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Up by 2, the Angels pen wants to get a W for Joe Saunders so he can read about in the paper online.

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hola hola

just checkin in…good to see that we’re winning

winning and watching a former player

We are winning as I am watching a former player I coached in basketball player and coached against him in little league baseball, Ben Francisco, great kid!! great family. So its a good night for me as a viewer.

Thats pretty cool
well Vmart's on my fantasy team

so that’s like an auto-out

C'mon Cousin

start dealin’

c'mon DO

hold them

Hold that lead.
HOLD THE LINE

Toto says “Let’s Go Halos!”

I thought those guys were dead
I guess it DOES rain down in Africa
i miss the cows

down in iowa

I guess I should have stopped eating hamburgers sooner... >_>
There are plenty of cows chillin' in Chino.
fartin' too

by the smell of it…

love isn't always on time!
Do do that voodoo that you do so well.
Wait, wrong pitcher.
lets go oliver

let my hometown guy hold em!!

Whoever said in the previous thread that GMJ gave up on that ball

c’mon guys…give it a rest. Not EVERYTHING is the dude’s fault.

he played it pretty good I thought
GMJ played good today?

good for him

I wouldnt say that....

but he played one play okay

He did

quick turn around off the wall to get the ball back in…it’s all anyone could do.

Yes it is.

Its his fault I’m broke.
Its his fault I can’t sell my house.
Its his fault my A/C broke.

Wait. You’re right. Its my wife’s fault.

it's hit fault we're in this recession!

10 mil a year on the bench…

Naw.

That was totally GA being lazy.

I said it and stand by my comment

Torii would have run to the wall to catch it. HGH thought it was out. Just because he played it well after it hit the wall does not excuse him in my book.

That's called be stubborn

Torii wasn’t getting to that ball, no matter how deluded you wish to be to the contrary.

Hold them Darren
It's OVER NOW!!!!

HaHaHaHaHa

Rev’s VooDoo!

anybody got a dead chicken
that was Colonel Saunders earlier tonight

Don’t choke it.

if it comes down to it

maybe we need joe to spank the monkey later

punk ass....get back in the box
Nice job Figgins.
Figgy you are awesome!
nice play Figgy......

almost a DP

Meet the Jepsens!
Elroy Jepsen

or Daughter Judy if he ganks it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX5OmAnFswY
Clap of shame
"You barely avoided blowing the game."

Congrats!

sharp

sharp fielding figgy

figgy is rad
Figgins is like a frickin' wall on the third base line.
one out Jep, one out....PLEASE!!!
Having a hard time focusing on the game

with the Bachelorette finale on

so captivating
no it's not - she picked the wrong person
back to the game
I didn't just read that
What's that?

WNBA related?

What's Up Wit Choo
nice slider............
Nice stop Naps

Terrible pitch

Just turned it on

Went to the mall with a couple of friends. ESPN says something happened today that the Angels haven’t achieved yet. Did someone hit a Grand Salami?

3 home runs in a row...

but they’ve done that before..not this season though.

Ah

I was kinda hoping for this season’s first Granny.

nope - but we did get back to back to back HR's
Who hit 'em?
Juan, KMO, Naps..........
Wow! Juan came back with a bang, huh? Schweet.
AYBAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT WAS A TRAP!!
DEEEEEE-FENSE!!
HOLY CRAP

The Admiral comes through!

what a freakin' play!
fortunate

considering he couldnt locate the fastball

XD

Something about this post in the middle of all the exclamation points is hilarious.

what is XD?

i’ve seen it but never have gotten it

a laughing face

look at it sideways….

LOL

thanks man

IT'S A TRAP

BEAUTY AYBAR!!!!

Aybar makes it look so simple

I fee like I could have done it but I know nobody else in baseball could have done it.

hmm hyperbole?
your point?
just pointing it out, its no biggy
I thought hyperbole sort of meant biggie

guess you don’t get as much value for that SC degree anymore

wow a shot at sc over nothing?

by it being a hyperbole i meant other people in baseball could have made that play, he was over exaggerating the difficulty of the play

big overall its not a big deal

its pretty simple and i dont see why you are trying to start something

I don't need a reason to take a shot at SC

lighten up

just playing around

no hostility intended. most of my SC friends have pretty thick skins

I take back everything i said about failb..i mean Aybar
I don't, not yet.

but the needle is nearing the center line.

