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Night is still young for Kendry, but SOS is in the showers...

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let's hold 'em
KMO tied for 6th place in HR's in AL
4th in slugging %

And you know what? I haven’t seen the supposed weakness in his defensive play either. He has all the makings of an all around great player.

part of it he doesn't have to make the plays that Teix does

to protect St. Derek and ARod from leading the league in errors

Whoo

K-Mo!

hey figgi4life responding to your post from last thread

 i couldn’t make it

working right now on some graphic design stuff…and i even tried to give them away but no takers

no takers are losers
Agree
i know i'm not

allowed to sell on here but can i give away tix? i usually have some and for angels fans i give them away for free…

me likie

but too far away

i live down the street and can see the fireworks on fri.'s
That's cool
I've tried to do that for games against the Yankees in NY with no success
Nobody takes them?

Wow…What type of fans are they…lol

I was trying to find Angel fans

plus it wound up being rained out…make up in September

I didn't even know

You couldn’t sell…

Read the rules in the

RIGHT SIDEBAR

so can i give away tix on here rev?
in a thread

not in a fanpost.

k thanks

hate to waste them

Figured that was in there...

(On mobile so I couldn’t check…)

That's too bad...

K-Mo is a superstar in the making.

*K-Mo is a superstar.

Had a little typo there :)

the editor
Do I get a theme song?
Double for Zaun?

We turn the worst hitters into All Stars! haha

SOS in shower=sloth got tossed?

no just removed

ran outta gas

willits would've had it
you before or after he fell down?
after bartlett crossed home.
Back to Old Bulger

There goes another lead.

Gotta love that early inning "effort" from GMJ.

Turned a single into a double, and allowed the runner to coast home on the next XBH.

uh...he would have scored from 1st on that triple
Are we sure?

Abreu has six outfield assists, and might have played the ball differently with a man on first instead of second.

And Gregg Zaun?

Slow-footed catcher with two stolen bases in FOUR seasons total.

Not exactly Jason Bartlett on the run end of that RBI.

Its too bad Morales is so awful with the glove

Oh wait, hes the third best defender at first in the majors…

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=0&season=2009&month=0

Need more than a season of data to avoid small sample size problems with UZR

Doesn’t mean anything yet.

It means something to me

So there

I know you are, but what am I?
needs some East Coast air time

or playing time don’t mean nuthin’

Bartlett needs a single to hit for the cycle
back to the ole hittin sticks again
O'Sullivan....

needs to go back to throwing no-no’s in AAA.

Link

anyone have a link to the game, I’m back in Nor Cal now.

we don't share pireate links here

we don’t hint at them and we don’t ask for them.

are you typing in the Queens English
alright

i saw them offered this weekend on here so I wasn’t sure.

oh ... well i din't see it

had I you soon would not have seen it!

we were actually waiting for you to delete it
It was some Rangers fan

That came over here on Saturday on both the “Roundup” thread, and the game thread

they freely list those links over there all the time.
I saw one over on Lookout Landing last week, I think.
it was a texas station
We used to...
I remember I almost got banned for annoying the hell out of the Rev
don't give away the sekrits
is sekrits a site where I can watch the game?
We're pitching with what we got.
Which isnt much
z a c k l y

u g h.

its one of his first starts since being called up agaisnt arguably the best lineup in the league

give sean o a break, those guys hitting him are pretty damn good

I think he is really just a good AAA pitcher, just being frank and honest.

I do like his approach to the game etc.

i think he is a really good 4 starter

and this year he might have to be #3 and well see if he can do that

Look he is 21 he WILL get better

but not in time to help us this season.

I keep forgetting that though he looks quite a bit older.
yeah...he's a moose
he might have to be the starter

in game #3 and if we make the playoffs with him in the rotation, i consider him helping

Oh goodie!

Figgins has gotten a hit…

Every DAMN Game at the Big A

is SALUTE TO KIDS day.

Salute to Souvenir Buying Parents Day

DING DING DING!

everything at 3x the regular price. tip extra.
Remember they have the capacity to irritate the hell out of...

…their parents to force a trip to the park.

