LUNCH THREAD: I was screaming at Mel from Fullerton calling into Angel-Talk after the game last night suggesting that Ervin Santana be put in the bullpen should we make the playoffs. Mel thinks we need Lackey / Weaver / Saunders / O'Sullivan because it "gives us a different look" ...
...of course he blabbed on so long that I actually am not 100% sure of his point (or if he had one), and ended up on the 134 in Pasadena instead of the 5 South in East L.A. Mel owes me $3.11 for the gallon of gas that little detour cost me...
...so yeah, Ervin Santana is so much exactly like John Lackey and Jered Weaver that we are hopelessly going to allow a playoff opponent to figure us out after being dominated by John and Jered that we better rely on injured Joe Saunders or 21-year-old Sean O'Sullivan in the middle of a series where one game can end our season.
Am I the only one watching games? Do people just have the baseball telecast on for background noise / glowing living room wall decoration?
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Voodoo should be the 3rd starter and it's not even close
Riveraistheman! - August 18, 2009
I still think it's far too early to tell.
(Platitude #437a:) The only thing consistent about the starting pitching has been its inconsistency.
I’d wait until two weeks before the playoffs to completely set our rotation.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
background noise only for sure
phyzz all the way turned up to eleven
eyespy - August 18, 2009
I'm not sure that one goes to eleven. Heh.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
If Ervin is right than he is the obvious choice.
hauldog - August 18, 2009
Sybil
Can he just tell us which Ervin is going to pitch that night?
anaheimisnotla - August 18, 2009
Just a guess
you screamed in 02 when Lackey (a rookie then only 23) was the one selected to shoulder some of the most crucial games. Im not sayin your wrong but thats not the best point.
devildogamp - August 18, 2009
I'd bet you a doughnut that Rev did not, in fact, do that.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
You're comped at Krispy Kreme
I threw things at the television every time Ramon Ortiz was shown.
Rev Halofan - August 18, 2009
Ortiz pitcing during the WS is one of the memories I've lost so I know
there is some justice in the world. I remember that there was one pitcher that made both of us groan every time he was on the mound, and after reading about Ortiz in the post-season it was most likely him that I remember.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
BTW, I vote your blogpost title as the most Onionesque...
…of the year on Halos Heaven.
“Mel from Fullerton Not Succinct (Again)” could be a headline on any Onion issue, any week, regardless of context. We just need someone to kick up to “imaginize” what Mel looks like, and create an awesome caption.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
LOL
Everytime I have the postgame show on and I hear it’s “Mel from Fullerton” I have to change the station. I can’t stand listening to him ramble..
pattimelt - August 18, 2009
Last night we also heard Ross from someplace, maybe Tustin, who spent more than 2 minutes
telling Biggsy that his, Ross’s, calls should now have some grandiloquent name, like the Ross Report. Blah.
Then there was the idiot, maybe it was still Ross, who said he just knew we’d end up with Halliday, and the deal would get done while the team was in Toronto because, because…. because…. they would all be in the same town? And Biggs was so nice to this idiot and explained that every other team with a lesser record this season is in line ahead of us, etc. ad nauseum.
I don’t know how people can be so damned dumb.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
OMG!!!!LOL
i was waiting for my food in a Drive thru listening to that dude. i just started laughing and wanted to scream at the radio with all the stuff he was saying. it sounded like he calls Biggs or Smith all the time. i know that i’m not the smartest fan in the world but damn that guy sounded soo weird with the stuff he was coming up with. Mathis/Napoli junk he was taking about. some kind of “feeling” he has were going to leave toronto with Halladay. i was thinking the same thing about how Biggs goes through this on a nightly basis. or Terry Smith. i feel for them.
maybe one day after a game someone should start a thread about every caller that calls during angel postgame if that hasn’t been done already.
HALO_86 - August 18, 2009
Did you hear the guy who wanted someone to find out if there was a player
who played in a Major League World Series had also played in both the Little League WS and the College WS. I wanted to yell at him that:
1. Google is your friend, and why should anyone else be expected to find this out for him, and
2. The answer is “no”, because I’m sure we would have been told about it by Rex and Phys about a million times by now.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
nope
luckily i got my food and got home in time not to listen to the rest of the show. i usually don’t listen to angel postgame so i don’t know what to expect from angel post-game callers. i know i feel sorry for biggs and terry smith because they have to go through that every postgame and be a professional with the callers. sometimes i wonder why i even attempt to listen.