Panther-esque defense

FTW!

Angels in Hot Pursuit of Cliff Lee

According to LA Times. We are trying to put together a package built around HK. Aybar is the sticking point to any deal for Halladay. Who thought that would be the case two months ago?

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-angels-fyi28-2009jul28,0,6435140.story

I TOLD YOU

Aybar is Arte’s favorite player.

well at least he's turning up his play
at the beginning of the season if you would have told me

that we would try to trade HK over AYbar i would have thought you were nuts

I know

But Aybar has been a stud this season. You had to figure that Soth had a reason for loving him.

looks like Aybar isn't going anywhere
And that last play

is the reason why

Aybar really doesn't want to be traded
I hope they can figure out what's wrong with Joe.
he stinks
He didn't at the beginning of the year.
true

I think he was playing over his head and the league finally figured him out…either that or he is exhausted…????

He played over his head for a year and a half?

Not to mention that in the years before that he was always pretty solid right up until the end of the season.

I’ve been watching him pitch for four years not, and when he’s on, he’s money. He really seems more like the times he would get forearm strain early in his career.

What bothers me the most about Saunders

Is his overall demeanor on the mound. He looks like a pussy(for lack of a better word) and I think that affects his performance because hitters pick up on it.

Santana looks like the Cheshire Cat -- is that why he's struggling?
Yes! Santana=Cheshire Cat

They’re both a couple of head cases.

i've never heard of a scouting report to include facial expressions

but head case, i agree with you

santana looks and talks like a pussy

he’s also delusional if he thinks the slider he threw to Morneau was low and away. Talk about a tailor made hanging slider right down the middle. Then again, almost every slider he throws is a hanger.

I come back to this quote he repeated all of last year … “i give no respect”

Damn you Aybar.......

you bastard………..

I just cant quit you

same thought

that bastard…he’s playing like a good baseball player! :O

i feel dirty

for even knowing where this reference comes from..

well thats how I feel about Aybar........

dirty…….for liking him.

LAT

the same times that thinks the Dodgers MUST sign Halladay? that times?

There is a difference between

columns, which are opinion pieces, and stories that claim to be reporting facts. This is not the case at ESPN.com because all of their clown writers pretend to do both. But most major newspapers have beat reporters and columnists as well.

This guy has a terrible ERA. We oughta be able to get a hit.
good AB Bobby
BBoBBy

aBBreu

Nuts.

Keep them help, bullpen.

Er, held.

Freudian slip?

I know i'm late.....

but the reason K-Mo’s HR stayed in the ballpark?

Luck of the PANTHER

it didn't stay in park tho
It's like that trick question about where you bury the survivors from a plane crash.
on the border

can’t trick me

Where do you bury them?

Just kidding.

Panther and Luck

aren’t in the same ballpark

figgy figgy figggy
dang Figgy.........

yeah Gubi – Chone has INDEED played 3rd base tonight

Figgy.

Yep, he’s a 3rd Baseman.

Figgy and K-mo have been solid defensively and offensively
"facts" at "major newspapers"

Don’t wanna buzzkill—good game going on here, and I dislike espn as much as the next guy but I don’t depend on “major newspapers” for “facts” much since well before the NYT/Glass kerfuffle.

The sports world is a crapshoot

but I sure the hell would trust the NYT over pretty much any news blog in the world.

Looks like SOMEBODY doesn't know the truth about the the brown dwarf slowly approaching earth that will

surely kill us all.