RORY:

AND IF YOU LIKE RUNS…
(try ex-lax)

ugh

When I was in the hospital last week they gave me Milk of Magnesia. Jeebus, I haven’t had that in 45 years and it was still disgusting!

This game is pissing me off
Meh...

This season’s Angels have always gone on long win streaks with little stretches of poor play in between. They’ll start kicking ass again soon.

Soth can't red line them all the time
nice play Figgy
jepsen has that look goin'
so what do we think of vlad tonight?

hit one deep but killed a rally in a spot where the game could have been broken open

personally id take someone else who would at least hit a sac fly even if he didnt hit a home run previously

if you could predict outcomes, then sure

with vlad you get all or nothing — and throughout his career he’s been far more ALL than nothing.

Hey...

At least he’s hitting home runs again. Everybody’s prone to kill a rally every now and then. This is the best Vladdy’s looked all season.

now just stop that silly talk college boy

what they teachin ’ you in that school

Oy vey

This is gonna come back to hurt them.

crap...that was ugly
Well f-me...

internet craps out when Vlad is up and bases loaded….the internet comes back on and its a tie ball game.

HELL.

looked pretty out
wrong Guby...he was out
zobrist looked kinda shocked!
and then he clapped for the ump's decision.
cause i think he knew he was out
not something you see too often

Gubi, put down the crack pipe!

STFU, GOOBY

He was TOTALLY OUT. The goddamn second base umpire made the safe call BEFORE THE ZOBRIST WAS EVEN TOUCHING THE BAG.

He got around. Stop complaining.
Wrong

He got tagged on the thigh before he got his hands hooked around Aybar to even reach the bag.

Take the homer glasses off, bro

He got around

BS

I saw the slo-mo replay. He was out. Bro.

Don't get testy man, I'm sorry if you're jard of hearing.

you obviously didn’t watch that replay.

I watched the replay twice...

…and I still don’t know.

bro, huh?

i think i’ve seen you around huntington beach

he most certainly did not.

I've said it before and I don't want to beat a dead horse

but Guby sucks

I like Gubi.

If the slide convinced the ump, then the slide was good. There’s some theater in the game, and it works on close plays.

Gubi was right. If you can play the ump on a close play, it’s a good slide.

if you keep

typing in all caps i think gubi will here you

he will here us here
How about

italics?

nah...all caps
then he'll think we speak in French
question is

do french people type in italics then?

Only when they're speaking Russian.
Yeah, it's a great call if you don't consider tagging someone as a way to make an out
Ugh...
Ump was out of position on that call.
just strike thi ugly guy out and get out of this inning
pop up works too
so does a deep fly out to center
No harm, no foul

WHEW.

Whew

Thank God that’s over. Let’s score 7 more runs now. God, am I greedy.

Let's Go Halos!
Vlad

Wants 400

i want

vlad’s 400

Wants another homer
Dammit Vlad

I want the Halos to win and all, but you can’t hit no. 400 until I go to the game tomorrow!

Dont' be selfish
mannnnn....that was mine
4FREAKINGhundred
Well, if this guy ain't a HOF'er I don't know what is

Congrats, Vladdy!!!!!!

***********HOMERUN # 400*********Vladimir Guerrero!****************
we need a curtain call for vladdy!

400!

Congrats Vlad..........

too bad you didnt do that with the bases juiced though

lol

like a shit stain on a thong

ew. also, wft? Never mind, just ew.
when ppl celebrate something great, and then point out something bad

thongs are great

doodoo bad

I get it. Still ew.
tomorrow night.
darren oliver is gonna get laid fo sho tonight

laughed way too hard at this

Categorizability meter

Categorizable -——————-|— Uncategorizable

UNCATEGORIZABLE!!!!! HOF!!!!!

400 (Four Hundred)
So I go Camping and come back and my 2 favorite players are putting on a show.

Morales and Guerrero!!!!!!

lol our old friend Russ Springer.......

who oddly enough at one time was my favorite Angel

You've been a fan for a very long time!
Some of us are reaalllly old. coff coff.
well Im only 26

not that old

I'm more than twice that.

I remember …. wait. My memory is pretty shot.

I was older than you are now when the Angels signed Rod Carew,
Congrats Vladdy Daddy!

Congrats to the greatest Angel!!!!

