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Game 1 Game Thread 2

Let's Get a little insurance...

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Aflac is good insurance.
As would be some runs rightg now.
Garret Anderson update

he’s gettin’ hot, as he has the last few years.

I may hate the Braves, but I love that man. Keep on truckin’, Bro.

GA needs to do the Roger Clemens

just play the last half of the season.

are you implying Ga shares needles with Saint Andy Pettite?
He's implying that he's lazy.
I am implying that he is like...

Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne

So the blue smoke is flyin'?
Are we in the middle of a no-hitter?

what’s with the GA talk coming out of “left field?” ;)

Any time is a good time to talk about G.A.
so....

we still up 6-5 right now?

Yes.

One on, no outs, Nap’s up.

yea hopefully get some more

who’s winning?

(joke)

C'mon Halos, let's make like cupie and GET THE RUNS!
I do love the way Hud covers his ass...

Defintitely gonna be a heater, or it could be a slider, heater would make sense, or maybe a slider…. oh yeah, it was a slider…

It was a.......

a pitch!

son of a pitch!!!

Morales going, stays out of the double play.
either that or the hit and run play screwed Naps
Looked like hit and run to me
That shot from the RF bleachers

FSN was looking for an even WORSE camera angle…

let's Go Halos!
Fair ball! KMO scores on Aybar's hit!
Aybar 3-3 with a walk.
RBAybar!

classic new nickname!

wrecked

(sound it out)

Ask and ye shall receive

The Admiral with an RBI

JULYBAR
A lot better than Marchbar
better than Toilet-bar.
Any time you're serving drinks in the khazi, you know things are failing...
So, can we show Aybar a little love now?

Me loves me some “change your eye level” BAR. (That one’s for you to use, Phyzz).

ok ok

I’ll make the failbar in lower case

Almost ready, but not yet.

He’s got a lot to make up for.

he's already more than made enough up

to not be grouped in the GMJ, Mathis, Q grouping

you mean like a missed squeeze in Boston?
Shhh...

….we’re trying to forget

Aybar on fi-ya!
Hit the ball Gary!

Come on, just one really nice hit.

THINK...

Broxton, Angel Stadium…. CRUSH

that was his best swing all season

Maybe for his career.

keep em coming

with this bullpen we need all the runs we can get. Dondo needs to come back healthy soon.

gary will send a sympathy card
Haha! Mean boy.
holy crap

he made me eat my words

(p11LH inserts keyboard into mouth)

Ha

“Junior continuing to rake” – Hud

I guess GMJ is paying people to say nice things about him. :)
$10M, he should be able to afford a couple of pro-GMJ bloggers on this site.
And yet there's still none to be seen
Well I love me some HGH
AF is on the GMJ payroll.
i'm the leader of his fan club

dude is RAKING! :)

I'm available at that price...

…he’ll have to pay me in pounds though

Pounds are too heavy...

and most Americans are trying to shed them.

As opposed to putting them on, pharmacologically...
Not doing that well....
He's got a family to feed...

he’s a gardener as a side job.

Latrell Sprewell
Whoa.

I heard he feeds his family fresh diamonds

One of my favorite articles of all time in SI.

Speaking of which...

Any word on the LO front?

Lakers or Heat.

he can either be a bench player lakers or starter for the heat.

Hud'ism

in regards to HGH: “A couple of steaks knocked in.”

are you kidding?

doesn’t hapen often but i will take it from gmj

On wild pickoff throw, GMJ to second!
Checkin in......

looks promising…….

Nice inning boys and girls
Man Reggie that so would have been a homer

in Willamsport

Little League Willits … still no career jacks or dongs.

I wonder if anybody has seen him hit one over the wall in batting practice.

Yeah, over the pitcher’s fence.

or even hit it to the wall?
Me. During the Texas home stand.

Just barely cleared the wall down RF, just inside the pole. It caused a huge celebration around the cage.

He hits lots in the batting cage where he lives
Did they only take two cameras to KC????

Geez this is awful camera work.

it the economy
The economic crisis stole your verb!
cant afford that letter anymore
I spent all my mony on vowls

Do you ever wonder why people go nuts buying the damn vowels on whell of fortune? you know what the answer is…why buy vowels?

well, well, well…I cannot spell wheel

epic, epic, epic fail!
Swear to god I am so friggin' laughing here at that one I cannot even keep up with the thread.