Man, how many of those near homers down the line are they going to hit?
Lord, our pen is an adventure
not an adventure i like
adventures in root canal land

oh good…get Bulger up

sooths my beating heart

I see ballarina in Valebueno's future.
Jepsen doing everything he can to lose it
naw

he would have given up HR’s by now

6-4-3

Let’s do it.

isn't that a blog?
Its a Ray blog I think, but I'll take the DP version.
6-4-2?

it is angels and dodgers blog

Cupie was messing around
i think it is a Marlins and Devil Ray blog
MLB Trade Rumors

… every post on that site thinks that we are completely overvaluing our prospects and that we are insane for not getting halladay for saunders, wood, aybar, +1.

hokie joe made his mark tonight
well when they own the team.......

or anyteam………

then they can do what they want

Screw 'em.
I won't trade Santana, Weaver, K-Mo, or Naps

Everyone else I’d be willing to listen…

i call bullshit

that they asked for Saunders. Weaver yes, but Saunders no.

Dare we bring in Fuentes now?
Not a bad idea. Hope Jepson proves himself.
LOL

uh………that was the INSIDE corner GUBI………

dolt

looked outside to me
crap

you are right norcal! :)

one more out Jep!!

nice pitch

dun dunn dunnn

another one bites the dust….

is jepsen rockin the mohawk?
Great job Jepsen.

He got out of it.

Holy crap

One more inning, baby!

ouch

that’s just mean
i mean 15 hits and only 4 runs

SCHWEET!!!
Are you a short little blond guy who was engaged to my youngest daughter?

And a fan of the Flyers?

no to the first... not likely to the second

no to the third

Great job Jepson

We have dodged so many bullets this game.

That was not fun
both sides

haha

reminds me of Angel teams from years past

when we would get 18 hits (all singles) and score 2 runs in the game.

Lucky lucky lucky lucky

{pretending I’m a Ranger fan} So lucky

looking for something insightful? not gonna find it here halo fan…have to listen to Gubi for that…oh and

lucky lucky lucky lucky

Clearly

It is late in pleasantville. ;)

I want you all to know that I'm taking credit for this.

The fact that I made a giant post about how non-lucky we are inevitably resulted in a game where we have gotten lucky in any number of ways.

getting into the internet spirit Zu!

finally

Finally?
yeah...taking credit

for ANYTHING

Oh.

Yeah, I can see that.

and EVERYTHING

[that was a great post btw]

this is definitely the exception......

rather than the rule……….

but whats that saying? “I’d rather be lucky than good?”

Zu Look at meeeeeeeeeeeee
All the recs are going to my head.
it is hard to post while keeping your spread sheet of recs
flashbacks of Percy and Frankie in that inning
Jaguar!?!?

hell no that should be a PANTHER performance

Freddie Patek reference!

this is the greatest game ever!

He hit more homers than Willits.
I've hit the same number of homers as Willits.
You should be playing some ball then!
don't mess with the Patek!
Yes, yes I should.

Damn knee.

Damn Yankees?

are you serious?

looks like the pitching staff

is channeling their inner k-rod tonight to honor him getting the coach from the mets fired

I didn't hear about that.
its not the head coach

i think it was the vice-president of player development and there’s a lot more to it but from what i heard an argument with k-rod was the straw that broke the camels back

Why piss off

Your big new acquisition? Maroon.

the guy took his shirt off and challenged their entire AA club

little too machismo (and nuts) for my taste

Then went after Frankie

Test him

For ’roids.

Here ya go....from LSB.......LOL

 and again the Indians get someone to third with less than two outs and fail to score. This game should be tied, but no, its the Angels and they have God somewhere out there playing for them. Ugh. I hate them so much.

“The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down”

by blalock84 on Jul 27, 2009 9:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

what they don't know

its not God out there playing for them.. its Nicky A, sporting the #34 that is out there playing with them.

"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"

Laaaaaaaaaaame

Isn't that Special?
2nd place Hamilton.

Morneau #1.

Yes. Amen.

And may I say that I am sick of Joshie witnessing for his faith in front of the camera.

wow UMP wants to go home
dammit

if only you were stronger Aybar

well i have to say.......

the only game I’ve ever seen live of the Halos Aybar hit a homer………(but Im pretty sure it was wind aided) LOL

There's no way that ball gets out no matter how strong you are.

At that angle, this time of night, the marine layer will kill that thing dead every time.

He has been hitting the crap out of the ball tonight

what’s his line tonight?