Salmon did not get the homerun (lol)
do u remember when the angels already lost

so the kept putting him in for #300…i went to the last 2 weeks for like free on ebay…hoping he would hit it

was he not one batter away from his final at bat?

well it would have been his final @ bat…but the whole series he got @ bats that he shouldn’t have really if they were competing…he was swinging like vlad does

i had forgotten all about that. Thanks for reminding me of that!
Congrats vlad
Betcha he doesn't even know it's a milestone
fist pump with a smile

I bettcha Vladi did.

pretty sure he did

the HUGE smile and the emphatic fist pumps mean he definitely knew..

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
#     # #          #    ######  ######  #     # ### 
#     # #         # #   #     # #     #  #   #  ### 
#     # #        #   #  #     # #     #   # #   ### 
#     # #       #     # #     # #     #    #     #  
 #   #  #       ####### #     # #     #    #        
  # #   #       #     # #     # #     #    #    ### 
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How'd you do that...?
by typing

the pound sign and spacing

that made me feel good

i can watch that innocent lean to the left, fist pump, and the classic vladdy smile

Anyone see the

Curtain calls in last nights NYY/BOS game?

Soooo unnescessary

no, and glad I missed it.
A-Rod hits a solo shot

And gets a curtain call. Wth

it was a good game

must have missed the curtain calls, although i did see teixiera’s

A-Rod hit a solo shot

To break the scoreless tie in the seventh…and gets a curtain call…And then there was Tex’s…

Notice how different Tex acts as as Yankee than when he was an Angel?
What do you notice as being different?

He always struck me as being terribly politic, like a man who knew he was going to be changing teams frequently at the first possible opportunity.

totally unneccessary

very annoying

was there a mad dash for the Ball?
no!
i dont think many people knew though

unless they showed something about it at the stadium

I'll bet they flashed 400 on the signboards.
CONGRATULATIONS VLADI

On the big 400

BAD KENDRY.

BAD

2 HR's in 1 game not enuff 4 U?
Bad AB...

And NO.

If Vlad can hit 2, Kendry can hit 4

lets see if its on ESPN
Not only....

is Vlad not done but hes on fire. Many of you owe him an apology. 400 Baby!

yeaa vladdy

if he stats this clutch ill allow the rally killing

of course i gotta say congrats to big daddy vladdy who is for sure a HOF’er

Maybe the first with an Angels cap
Depends on how long he stays with us, I think.

Does Arte sign him to a short deal for that reason alone?

If Vlad went into the Hall I’d def be at Cooperstown for the induction.

Absolutely deserving of having his jersey# retired by our franchise.
That's a given.

But the question is: Expos cap or Halos cap?

Halos cap

I’ll put money on it.

NOoooooo! Expos are the reason his legs are a mess. And his back, I think.
you all think he will make the hall?

He’s DEFINITELY making the hall, good chance on first vote.

It seems likely to me

But he’ll have to hit another 100 HR. Maybe.

I really want him to make it

but yeah me may have to hit some more HRs

to be honest i just don't see it
It's kinda borderline

but given Vlad wasn’t involved in all the steroids nonsense, the Hall voters could be swayed by The One Guy Who Wasn’t Involved In Steroids.

Vladdy? I hesitate to say anything after being shown what a silly girl I am

regarding thinking Torii might make HOF.

Yup

just a shame…take away that turf and he would be a much more talented batter than he was already

I worry that he's in pain every time I see him running the bases.
No caps please, regrow the dreads instead!
who de we see here?

give dondo a shot or bring in the old lefty or let jepsen continue?

welp Im out...........

good all

Hold on to the win guys…….and I’ll see you all next week!

Hopefully with some extra nevada cash in my hand

is tonight a sign

that the 8th inning is jepsens to lose and bulger will be the 7th?

I think Sosh said Jepsen was the 8th inning guy about 2 weeks ago
oo wow

apparently i missed that, thanks

im interested to see how dondo will fit into the mix

Didn't see that

I thought the official word was that they were still casting about for that role.

I don't think it was official, Mike just said that Jepsen had the stuff to be the 8th inning guy

and I don’t remember where I read it or heard it or if I’m full of it.

anyone else

kind of want bartlett to get a single?

