachy cobbler?
Our pitching has been so fundamentally bad

How many leadoff walks is that? Or hit batters?

way to walk the lead off batter you stupid ass
How can you have a closer that can't throw a strike?
Jesus.

I used up my monthly quota on Bulger.

This is embarrassing

Just throw Skaggs out there, he can throw strikes

lol

how close to Tampa is he?

For the love of baby Jebus
here we go with a pick
i bet its a pitcher lol
bullpen or starter
Man,

Don’t know if i can handle any more of these, if you cant come in and get out a 9 hitter, you are a disgrace.

a journeyman at that
and a pinch hitter
Ump's trying to bail out Fuentes...
fuentes scouting report;

take two strikes

Patrick Corbin, LHP

still no Max Stassi or Kent Matthes

Just sick. Again and again.
GIDP

please oh please oh please oh please

GIDP? You mean GEDP?

wow thats 3 left handed pitchers.........
Bobby Grich announced the draft pick
can we just stick a T out there and let the batters hit off that?
can't do worse
and hope for some groundouts
Upton got tossed!

for what?

jawin at the ump
for those two lousy called strikes
BJ

tossed for shits and giggles

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
WOOOO DP! Light it up!!
Unreal

Light up the Depends…

crawford

didnt read the scouting report

that was my caruso impersonation

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i cant believe how much power the player has in the MLB draft......

thats just crazy that they get drafted and dont have to sign……and then can get redrafted in later years.

They have actually very little power

They have no choice in who they can negotiate with.

yeah but they could get drafted like 3 or 4 times...

before they actually would have to sign with someone….so thats more flexiblity than a College football player gets

just another halo heart attack victory.
really? we won? You guys wouldn't lie to me now, would ya?
JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY!!!
good win, helps the bullpen confidence
Holy cow. Can't believe it!

Have we become this jaded already?

Sky is blue. Water is wet.

Bulger gave up a home run.

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