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go aybar 3-4

Aybar's been heating up lately.

Had that homer last series, three hits tonight. His BA is approaching .300 again.

Saw Wood get brought up and decided that he needed to kick it into gear!!
"Perhaps *I* can find new ways to motivate them."
HK needs to step up

or he needs to go back down

Admiral Ackbar

acting like he is lumber jack for a base hit… NICE!

Slowly winning us over
It's a trap!

Admiral On Deck — OK, on first

Make that second. :-P
What what what what what up???????????

Other than the Angels score

Easy Game Fellas
I smell a 4 game Sweep!!
that's the OC I remember
Juan Rivera DP, no bueno. :(
Johnny Rivera

dEPEE

Johnny Molina
Holy Heck

How big is the umpire behind home plate?

Is that Phyz doing the announcing?

He sounds different.

sounds like the same...

“National-Broadcast-Auditioning-Hack” to me

Maybe his throat is just well rested

Or maybe its more jacked up. It just doesn’t sound right.

The difference is

He’s not brownnosing the opponents

Well

We are playing the A’s, would be hard even if he wanted to….

rally kill

what’s up with the dp ball and we get nothing in the 7th

we get the pechanga commercial

even worse than nothing. we get punished

That's why

I throw on the Doyer game during Angel commercials.

Might as well use up some bad juju while we're ahead 6-0.
Alrighty

Go Halos!!!

Go santana!

Could the mouthguard

be to keep Santana from showing emotions?

It keeps him in one expression all the time

Teeth-clenching can help focus.
Biting on something

gives you an added strength and also helps your brain concentrate better. Helps you spread the focus on more than whats in the middle.

Hahahah A's just cant figure out Santana...

keeping them off balance.. Great Start ERVIN!!! we need to see that!

Whoops.

Left that one up.

sorry but that was a sweet swing
First HR

since june 5th? Guess he was due.

Ervin fastball velocity?

What has it been like all game?

He was hitting 93 in the first. Stopped paying attention after that.
Guess what's most important is only 1 run allowed through 7

But I was hoping after the All-Star break that Ervin would start hitting 94, 95 consistently with the fastball again.

Not sure that'll happen until next season, honestly.
But there goes

the shutout :(

Bout time!! Geez... 7th inning cookie from Ervin

got a little too comfortable, and threw a mistake… OH WELL only a 5 run lead now!!

Very nice

comeback pitches.

you can pencil in a K for Cust 90% of the time
Nice job santana
Should we be impressed with Santana tonight

Or is just because of who we are playing? Santana looks great tonight.

Granted...

they are playing the A’s but if you look at his stuff. It looks great.. Decent velocity, good break on his slider.. One of his best looking starts all season!!

Split the difference.

He looks better, but the opponent looks anemic.

Impressed

by the way his season has been going.

Hope he is able to keep it up the rest of the way.

He's been throwing strikes all night

I’m happy

Lets go HK... scratch the 0-fer off the board
Get on the board Howie.
Wow.

Attendance really does look sparse. This reminds me of their attendance in the late 70’s.

yeah its bad when you can hear each individual in the stands

instead of hear one giant CROWD

The team sucks, their ballpark sucks, and no one knows who plays on their team.

The question is what is keeping ANYONE coming to that park.

Only thing to do in Oakland I guess??
I heard Rex say...

they might move the team to Santa Clarita. That might be a good spot for a AA Farm Team.

It's funny how the media got it wrong for a 2nd consecutive year.

Seattle was supposed to challenge last year, and the A’s this year. What a bunch of horse-flop.

Phyzz was looking for something to say

give him a little credit for at least talking about the teams at hand

Russ Springer has had a long career, played for the Angels first in 1992

part of Jim Abbott trade to NYY

Nice little jog to that ball

great effort sweeny.

GA-like strides.

Not so much with the great positioning and good routes.

You said it

not me =P. I avoided the GA comment, can’t say I didnt think it though.

WOW... Howie looks sooo bad!!
+1

Maicer will probably be in there tomorrow

He just looks sooo overmatched in every at bat....

no matter who he is facing

You know, whenever Hud does long segments

He sounds like he can be a pretty good play-by-play.

Phyzz actually sounds decent right now.

GMJ with a sawed-off shot up the middle.
But it wasn't a HR!

Ianetta’s creepiness still stands.

Reggie

Willits tower!

Would be nice if Reggie could get a walk
Oh, unfortunately, the exact opposite.
REJEEEEEEEEEEE

Let’s get a hit.

back to AAA for Willits
Willits got framed by Suzuki.

Ouch.

Hey, the best he could have done with that pitch

Was ground it up the middle.

Shoot it the other way maybe.

But yeah, great pitch there.

Oakland has 28 consecutive games upcomming?

Good luck!

Yea

Just checked their schedule and they dont get another day off until August 13th…..

Santana pitching for the 8th
What? No Bulger for the 8th?
They want to give Ervin a big shot in his confidence

for the rest of the season. This is a good way to start his 2nd half.

his arm's gonna fall off!!
More like explode. :P
I love how they say that this is the worst A's something since 1992.