NO
relax

its just a single that would be harmless

and

sorry dumb sb nation, i didnt press sumbit

its not like im saying he should get a hr or a triple

Still no.

But you’re quite a sport.

of course my angels come first

but as long as they win im a huge baseball fan and i like seeing things like cycles

plus i was born in tampa and they are my fav team in the al east

no...k's are better!
Meet the Jepson!

STFD cycle no (t yet)

We're gonna need, like, several more runs
no we dont

i feel more comfortable with the fuentesaurus coming in with a 1 run lead than a 3 run lead

Gammons on Vald

Gammons just said that Vlad is comparable to Dawson and probably should not make the hall. That sucks. I think he’s just bitter that Ortiz and his Soxs are in the toilet.

He just sucks on the teet of the BoSox.
Gammons hasn't been the same since his stroke.

He’s a sycophant for the Sox. Trust me, Vlad is going to get in. If you don’t trust me, look at the Hall indicators on Baseball Reference. The question is whose cap he wears.

Who is Dawson? Or is that the point?
andre
He hit 438 home runs in 21 seasons.

This is Vladdy’s 13th season. I do not see the comparison.

I can see that

Missing the 500 HR mark in the middle of the ‘roids era. On the other hand, it WAS in the middle of the ’roids era. And he’s a spray hitter, so not so many HR’s. Andre Dawson, a generation removed?

what was his reasoning?

sorry about the dumb questions, give me a week and ill be in cali to watch the games

Jim Rice

50 fewer HRs than Andre Dawson and in that bullshit Fenway Tee Ball park.

napoli

sending mathis into a shame spiral

Mathis' life is a shame spiral.

But he’s a big leaguer, and I’m not. I’m now in a shame spiral.

cmon gary

fuentes might need 3 or 4

roll

call . What have I missed?

from horrible decision

to YESSSSSS

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

EXCELLENT, MIKE!

Aw, hell

He was in the batter’s box. So, no batter’s interference.

WTF

Interference, ump? You sack of shit.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF HGH

CMON GARY

noooooooooooooooooooo
No way did HGH interfere with that one.
man bathroom break?

what happened?

Napoli tried to steal second

Zaun overthrew the ball, Napoli took third on an apparent error, but was forced to go back to first on a call of batter’s interference. BS call.

GMJ swung and missed at a pitch with Napoli running

he stayed in the batters box and ducked, and the ump ruled he interfered with the throw. Biggest blown call I’ve seen.

This week, anyway.
wow

both thanks

that was a gopher ball

too bad he missed

bah. stupid umps.
Holy Shit

all GMJ did was swing and stay in the f’ing batter box

He even ducked

unless his bat hit the catcher…..

his bat is allowed to hit the batter if it's part of the swing which that was
the catcher I mean
so true

6.06
A batter is out for illegal action when — ©© He interferes with the catcher’s fielding or throwing by stepping out of the batter’s box or making any other movement that hinders the catcher’s play at home base. EXCEPTION: Batter is not out if any runner attempting to advance is put out, or if runner trying to score is called out for batter’s interference.
Rule 6.06© Comment: If the batter interferes with the catcher, the plate umpire shall call "interference." The batter is out and the ball dead. No player may advance on such interference (offensive interference) and all runners must return to the last base that was, in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference.

but looks like the ump can interpret this as he pleases.

now would be a good time

to insert the quinlan to feast

Oh goody. New pitcher for Izzy.
I, for one, welcome our computerized overlord umpires

Humans suck at this

No F'ing kidding

ESPECIALLY caling balls and strikes.

Rory " Apparently that was doomed to failure, the play ...er."
Matthews

seriously, I can’t stand Wilits but start Willits. Enough of Minor League Matthews

how about some Pettit?
I can dig it.

I’m still hoping Evans gets his shot.

wow that howards commercial SUCKED!!
Um, okay

but seriously, “Howards commercial” and “sucks” are synonyms, no?

yeah but that one with howie was just horrible
double plus baaaad
This break in action

brought to you by Quinlan’s BBQ. Can’t spell BBQ without the Q.