You are most welcome sirrups.

ANSWER:

Whell, maybe ‘cuz they ain’t sure how to spell W-H-E-E-L!!!!!!”

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha……

That was silly, wudn’t it? ;)

Maybe it's a fan in the stands using a cell phone camera?
that would be higher res

and more on the game than FSN West and its ADHD VCR crew…

agree ……..

you guys are not "True Angel" fans

yeah, all these first-place finishes and we have to complain about cameras. (sigh).
(j/k)

I'd like to see the plays.
and I figured you were kidding.

My viewpoint is observing the HH game thread. So your camera angle RULES

I have never seen a game where the guard in the dugout stood shoulder to shoulder with Soth the whole game.

Did somebody place a threat on Soth in KC?

andthathappened

.com

Did anyone see the USA Canada Men Slow-Pitch softball game???

Freakin Hilarious

site?
it was on ESPN like Saturday I think
Mariners 5-1 down bottom 1st
They are DOWN 5-1 ?

that is good

yep, 1-5, and still no outs!
M's don't have enough O to worry me
In every inning where we've reached base,

We’ve scored.

Reminds me of 1983-84

my 3rd year in college

My wife's pitching a shutout.
bat's gone cold?
Where?
Everywhere
Are we talking about baseball (softball)?

We were talking about “scoring” (wink, wink) in a first-base, second-base, etc. fashion.

I figured that out.

I think I’m too young to be in this room.

You are a mere fetus among us “near-carcasses.”

lol
Did you just?

lol you own comment, that takes guts my friend…

Put your mouse pointer right next to my left-most “l”…
then, use the wheel on your mouse to roll up and see the comment I replied to.

“SenorChuckles gets blog lesson, free of charge!”

Or, hell, just click on "up" in your post to view what you were replying to...

HFS…. so THAT’s what that button does! Thanks for the lesson.

OLLIE

Dammit leadoff walk crap get this shit in gear Darren

TY Aybar for just catching the ball
Damn you Aybar for playing good......

I so badly want to hate you……

I hate evil and Barry Bonds

but if helped the Angels get to the WS, I’d take it in a heartbeat. Go Aybar!

Hey, Barry Bonds singlehandedly won Game 6 for the Angels in 2002!

I say singlehandedly, except he couldn’t find his hands, or the ball.

couldn't find his footing either!
how long have you been waiting to use that one?

but true!

Angels 2002 World Champions

...every time someone mentions Barry
an Angel gets his wings
Every time someone mentions Barry Bonds an Angel gets their wings
Anyone else working on their Hillman mustache?
i wish
my wife is really digging mine right now
Hud'ism

-Oliver picking out a thigh

lol!

I love Hud

I love Hud as well
I don't
you you

Guby lover!

Me too,

but Rex has grown on me the past two years.

You need to see a doctor about that growth coming from your body!

missed his gonads

by That Much

S-Rod for Sherril

Looks more likely every day

Cheryl Tiegs?
we might as well just promote Amanda Q!
god

is our bullpen imploding again?

No dessert for you Cousin Oliver.
IM

HERE

Nice MJ music in the backround
Jepsen???

WHY?

Because leads are overrated
righty righty matchup says Phyzzard

The Dukes of Phyzzard

Oliver is going to pitch in game two too

there I used every form of to

But forgot the comma
I'm a Math teacher

and therefore exempted from the Grammar Police

Too bad for you

because I don’t work for the police

I’m the grammar gestapo. Syntax S.S. Alliteration authority.

All rolled into one.

oh yea

Mighty Maicer missed making me most maligned

They're just showing off their skills. See what I did there?
Gold Star for you.
Et Tu MH?
muy bien, gracias!
beware the Ides oh Math Teacher
oh if jepsen comes in

we are going to need 10-11 to win this one

I think its a smart play
pitched well with that 8.50 era

yea good one

Guillen

is looking a lot smaller than his days with the Halos

Guillen's a good fastball hitter.

Bad matchup.