What about last year? Or were we just so awesome last year that their crazy WPCT didn’t cut it?

Who gets to tell a player he has been demoted?

I would love to do that

"sorry buddy

you’re just not cuttin it here."

Really?

I would say “Pack your bags, because it’s gonna be a LOOOOOOOONG trip to Salt Lake, bucko.”

maybe if its someone like willits or a bullpen pitcher

“its that time of the month”

The kid who got to be GM in Little Big League got to

Then proceeded to explain in terms of valuing players by their baseball cards.

F it, let's pitch
Santana may be running out of gas.
Fastball? 88?????

Not good.

What would Warren Spahn do?
He'd go out and buy a Chrysler Cordoba. That's what Spahn would do.
My man, that Spahn.
Not sure that's a fastball.

Seems like he’s taking something off it. Maybe a sinker.

If he's able to induce grounders, it's all good
Willits Struggles.... What you think!!

Hopefully keeps Brandon Wood with the team… Torii and Vlad come back… Bobby Wilson and Reggie Willits go to AAA!!

sounds good to me
wow - we are good at those DP's
Apparently it's not realistic.

So MLB 09 The Show (according to their commercials) had to make DP’s that much more challenging.

LOL

Look at the front runner just jog off the field before hes even out.

One more out to get through 8...
NOOOO Not Speier
OT: Lakers are 50/50 with signing LO

:(

damn

but i bet its because LO wants big bucks

We already lost Ariza

We’re gonna lose Gummy Bear too?

but we got Artesr
True, now he's gotta shave a Lakers logo into his hair.
Instead of championships.
he wants 5 for 45, Lakers WERE maxing out to 4 and 36 overall......
he came down?

Last I heard LO wanted 5/50

only DAL, MIA, and the Lakers are in the mix...

Pritchard (GM of Portland) wasted his money on millsap. Unless Utah matches the offer sheet, they’re eliminated from the race. So………….

yeah i heard he wanted 10 mil.

way too much for a guy coming off the bench

if they sign him they are probably the favorite to win it again next year
But we lost Ariza

He was a big piece in our offense.

Artest will be just fine!!
too bad he raps

hilariously awful….

artest is better in my mind

he is a tough physical player. somethign the lakers have lacked over the last few years. he is a more proven shooter and defender than Ariza cuz he has done it for 7 years. Ariza only did it one year

good points

people are complaining about how big a distraction he was. total BS. if phil could control rodman i think he can control artest. and he really wants to win a championship and he knows he has the chance and he doesnt wanna mess that up.

agreed

i think next years lakers are gonna be really fun to watch

Clippers are the favorite:(
Because of wonderboy Blake Griffin?
They are the favorite in my head every year
Watch them average 100 PPG.

That’ll be fun to watch. 2010 NBA Finals, the LA Clippers vs. the Memphis Grizzlies!

HAHA I wish

I don’t know why I continue to follow them after all these years. Kinda like being a pre-2002 Angel fan.

hahahaha

thats really funny

LO needs to tell his Agent to step aside....

 and negotiate with the Lakers himself!! Pull an AROID

Santana doesn't seem very happy about that inning
How can you tell?

That mouthguard gives him just the one expression.

Body language

shaking his head as he walked off

Done for the day

Wanted to complete it in three pitches so he could come out for the ninth

we have 11 guys in the top 250 fantasy values

not bad!!!

What do you think Figgins said to Ervin right there?
"Hey, at least you won't ride the pine for nine."
The post-game spread in Oakland sucks.
Lets just speed this up

You getting laid tonight

Figgins was safe by a freaking MILE.
Yup. Not even close.
again?

what do the umps have against our AllStar

that's fun to say!!!
Same thing Maddon does
They sense his wang is bigger than theirs.
Therefore, a pang of insecurity shook them to their foundations.
How safe do you need to be to be safe
The guys behind the ump's left

Look like they drank one too many beers.

Jeff from Lookout Landing can suck it, who has been predicting Santana's demise all season.
He's probably trying to justify his prediction now.

“Oh, must have been that derned all star break. Let his arm cool off or something.”

To his credit, he finally fessed up on Lackey being himself again a while back.
oh no it's speier
oh yes it's speier
oh no it's speier...
OH YESS!

It’s SPEIER!

I, red floyd, believe

that Speier will get through this inning with no damage.

cccccombo breaker!
killer instinct!

right???

Pink would like to say otherwise.
if speier can mess this up

then he is worst pitcher ever

And it begins?
29

looks funny on AK

Wut dis AK you speek of
Adam Kennedy
Oh

I thought Andre Kirilenko was signed by the A’s.

Oh, the desperation.

i wish i could punch that guy blowing the whistle in the face
Maybe coax him to go to a Lakers game

Then have Artest run into the stands and… you know how it goes.

i would pay to see that
Seriously...
Butcher: "Stop sucking damnit."
If he ever said that

he would be a badass

Oh look

ASG Flashbacks….

Justin + Set Up Man

This seasons one T

Gives up a hit on an 0-2 pitch.
Dump Speier in a landfill in the Bay area.
Nah...that would be considered toxic waste.
He'll be left severely injured.