Just got under that.
It.....is....time.
make it so
so it is written.....

so it shall be done

Here comes the Fuentesaurus!

Rawrrawrrawrrawrrawr!

This just cracks me up every time.
I know.

I always imagine some wind-up toy straight out of a WB cartoon.

My kids had a wind-up toy like that.
Really? We need a youtube video of that to play whenever Fuentes comes in, complete with corny sound effects.
The RAWRS

Make me smile. :)

Question

is it spelled Fuentasaurus or Fuentesaurus??

its spelled A-W-E-S-O-M-E

also an acceptable spelling C-L-U-T-C-H

Gubi hates the Mariners

I love the guy

Love me some Gubi
Fuentes says RELAX
i just realized

we could have used that as a motto for frankie last year but it wouldn’t work

it was used a ton
really??

oh yeah because i wasn’t here last year

I gotta say...

For such a great closer, Fuentes doesn’t look so intimidating. And I freakin’ love that.

i beg to differ

dude is sooo stoic on the mound

It's them short Rex like arms

they are deceiving

Crap on a stick
well atleast he didnt walk him..........
how did Saundo do in this game?
Not so Good O

Still in line for the W…I should stop now.

4 ER in 5 inn........10hits........2BB 2K's

no bueno

Increasingly less depressing given how hot the indians are.
Mother of God, no!
needs more DP
Needs a triple play.
Oh, let's not do it this way, Fuentes.
Can we all just agree that the Tribe offense is really hot right now?

Stupid mariners can’t even LOSE right.

nooooooooooooooo
DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN
nice Reggie
Oh yeah, blame Reggie but not Fuentes.
wtf was that reggie?

maybe you should check for the wall? FUCK…

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKK
FML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
damn it reggie grow a couple more inches!!
YOU SUCK REGGIE

at least look graceful

DAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMNDAMN
son of a biscuit!
That's 2 consecutive HRs, folks
motha.....................beeeeeep
oh mother of god.....

well……….Fuentes was due to blow one..

yeah, i guess he chose today
LSB is gettin all brokeback on each other now.
OUR PUSS THROWING CLOSER
it was time for a Fuentes meltdown, I'm outta here
Why?

That was the ugly part, now we get the comeback.

An OF of GMJ and Willits is simply killing us.

We can’t expect either of them to make a single extraordinary play.

torii wouldn't have been able to catch the one to cf.
Lies!

Torii Hunter is 16 feet tall and spits fireballs!

he's been out for awhile

so i forgot what he looked like, thanks for the reminder

The first one that dropped in the ninth...

…that GMJ took a terrible route to and failed to leave his feet for?

Are we cherrypicking now?

Bound to blow a save sometime
+1

Better now than in September

been 59 days since he blew one

but does he always have to blow it in such a grand style

give up 2 runs in a 1 run game, not 4 in a 2 run

rally time! :(
If the Halos lose this one...

It’s gonna hurt for a while.

I guess we are not lucky?
play with fire

burn little arms

rowr(sniff)
I blame FSN for that............stupid

0 ER allowed in last 17 games……….

total JINX

why is the crowd cheering

ughhhhh

rally rally the pitchers name is sally...
hey i picked the tribe to get 2 HRs tonight
way to go nostrodamus
congrats

now take your fantasy points and shove them up your ass.

Saunders really screwed our pen tonight

the only proof of diety is that Hokey Joe DID NOT DESERVE a win

Uh...Saunders got them the lead.

Same as Palmer did in his start. In what way did Saunders screw them over, but Palmer didn’t.

damnn

fuentasaurus goes to sleep…no rawr :(

Fuentesaurus just got hit with a couple of comets
mother fucking Search for Spock
I glad i skipped todays game
Fuentes want's Halladay
Fuentesaurus is going to

have a MegaSoreAss

Fuentesaurus stuck in Katella Tar Pit tonight
okay

that was brilliant

huzzah

ERA: infinity for the day

fail

Huzzah = former Renassance Faire Worker
selling Icy Balls
I blame Rory & Gubi

for commenting on the Fuentesaur’s low ERA

I turned the game off.