Well he got out of it.
Good...now take him out
jespen with a complete .1 IP
Well, he's improving then...
well Mr Jepsen.....

you shall live to blow a game another inning

It's too early for Chone to contribute
figgy 0-15 against KC this year

smell that smell

what the hell is that smell?

Hillman's fist?
OpieJeanne!

That’s disgusting! (but funny)

Didn't you see the rewind>?

And that was disgusting and funny.

My post was not any worse than the cheese underwear comments.
true

just unexpected

So was the image in the game rewind.

I think it was HIllman. He walked over to someone in the dugout, stuck his fist under the other guy’s nose, and the guy made a face and jerked his head away.

swing and a miss.

The Figgister kinda sucks this match.

My all friend no hit in city of kansas.

If you are in So. Cal there will be an eclipse tonight.

It will start at 5:24 pm and end at 8:03 pm.

-my son Trenton wanted to let you all know.

that is tres cool

as opposed to trey hillman

I don’t like Mitsubishi Eclipses. Dangerous cars.

mitsubishi cars are not dangerous

drunk drivers are dangerous

Why thank you and your son.

If you are in CA, a Tsunami will wash away Arte Moreno’s house.

No, not really.

Thank him for us.
He is very excited and can't wait to read your comments.
is that when Q gets all hairy and regains him extra-base stroke or am I thinking of something else?
he is waiting for a very "luminous" eclipse

thanks you guys and gals

How old is he?
Your son, not Q.

My post went awry.

this is trenton

i am 7 years old

Hi Trenton.

I usually see this kind of story in the LA Times, but I missed it today, so thank you very much.

well i hope you think the eclipse is cool

trent

Trent!

Click here (and take your daddy away from Halos Heaven!)

Look on the map. It shows where everybody can see the eclipse tonight. If you look real carefully, you will learn something that your teacher does not know!!

we are looking together right now

thanks so much for sharing.
-cupie

stirrups

can you help us out here? what do we need to be looking for, clicking on, etc… Trenton is very excited about this.

Did the global map of the eclipse zone come up in a new window?

Yeah, and those of us in California are not going to be able to see it….

yes

if we were in Australia.

Put another shrimp on the barbie!

How are North Americans going to be able to see the eclipse?

It’s on the other side of the world.

Help me, Trent!

We can't see the TOTAL ECLIPSE, but maybe some part of it.
Bingo.

It looks like the very last phases of the eclipse might just barely make it as far East as Hawaii. This one will not reach California. So Trent will soon know more about the eclipse than his teacher, who apparently gave Trent some unfortunate information today.

The “teacher” was likely Dad, cupie…

But (and this is for Trent) I can make up for this!

My oldest son, who is a fellow member of Halos Heaven with your dad here – Rubixsqube – is a real, live, working astro-physicist. He works with real telescopes and runs a real planetarium and everything. If you Google “Keck telescope”, he has been using that this summer for research.

I can hook you up with him and you can talk to him about space and stars and things if you would like.

Isn't it starting in Hawaii and moving west toward China?

The sky looks funny right now, but I’m not sure if it’s related. We’re a long way from that leading edge.

The word "here" is a link.
Abreu steals second!
What a terrible throw!

When did Mathis get traded to he Royals?

Tea hen! Damn you!
did he take a hit from K-MO?

I can’t watch am at work right now

can one of relievers ever get ahead like 1-2 to start an inning????
3 runs down, Jepsen with shaky command

I’m probably taking that pitch right there

Abreu

he’s really only getting $5 million? Really? Half of GMJ?

This dude has been worth it so far at $10 million, easy.

So I guess

you are trying to say Stoneman < Del Ninja?

doesnt jepsen always have

shaky command? I have never seen anything else from him.

Whoa! Cranky-face GMJ!
Jespen, man on - stick or twist Mike?
This is hard to watch.

In Astro’s voice “Rut Roh”

Steeeeruck him out!
how does this guy have a 8 ERA with that 88 mph slider
I believe it doth hangs sometimeth
apparently its a brand new pitch
Rule 2.00, definitions, per MLB Rules:

“A BALL is a pitch which does not enter the strike zone in flight and is not struck at
by the batter.”