HALO_86 - August 18, 2009
During The Drive last week
there was this one asshat who went on for about 5 minutes about players “deliberately hitting with the label to the front”. And then he had another point… and when he was done there was another… and another. I think he ranted for 20 minutes… took up an entire segment all to himself.
I swear, I was screaming at my radio for the asshole to SHUT UP!
red floyd - August 18, 2009
Oh... and another thing...
[imitating asshat]
This guy is apparently a regular. Anyone know who he is?
red floyd - August 18, 2009
Could he be Ross?
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
I think maybe Doug?
red floyd - August 18, 2009
Oh, Doug. That's another goodie. Dear Lord...
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
I find myself literally yelling SHUT THE "F" UP all too frequently at the callers.
Thats why I plug in the ipod and attempt to avoid the insanity.
Good for the blood pressure.
clover_black - August 18, 2009
My husband groans when it starts up right after the game,
and then he groans if I tell him to wait and not turn it off just yet. The percentage of dumb callers is just too high.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
Funny As Hell
…He owes you gas money. Santana is the only choice, we really don’t have another decent option. He is starting to turn it around and will be fine. This post-season is different we are going to hit are way to wins, just like 02.
KubanKowbell19 - August 18, 2009
Weaver is the 3rd starter...
unless Santana’s velocity drifts off again. He has better stuff than Weaver when its on.
Wytelitning - August 18, 2009
Weave is the second starter listed above.
The question is who comes after Big John and WTY.
red floyd - August 18, 2009
Yeah, listed above...
but I’m saying that Weaver will be #3 come playoffs, if this trend continues.
Wytelitning - August 18, 2009
Rev, I was already screaming before Mel came on.
I think Mel’s call started just as we pulled up to the hardware store so I missed his call, darn it anyway.
I probably need to check my blood pressure.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
Bigsy talks to the same guys over and over again
I’d call in to make it more interesting but it would violate my rules on who is allowed to call into a radio station.
1. Kids
2. The mentally incomplete
3. Drunks (as long as they don’t drive)
4. The very very very lonely
I would prefer it they didn’t take listener calls. I think I heard one guy say that he wishes he had time to hang out with Bigsy, really? Hang out? Get a life people. I’ll take your response off the air.
SalmonStream - August 18, 2009
"mentally incomplete"
That helps me complete my lexicon of complaint.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
Hopefully Mel from Fullerton
sees the results from this poll.
jtkelly86 - August 18, 2009
Mel is an f'ing idiot.
Bigsy needs to get dropped.
I can’t stand his inability to grow some balls and stop pimping out 830 as some soapbox for the same 5-6 emotionally distressed callers.
clover_black - August 18, 2009
Call in
I think the law of calling on a cellphone in a car has lowered the # of callers, thereby increasing the amount of time allotted to callers, and especially to loyal listeners, and I would encourage people to call in to the show to make the Angels radio station the station they want it to become.
Rev Halofan - August 18, 2009
(clarification)
“the law” referring to requiring hands-free cellphone use when driving.
Since most of the listeners are drivers and not all of them are adept at or equipped to phone in while driving, the “shut-ins” and kids rle the airwaves.
Rev Halofan - August 18, 2009
Great point.
clover_black - August 18, 2009
That's a bit much.
The guy has to fill three to four hours, and given the abysmal audience share of FSN Angels broadcasts relative to other team broadcasts, Biggs has to make do with the small audience he has, which includes, as a poster above put it, “the mentally incomplete.” Also soapbox ciceros and station-to-station windbag operators.
+1 to Rev Halofan’s injunction that you improve the show yourself by adding your own (hopefully saner) contribution.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
I'm no fan of Biggs. Seems like a nice guy but everyone seems to give him too much slack on here.
I also fall into the category of those unable to call into a radio show.
This is just my opinion, anyways. I’m sure Jeff can do a much better job of moderating a radio show than myself.
clover_black - August 18, 2009
I don't need to be a fan to know the fellow has a bum job.
I did radio for years. Still do. Filling up three or four hours of airtime with a whole lot of nothing, on a relatively obscure AM station with an underwhelming transmitter, and catering to the sort of audience that cares enough about a stepsister sports team to be listening three hours after a game has concluded…well, that’s something akin to being a psychiatric nurse on the noc shift. (And I’ve done that too.)
Put yourself in the pocket of the dark, shake your head, then sympathize.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
Mel from Fullerton is no different as an online presence.