Cuz it’s midnight here and I’m sleepy. Then I turned on ESPN just for a sec, and see the score on the bottom line! What??!

Son of a BITCH
Wow. I wish Jepsen had stayed in.
never thought you'd hear yourself say that
i had to do a double take to make sure i read that right
at least

saundo will not get the win he didn’t deserve

but the team wont get the win they deserve

f*ck.

rally time!!!
way to look at the bright side of things
heres the plan

dont bring in fuentes unless its a 1 run game

i dont think hes blown any of those

Oh yes we are so lucky

we play the Indians for the first time this year when they catch fire…soooo lucky

No!!!!

17 scoreless innings no more…

Where was this from Victor Martinez last year?

Get em tomorrow

dude there is still the bot of the 9th
guess who is AB next inning

GMJ and Willits

Well, now I KNOW we'll win.
don't we have anybody who can hit on the bench?

Wood maybe?

murderers row comin up
whos batting bot 9th?
GMJ + Willits + Figgins
GMJ will get on on an error.

Willits with the dinger. Figgins goes back to back.

look above
i posted right when you posted.
No way fans should be booing Fuentes

OK he totally melted down and probably cost us the game. But he has been the best closer in baseball for the past two months. Everyone can suck once in a while.

BS when you pay to see the closer close

and he sucks, you BOO

Ridiculous.

You boo for lack of effort, for lack of confidence, for consistently screwing up.

You don’t boo for failing once in eleven tries.

Booing for lack of confidence?

Really? In what way would that help?

“Man, I just don’t think I can do it…”

“YOU SUCK YOU LOSER!”

“He’s right, I shouldn’t be so down on myself.”

Yeah, if a player gives up on the mound...

…I’m going to boo. I expect a little mettle from the players. Otherwise leave the field for someone who cares, and wants to give a full effort.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

hahahahaha

No shit.

The guy hadn’t allowed a run in like, what, 24 innings?

BOOOOOOOOOOO!
Okay man.

Once? Funny. Twice? Not so much.

I tell my wife that....nevermind.
hahahahaha
a tradition in Anaheim

ask Donnie Moore…

I don't boo our players. Not ever.
the only exception is GMJ right?
I'd boo him at the grocery store...

then run away.

i'd boo him then hit him with a roll of paper towels

then run away

+1

Never boo them. I get pissed off once in a while and scream at the TV and throw things, but do not boo. Ever.

How nobel of you.
Peace prize homies!
i know he has been great

and i still believe in him

yeah i mean its only once in how many games?

he’ll rebound tomorrow

Who are they booing now?
Our saving grace may be that

The Indian’s closer is Kerry Wood

we have the heart of the order up next half
no we don't

gmj
77
figgy

dueup

At least i can laugh at this picture while Bulger is pitching

Lol

Lucky Angels.....

luck luck luck…………

Wow Aybar makes it look easy.
His Trade Value is Going UP
great minds think alike.
HOLY CRAP AYBAR!

nice Aybar…………….nice nice

DP!!

BRING ON THE MONKEY!!!

Bottom of the 9th

rally check-in.

that alone

maybe the reason why i wouldnt trade aybar

Super Duper Aybar DP.
nice play Aybar
maybe if fuentes wouldve gotten the ball on the ground aybar coulda made that play for him he is such a dbag
Let's just hope that the Angels don't go on a losing streak
Bring out your monkeys
He hurdles the runner at second and throws out the runner at first.
aybar for halladay straight up!
Do we need a rally thread?
LOL @ 20 hits
actually I LOL'ed at the fact that the Rangers fans over at LSB were cheering.........

that they could only be 2.5 games out after tonight………….

now thats comedy gold

I don't even want to imagine the circle jerk that's going on at LSB.
Just imagine the heart attacks there if we pull this out.
Kicked him in the head just for good measure
we can do it!!!!!
Gubi says Aybar got spiked.
he did

but it was very clean

fuentes and saunders for halladay and a washing machine
fuentes was due for a blown save.... just not happy it was tonight.
only from Howards
that would just queer the deal
I was thinking today how Fuentes started the season poorly

And I was really hoping he wouldn’t show that side of himself again. But it happens to them all.