Addendum:

“Except in those instances where the batter is named Derek Jeter. Then all pitches south of the pitching rubber shall be deemed a ball unless swung at by the batter.”

And we mean like a real swing. Nothing we can get away with calling a no-swing, of course.
Figgins/KMO!

Royals set down.

is 1 1/3 shutout innings enough for Panther?
Well it is in part about exceeding expectations...
It's enough for competence
If its from Jepsen

I would think it’s a possibility

In all seriousness though... Aybar's on fire.
yea he is

not the best baserunning on the GMJ double play but he’s doing great

.300 hitting shortstops on min wage are not easily found

Hey, minimum wage is going to increase again.

Whoops.

Shh. Ix-nay on the anther-pay.

Nice work on the corners
I'm just grateful that F-Rex gets in the game
I do not want the ugly Ford.
It will make you look twenty pounds thinner.
Only if it makes me look 50 pounds thinner

and comes in Crayola Yellow.

Aybar robbed?
don't think so
GMJ! My hero!

You can do it!

By the way, that's Alan, one L. No E's.
the ball sure looked like it was touching ground while in the glove
In case anyone cares

the Mariners are now down 8-1 in the second.

Lattes losing 8-1 in the SECOND inning
2nd not even over yet!
When did that game start?
ASB craziness catching up with Figgy???

0 – 5 with 2 k3yerouts

Who catches Game 2?
I think Naps.
Might be Wilson
That would be interesting.
Didnt he get sent down?
"Angels Recall O'Sullivan, Wilson Optioned to Salt Lake"
IN which case it's a bad idea for Naps to be DHing
Why? What does DH'ing have to do with catching another game?

I mean, it’s DH’ing almost like a day off for a catcher?

Wipes me out every time.

Might not have enough energy to go to Bed Bath and Beyond.

If the catcher gets injured and Naps has to come in the game

you lose the DH spot and the pitcher has to bat

Oh so you're saying we shouldn't DH our 'backup' catcher THIS game.

Now I understand.

At the moment, Naps is DHing a lot

which is ok when you are carrying 3 catchers

Wasn't he sent down?

Did Quentin Fly Out?

what did Quentin do?

ohhhh, alright, I’ll do it…

Good question.

I’m going to catch it on TV.

Fuentasaurus Rex Time
Rawrrawrwarrrrrrrrr
Not sure I would be doing this pitching change thing quite yet.

Jepsen has a 3 run lead. Not Callaspo-ing quite yet. Maybe wait before risking the burn of Fuentes?

why do all Angels reliever start their first batter with balls

soooo frustrating

Closing for dummies: Rule 1

DO NOT WALK LEADOFF BATTER

That book was not written by Frankie

That would have been “Closing By Dummies” if KRod wrote it…

although I think Percy did write a chapter in it

if you saw the 2002 DVD you know what I mean

Nice catch Aybar
fastball off a few ticks.
Saving some for game 2.

Does Fuentes possess a “fast” ball?

says 92 on gameday
GMJ!

Always making those huge catches in the ninth. Good job. You’re the best.

Did he actually make a good catch?
no....

made a pretty routine play for Hunter a little too interesting just like the last out against Oakland

I'm just working to earn my rah rah GMJ paycheck.
Keep it up, he'll have to pay you sooner or later
Matthews made that look a lot harder than it was
Phys just jinxing Game 2
do you expect less?
I missed it.

Big loss, I know.

RAWR! RAWR! RAWR!

Just Another Halos Victory!!!

K3yerout

wooohooo…just another halo victory…light it up!

Well, crap my pants and call it Nescafe. The Angels won!
ugly, but light it up
Do the Angels change into new unis for the game?
In the least...

change the underwear.

yea that KC humidity......
Players are notoriously superstitious.

Maybe they think the underwear is lucky..

nope

same dirty jersey

CHOMP CHOMP

Light it up

Yup.

Now, do we get a new new thread

This is the game two thread!

What you talkin’ about Willis?

Ha!

This is the second thread of game 1. The first thread lasted two days.

when is the next game gonna start?
30-40 minutes.
Light Up Half The Halo
Phew, MLBtv cut out before Jose Mota started gabbling
Night all, one's enough for me...
Que duermes con los angelitos...

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