C'mon Izzy. Get Naps home.
get Kendrick in there
that was pathetic
Gator Arms in
alright

let’s go fuentes

Bad Mice Tits.
Is anyone else not encouraged by Fuentes' entry into this game?

since you aren’t i am

Happy to provide a public service
im with u

he wont blow this, im 100% confident in him

Xd

nice, and add me to the bandwagon

This inning

is where Fuentes gets his groove back.

if he gives up 1 run he might as well give up 5 because we ain't likely winning

with Bulger and Jepsen already spent

olly and dondo are still available

worst case

when did dondo return?
when squanto went to the dl

he pitched last night agaisnt the rangers

and went 1.2 i think giving up just a solo hr

by the way

thats saunders new nickname (for me at least, if u guys pass it on it would be awesome)

When they sent Joe Saunders to the DL.
C'mon now

He’s had a lot of time to work on his stuff since that implosion.

Funty Time

R A W R
(i hope)

Does R A W R stand for anything or is it just Fuentes T-Rex battle cry?
it is the sound of dinosaur
uhg-uhg

what he say, uhg

well that certainly helps
nice location

now finish him

I'd rather have Reggie out there than Abreu
did you miss the playoff series against the red sox?
that certainly helps
That's 2

Fuentes, you magnificent bastard.

Take that, dirtbag
really Rory?

they’d like to end the game right here?

one more out baby
Zobrist

wasn’t that a movie?

man i was @ the game during the rangers series and these thugs were nuts...

pic

Somewhere, Phizz is sleeping at the switch.
when's he not
When the lights are on,

but nobody’s home.

does LSB have a game thread for us?
Hahahhahahaha! I'll bet they do.
Bring it on Brian
i made it

am i late?

NO GODDAMN WAY!!
he's got 90 degree angles

chill duck

panther

morales or vlad

hmmmm?

RIVERA!

sounds about right
FUENTES SUCKS BTW
yeah, i know

1-2-3 innings are f’ing terrible!

man..................................
Juanny for the save
Light Up That F'ing Halo

Just Another F’ing Halo Victory

lmao wow what a way to end
HOLY CRAP

HEART ATTACK!!!!!

Easy Game....
Rivera is an underrated fielder. Nice catch!
Holy Shit

Juancho

Rivera!

Saves the day!

GA doesnt move on that one and it goes 1st row
a comet, shot out of the sky!
Light It Up!

good game

LIGHT IT UP!!!

WTF!!!!!!!

Panther Juan!
+1

i respect vlad and k-mo but juan saved the game himself

Just another Halo... oh fuck that

WHAT A GAME!

it's almost like Rivera expected him to hit a homerun

guess he’s seen a lot of balls flying over his head lately with Fuentes pitching

Come on MLB Tonight!!!

Show me the catch!

they just showed it on ESPNEWS

Weird.

MLB Network was the one whoring the BoSux and Spankees.

Panther = fan getting out of Rivera's way. Well done.
Those dudes were just as scared as the rest of us
that's twice fuentes has been saved by a glove over a wall

jepsen will be closing in the playoffs

small wall though
Size doesnt matter
That's what she said.

She’s lying.

sorry for you

and your wife/gf…/dog? jk

no way

not gonna happen

please dont joke about that

i’d rather have fuentes over jepsen

Fuentes owes Rivera a dinner for that one!
sizzler here we come
I hope Bucky Fox is watching
Vlad knew

Postgame interview: he was talking it over with his mom yesterday.

Cutting it pretty damn close there Fuentes.
I see Vlad is still messing up our Mojo
great to bring that up now

how about the series losses to the white sox and the rangers?
and the hacking and horrible showing yesterday when wonder boy threw about 20 pitches threw 9

I've been posting that like everyday...just for kicks;)

BTW I was among the many people who were grumbling about Vlad hitting 4th and he has made me eat crow for the most part.

did u guys see

juan scoop out the chew?

was that what it was?

yup, not the big league kind either…

8-35

thats the rays record in their last 43 at the big a

Wish we'd host them in the ALCS
we couldn't beat the

rays last year either though

True
well i guess honestly

no one could until the ws…

lets hope

we hope them in the alds this year

I have to watch the replay for this game!

how many wins last year? i bet like 6

i couldnt tell from the highlight

was bartlett’s triple over useless’ head or abreu’s?

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