I remember when he posted in the MLB forums for years his programmatic lineups, again and again, with a luxurious amount of exegesis and crackpot boilerplate. Often five to seven paragraphs in length, his posts would look almost identical from thread to thread, and he would brook no dissent over his steel-toothed arguments as to why Jeff DaVanon was the Angels two-hole savior, or why Casey Kotchman was the can’t-miss once-in-a-generation three-hole hitter, etc etc
Then he would pop on to Angels Talk to make the exact same arguments in a less organized fashion. “Not succinct” is an herbal-tea equivalent of what might be said about Mel.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
Lord
I’ve been unmasked. I’m so ashamed.
Moondoggy - August 18, 2009
If you're Mel from Fullerton, Moondoggy...
…then you must be the haiku version.
Turks Teeth - August 18, 2009
You.
Are.
Not.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
No Contest
Not even a question, if Ervin hits October like he’s playing right now…
SMUangelFan - August 18, 2009
Mighty big if
But I agree. The other 4 “potential #3s” don’t have anything close to Santana’s command/velocity.
Slyintine - August 18, 2009
Palmer for 3rd starter
He’d give up 6 runs, but we’d score 10 and Palmer would get the win.
Joking, of course I voted for Ervin.
gilbert - August 18, 2009
Per AAA estimates, he actually owes you
about 58.5 cents per mile…gotta factor in gas, wear and tear, insurance, etc.
Better bill the fucker, Rev.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 18, 2009
Mel from Fullerton makes my ears bleed. He just rambles on and on.and on. and on. and on. And he calls every single day!!!!!!
firebird81 - August 18, 2009
Lets make the playoffs, first....
I got faith but if you haven’t noticed, with all our winning the Rangers have been winning as well. Not to mention that our next to last series of the season is four-games with Texas.
This was is gonna be tight…lets not jump the gun. Furthermore, Erv is the most neurotic pitcher we have. I can’t say I entirely agree with you. Saundo threw 2 run ball to the Red Sux earlier this year. If he can return to that form, I want him on the mound.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 19, 2009
Mel from Fullerton malfunctioned!
I have not listened to the radio all summer. Last night driving home from Chavez Ravine I listened to Tangerine Dream.
The Santana Banana is 25-11 lifetime in games I have been to. That includes his recent 3-hit shutout against Tampa Bay. Hands down I voted for Ervin! I remember when Ervin saved Bartolo Colon’s bacon in a post season game against the Yankees in 2005.
Heads up for the 1400 Club: tonights Cardinals @ Dodgers game will be the 1400th major league baseball game I have attended. Sorry it won’t be at an Angel game. I won’t pass up on the chance to see That Albert again. Since the end of May I have missed exactly two Angel home games (Father’s Day and July 5th).
My 14-year-old son Robby had ACL surgery on his left knee last Tuesday. Robby is residing in our downstairs family room and has usurped our television. I have largely been deprieved of televised sports/news (note the priority there) for the past month. On July 19th I began an eleven consecutive days going to a MLB game streak (four Padre games and seven Angel games). I get my baseball news at the ballpark, on the internet or in the newspaper. I did not even know Brett Favre was still alive until I saw an article in yesterday’s sports section. No, I did not read that article.
At the 08/12/09 Rays @ Angels day game I was sitting in the shade in the field box seats down the right field line. Jeff from Pasadena and Jeff from Santa Barbara were sitting behind me. As my name is Jeff I commented that I remembered when Jeff Torborg was the only player in the majors named Jeff. Jeff Niemann started for the Rays and Jeff Bennett had the Tampa Bay bullpen’s final stint in that game. Jeff from Pasadena was overloaded with NFL facts. I told him when the Rams left for St. Louis I ditched the NFL. J from P replied that when the Rams skipped town he discovered the rest of the NFL. Heck, I did that with Strat-O-Matic football from 1967 to 1980. In the third inning the patron who had the ticket to the seat I was in showed up. I moved down into the sun and got away from the NFL conversation.
To be serious about the Angels Game 3 starter in the ALDS, that game most likely will be on the road. Santana’s specialty is pitching in home night games. In all honesty John Lackey and Jered Weaver should get the nod to pitch the first two ALDS games at home. This season Weaver the Younger is 8-1 at games I have been to. The one loss was to his brother Jeff. I paid for our Angel post season tickets yesterday and I hope to use them all (except for the regular season tiebreaker ticket). I am all set for another World Series Game 7!
Yetijuice - August 19, 2009
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