Final Score in Toronto: Angels 7, Blue Jays 3
Angels starter Ervin Santana threw a quality start, scattering 7 hits in 6 IP, allowing 3 ER and striking out that many as well. The Angels bats had a 3-double 3rd inning and some late power to take the lead and insure it. Darren Oliver was a two-inning bridge and Kevin Jepsen slammed the non-save door shut.
Vladimir Guerrero and Juan Rivera had homeruns late in the game despite the early wake up call. Consider that after a lousy loss in Cleveland, the Angels flew overnight into Canada, had to go thru customs, et cetera, got to their hotels just a short time before sunrise only to play a miserable game on the carpet at Skydome/Rogers-Whatever-Center. Go to bed but get up this morning early for a 1PM start when they are still probably on So Cal time so it is like a 9:30 AM National Anthem duo... not exactly morning music you sing in the shower while preparing to face a pitcher you have never seen.
But they got it done and Canadian baseball groupie hoochies doing what they do best, the team can expect massage a trois all night if they just smile in the direction of the bleach blonds in the tight shirts in the hotel lobby tonight. Can they make it seven of ten tomorrow before heading home? Who leads the Angels in road hookups this season? So many questions arise when a comfortable 5.5 game lead requires Texas to bring their A-Game to the Tropicana Dome later tonight. Who can think of baseball while there is an unopened bottle of baby oil on the nightstand, baby, hand me that and get ready...
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Ill take Santana
Angels need a good start and someone to last through 6 and that’s what he did. He didn’t have his best stuff but he did something that he hasn’t done a lot of, and that compete when he doesn’t have his good stuff.
Angel Aviator - August 22, 2009
2 DPs
really helped
Rev Halofan - August 22, 2009
Magic number
Magic number – Krypton and Jerome Bettis!!! Go Rays!
mpolicare - August 22, 2009
vlad panther
clover_black - August 22, 2009
I'd pick Aybar
He went 3 for 4 and made a great defensive play.
But Vlad broke the tie and set the tone for the rest of the game.
So who knows. :O
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
Also Oliver being near-perfect
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
No Vlady? His shot gave us the lead that a. we maintained and b. gave Santana a deserving win. (And yes, I realize his first two at bats were embarrassing. Still, he answered back.)
Teixeira Who? - August 22, 2009
Vlad?
Figgi4life - August 22, 2009 via mobile
added to the poll
new option!
Rev Halofan - August 22, 2009
The Shaker gets my vote
for 6 innings of reliable pitching.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 22, 2009
El Manejo!
FTW
good pitching ervin
JoseGuillenSux - August 22, 2009
I don't speak Spanish...
but I’m pretty sure you said “The Driver.” Soth is driving this bus, man. ;)
Downing Rules - August 22, 2009
damn that google
then el meneo
JoseGuillenSux - August 22, 2009
El Meneo
jjackflash - August 22, 2009
gracias
JoseGuillenSux - August 22, 2009
Is it good that the red sox are beating the skanks?
7-0 in the 3rd…
JoseGuillenSux - August 22, 2009
hardly matters
if anything, the Red Sox losing and the Rays winning alter tightens the wild card race for TEX, TAM and BOS. If the Yanks lose today their sizable lead over the Red Sox is hardly affected while Boston’s lead over the Rangers and Rays is greatly helped.
Rev Halofan - August 22, 2009
Here's how I see it:
I want the Wild Card race to be close. And really I want Tampa to win the WC, so we end up playing them.
If Tampa sweeps the Rangers, Rangers will have a tough time getting a foothold back in the WC race.
As much as I dislike the BoSox, I don’t like how much success the Yankees are having. We held the best record in MLB for a day. I want it back.
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
So we can play the possible WC bo soxs?
No thanks.
I’ll take 2nd best behind the yanks, and end up stomping them in the ALCS.
clover_black - August 22, 2009
If we have the 1st or 2nd best record, and the Yanks win the East
And the Chowds get the WC, we get them.
The only way for us to avoid the Chowds if they’re the WC is to be the worst division champs.
red floyd - August 22, 2009
And that
won’t happen. The only way to truly avoid Boston is for either TAM or TEX to win the wild card. If it’s the former, we face the Rays; if it’s the latter, we’d face the winner of the Central.
jjackflash - August 22, 2009
I don't want to avoid the Red Sox
Although we have had little success against them:
We’re a much different team. We have an amazing offense and our pitching staff is slowly getting it together.
We never beat the BoSox because we never had like Top 3 in either pitching or hitting. We were like a jack of all trades team, masters of none.
Everyone knows we would’ve beaten the Red Sox if we had more offensive power (and our pitching looked like what our pitching looked like in April-May 2009).
I want another chance to beat the Red Sox. We don’t deserve to be the best team in MLB if we don’t beat the best teams.
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
We have to beat them in the postseason sometime
it might as well be this season.
rspencer - August 22, 2009
Comment of the month
You put it better than i could have.
Rev Halofan - August 23, 2009
Yankees got the best record right now
so I want them to lo(o)se
eyespy - August 22, 2009
looks like SOS got sent down in favor of Raf-Rod
so does that mean Hokie Joe is coming back soon?
norcaliangelsfan - August 22, 2009
yeah. Palmer will probably take SoS's place in the rotation for like one game
Then the Colonel should be back in
I hope he can bounce back like Lackey
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
I mean, Ervin
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
Bell not Palmer
Sunday: Bell…
… then Weaver, Lackey, Saunders, Santana and Bell on Thursday barring a meltdown tomorrow.
Rev Halofan - August 22, 2009
kk
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
A "massage a trois?"
Sounds different from any other threesome tryst I’ve ever imagined.
Downing Rules - August 22, 2009
I never imagined, I just went ahead and did it.
44FAN - August 22, 2009
OT: Has there ever been a Home Run-cycle?
Like a person hits a solo shot, 2-run, 3-run, grand slam in one game?
Slyintine - August 22, 2009
never in the majors
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_run#Home_run_cycle for more info, though. There’s been quite a few close calls
ZiK - August 22, 2009
A-Fraud came close against Bartolo.
He missed only the solo shot.
red floyd - August 22, 2009
gained another game........
thank you Tampa.
norcaliangelsfan - August 22, 2009
wow
Downing Rules - August 22, 2009
Vlad
Considered Aybar but listened to the replay with Toronto announcers. They were like, yeah Vlad has struck out his 1st two times up, then BOOM, Big Daddy HR. Then they were like, yeah, don’t put it in his wheel house. Trust me, Big Daddy’s wheel house has never been figured out.
vladtheimpaler - August 22, 2009
Vlad. He is truly showing his worth to this team. And yet there is still an idiot on one of the “other” sites that continues to tear him down and berate his performance. Some people just don’t get it.
firebird81 - August 22, 2009
He is ruining our mojo:p
blochead - August 22, 2009
see people dont understand Vladdy......
he’s a feast or famine player………..
when its bad it can be very bad……….but when its good…….its the best meal in town.
norcaliangelsfan - August 22, 2009
ONE only one?
waaaahhhh he doshnt speaka da engiss howm i sposta innerview da big daddy iffa hee no speak da native language, eh?
Rev Halofan - August 23, 2009
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