I had a bad feeling about today too

But then again, I always get nervous in close games.

I can accept that

way better than Franky gave up to the Sux in October.

Be a Hero Junior
Seems like the Indians come back on us

at least once a year

not as cool as Torii's walkoff Granny last year though.
So is there a timetable Vlad and Torii return?

We need them a lot, both GMJ and Willits are automatic outs.

w00t Gary!
BOOOOOOOOO

Gary always SUCKS, and Now he comes thru!

OK...swing now

{looking a little sheepish}

gmj

bad ass double

doble doble doble
JUUUUUUUUUUUUUICE
holy shit who the fuck saw that coming
Okay, didn't expect that.
Juicer you got a hit!!
Gary Matthews Jr. + "good swing" = inconceivable
Save Funtues Fund!!!
we got nobody on the bench?
Let's go small fry
Willits

more worthless with each AB

they were playing short fielder in left

like softball

Exactly

The LF plays him about 30 feet behind SS.

Call up evans

i bet he has more pop

You say that like he hasn't been pretty helpful the last few games.
Willits isn't doing himself many favors tonight
Gimenez.

F that last name.

Keep it on the ground Reggie
it's figgy time
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

That would be a hit perhaps for some hitters, but because the LF is playing deep shortstop, that is caught.

why is willits still playing?
because Torii is in the DL
Wood is on the bench if i'm not mistaken
Willits

get away from baseball and rap. They’ll love you.

Let's get Figgy wid it
wtf?

that was a ball HUMP

willits

the bat boy that somehow got on the roster.

"Now after the story of waterboy the Angels are trying out the BatBoy as some added firepower"
Stop Teasing Me

Halos

DFA Willits
You Cannot Take That Pitch
Figgy - SO

2 outs

Ouch.

Gotta swing Figgy.

take the damn bat off your sholder
2-2 swing figgy WTF!
seriously Chone......

2 strikes and you dont swing?

Bush league

was Figgy looking for the curve?
Mouser is up.
Wood is owning that Outside corner.........
Ballgame

Gay.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.
That sucked balls
way to waste the Juice.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I blame LSB

just cuz

I'd blame GMJ

but at least he got a hit in th 9th

Fuentes suck big dick!
WILLITS EPIC FAIL
Scioscia Fail

for leaving him in!!

G'nite all.

Damn late here in Georgia.

this game was crapstatic
Awful....just awfu;

terrible way to lose a game

Shut up Gubi!!

Gubi?

I’m looking at Billy Mac.

wow

twenty hits for the Tribe

aka the worst
That was terrible

20 hits given up. Damn. Glad I stayed up til 1:20 for that. Good night all.

Turn the page.......

still in first place :-)

well now we're down another game.
Worst way to lose

I blame Frankie.

It's the Angels and Not the Indians

who leave with sticky backs

I hate Willits!

We need a true back-up outfielder.
BOTG= Sosh + Willits

are you fucking high

did u not see Fuentes go out there and pitch like a fucking 5 year old

Aside from the great job by Naps, K-MO, Juan and Aybar all others failed today!
played with fire all night
I don't know if it was playing with fire so much as fire getting dropped in our laps.

This is a team that caught a spark again the M’s. 3 straight games of 10-plus runs. Can’t just assume they’re gonna cool off.

and of course it was our first time playing them

no sizemore, no hafner….ugh. gotta rebound with Weav and LAckey.

i think this is the first time i'll ever say i wish quinlan was playing he wouldnt have looked as dumb as reggie going back into the wall. fuck this we need vlad and tori back. WILLITS SUCKS COCK
20 freaking hits

if we dont get any pitching help we r screwed

bahhhhh

crap game

going to go sleep it off

We need more posts like this.
No jumping off cliffs people!

Lots of games to go, and we’re up. The Rangers will lose tomorrow!

speaking of cliff(s)............
2.5 games ahead now
I'll take 8 consecutive wins and a little 2-game skid

Could be worse, our team could be wearing green and gold.

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