And the Dark Side will come and claim him.

He’ll come back with prosthetic legs and all.

Gotta get a hand cut off first
Like I said-

Nothing short of cybernetic implants.

So much for a night off for Fuentes. He's warming up.
Like I said

ASG Flashbacks….

Hey, at least there'll be Fuentesaurus pics tonight.
There's a bright side to everything.
Speier needs more Ks
Wow that guy blowing the air-horn is a choade.

Such a no-life, trying to distract players having a life he couldn’t have.

Hope you spelt "choade" correctly

otherwise all hell will break loose

Yes, choade is correct.

Chone is far from being a choade. he’s a great guy, an all-star, and a baseball player.

A choade is a nasty bugger that’ll have you puking before you can say “Hi!”

Wow, why don't you kick him out, blasted security guards?

That guy is seriously being such a dick.

Let’s go to A’s Nation and comment on that.

Because he outnumbers the security guards...
LOL

Still, I’ll just say “Have you Oakland fans reached rock bottom and decided to dig beneath it?”

Man, have you guys seen those EVONY ads?

those guys are REALLY desperate….

We talked about that a while ago.

Where have you been, or what have you been smoking?

I am building a competing OLRPG to compete with them. Calling it "IBORY".
So much for my statement of belief
gosh darn it speier
i knew it

settin up for the save situation

Speier

sucks 8====D

Blame it on the air horn.
Dude Speier

at a minimum the last 7 yes 7 baserunners have reached against Speier. DFA his sorry ass

Sign Matt Herges
The Scab?
What did he do?
He's non union

Played during the strike. Not allowed to join the union.

Big deal.

So did Donkey

I don't care myself

was just saying

Summon the Fuentesaurus!
Speier....what a waste.

Leave him in Oakland to try his stand-up comic skills…

hopefully someone will shank him
"This is going to be the challenge for the Angels in the second half, to find a bridge to Fuentes."

Uh, we have one, his name is DARREN OLIVER.

yea it made me so mad in the last game before the ASB.

Speier faces 4 lefties in a row, letting them all reach, so that Oliver can come in and face a righty.

That would be ironic

after not having any lefties in the bullpen for so long.

Yeah Phyzz nice bridge to closer Fuentes.
Now Fuentes has to come in.

What an f’d up job by Speier.

How many hits did Santana give up in 8 innings?

How many did Speier give up w/o getting anyone out?

ok santana is off my sig for now

now im gonna add speier to the “get rid of” list

Santana should have never been on your list to begin with.
Abreu, my man!
phewwww

that was scary

Thank god.

I thought they were going to collide for a second.

GMJ

trying to injure our third starting outfielder…..the bastard!

Where did THAT miss?
That was over the plate!

Is the ump on crack???

FUCK YOU Speier

good for nothing piece of…

Replace Speier with A's fan who blows that annoying horn.
Honestly I sort of hope the inherited runners score

just so Speiers ERA goes up, I trust him the least out of any of our arson squad.

No, you dont

trust me.

Forgot-

Fuentesaurus alert!
Rawrrawrrawrrawrrawr!

speier you owe fuentes a dinner

for cleaning up your sh*t

RAWR!

Chomp!

I really want to like Speier.
He's likable...

…as long as he doesn’t pitch.

Spier and Hud in the booth!
Pardon my typo
does it help if I tell you

he’s almost always one of the last Angels relievers to get to the bullpen and he spends half his time chatting it up with opposing players?

He's a pretty personable guy though.
RAWRARWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWRAWR
Fuentes to Speier

“Dude you know its the A’s right?”

Speier plays Fantasy Baseball

Smart guy. He does two things right.

1) He owns Brian Fuentes.
2) He doesn’t own himself.

LOL

Fuentes actually looks kind of pissed to be out there.

Dude always looks pissed
Good.

You want that in a closer

Get that Motherf***ing fan out of this motherf***ing stadium!
somebody get me a phone
So, for Voodoo,

Was it the mouthpiece, or the Napoli style open jersey that did the trick?

Voodoo

just plain old Voodoo

Too early to tell.
Darin Erstad catches it
But there's only one Ersty.
There can only be one Ersty.
Only one. No exceptions.
Save number 27

Just another Halo victory

Light her up
Suck it, you annoying A fan!
Fuentes has been NAILS since early may.
Light it up!!!

JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY!!!!

Good start

to the next half!

That throw look a bit low

but light it up

Light up the Halo!!!!!
Light up the horn.
Hats off to Fuentes!

Great win. Shitty Speier, but otherwise all good.

Maybe Speier does play fantasy baseball and owns Fuentes

that might explain some stuff

The fact that my fastball always putters out is merely a technical flaw!

I’ll work on it….. Yeah… I will… Some time….

Just what Ervin's doctor ordered...

a nice victory with lots of double plays…

The Angels should give Speier the wrong departure time

On the way back to Anaheim. I think he’ll get the point

Just like Kobe wanted a new identify after the rape trial (changing his number)

After a few sucky outtings, Justin Speier has just announced to the media that he’s changing his…. FIRST NAME.

His name is now… JUSTPER Speier.

You can do it Justper!

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