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Thanks for the thread

K'D!
THAT A BOY BULGER!!!!!
I feel proud

I was here before he linked it :D

(tires from pinning medals on this guy)
Haha

What if I pay you?

Haha

What if I pay you?

want.more.runs.
I'm here

And W6G

The AL features amazing teams

Yanks, Tigers, Red Sox, Rangers. The NL should be folded and dumped off on the CFL.

Canadian Football League?
Exactly. The CFL can't play baseball.

And neither can the NL.

They need the DH.

Or lose the DH in the AL. Just make it the same, dammit!

I love the DH position

its the reason people like Frank Thomas, Jason Giambi, and Gary Sheffield last so long

I love the NL style of play

And I dig the athleticism of good hitting pitchers.

So......

Were not amazing?

No. The Angels are above those teams. They're the best. :)
Phillies and Cards are no slouch
no bueno erick
Out already? WTF
1st pitch vladdy style
phew

glad it’s not the same Bulge we saw last night, thus far.

our bullpen is (still) a mess.

sweet

Aybar out, never even got to see it.

1st pitch.

Really

We Want Woody

W8G

2 More W’s FTW!!!

Come on Napoli!
Good ole Fu-Ti Ni warming up in Tigers bullpen
They're warming up Fu-Ti-Ni in the bullpen?

Does it come with a satay sauce?
;)

and Flied Lice
Napsterssss

Let’s go

Bad nap
8 pitch AB

Not too bad.

Mathis couldve done that
Does anyone have stats

On how many pitches the Angels batters see per plate appearance on average?

There is,

Somewhere, I’m sure

There was a link in yesterday's roundup

Look for the Sweet Spot link. That article has that info.

Kewl

Thanks.

Here's the link-

Rob Neyer

Good stuff.

Hire Abreu as a player-coach.

I can't believe that when

a baserunning blunder is between Vlad and Torii people blame in on Torii.

Watch the LL World Series even, managers send slow runner intentionally to steal 2nd with 2 outs and runners at the corners because if you have a fast runner at 3rd he can score if the throw goes to 2nd.

The reason why it works is because hardly any catchers can resist throwing out a runner, Laird did and did the smart thing.

Maybe vbecause it works in little kefir
*league
kefir provides good bacteria to help keep you regular.

Good stuff at Trader Joes.

Mkay
It's all right...

when level-headed folks such as yourself explain it that way, it makes others think about that possibility.

I mean how many times have you seen a guy steal 2nd in that situation

and slow down towards 2nd trying to bait a throw even in the Bigs

I remember we did that

With Maicer and figs

my favorite is when runners at the corners 2 outs

and the runner at first takes a lead that is like a full foot longer than normal. And as soon as the pitcher breaks to 1B the runner takes off. He also has to have big lead off 3rd too though

I admire your vigor...

but Torii had the play in front of him. He should not have been thrown out returning to third. Especially with 2 outs!

yea I'll give you that

once the throw came to 3rd he probably should have just ran home

Gameday on the Aybar AB

1. In play, out(s)
2. Ball

???

Lawless
*lawl
Is Physioc running it? Then it would make sense
Probably
Ugh more opportunitys for the Tigers to attack .
Dondo in! Here goes nuthin
Yikes. Talk about "Dominican Roulette"
Arredondo

Be good to us

Hat trick, anyone?
Beautiful

Keeping it down. Nice

Completely off topic

But SBNation now has mobile posting. But besides that there is also a MMA/Wrestling blog. I’m a little offended I wasn’t contacted about that.

O.....k.....
alright dondo

its the bottom 3
just seal the deal

Pretty gutsy move by the Soth

Given that the Tigers just saw Dondo on Monday night and got him for 3 runs.

NP K-Mo

Keep rollin Dondo

You can do this, dondo
*Jepsen
Turning Everett into an All Star
That was quick

I wonder why they’re going to Jepsen.

Scioscia's message:

If you can’t get Adam Everett out, your day is over.

Arredondo is the new Speier and Bulger is the new version of the old Dondo.

Jepsen is Shields and Fuentes is Frankie.

Confused? So am I.

So, who shot JR?

Istanbul is Constantinople.

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

Why they changed it, I can’t say.

Maybe they liked it better that way?
But thats nobody's business

But the Turks.

Other way 'round, actually.

You spin me right round, baby
right round like a record, baby
Right round round round
You spin me right round, baby
Right round like a record, baby
Right round round round

Truly inspired lyrics
Possibly the biggest berk in music history

and there’s some major competition for that

Berk?

I do not think it means what you think it means.

What's a berk?
I was thinking

Bjork.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk

Well that explains it

I am now culturally enlightened

It is now

A part of my daily verbiage.

Perhaps this song can replace "Buttercup"
Anything

Could replace Buttercup.

For a while I thought "Don't stop believing" by Journey was perfect

but the dodgers ruined that

The Dodgers ruin everything.
I still don't get...

the pont of that stupid song. I know it’s the 7th inning and “anything” goes. but it’s just DUMB. why make tradition of something so stupid?

it’s almost as pointless as doing the wave in 2009. almost.

*point

fat fingers.

W6G

Is Oliver still Oliver?
yes

he’s still Cousin Olly

No changes there.
Hits lefties, maybe?
Nice curve there
I'm back. What happened to the other thread?
It got hyperlinked to this one...
Got old
got full

is more like it… but yeah that too.

K. Thanks everyone.
That 5.30 era from Jepsen scares me
um it was up around 8 in the beginning of the season

where’ve u been

1.88 last 22 appearances
yea

but i wanted to point out that he’s gotten a lot better

Ataaway jeps
I think Curtis thought a slider was coming
Curtis Slyders

what a hairstyle

LOL

W6G

I see your screen name, and think Family Guy
I know

I know…huh? and I’ve also been known to enjoy a cocktail or two.

frankly it’s too long, but I use it on all Yahoo! blogs and FanNation. I used to go by Brian S. on Yahoo!, but then one day I realized there were like 5 other Brian S.s. and my screenname is brianguy, so I was tempted to just use that. but then I decided my name switch might be confusing to someone, so better go with both.

so it is what it is. W6G

This isn't come-from-behind
Wouldn't mind some insurance runs here
Well win lose or draw

at least we know that Saunders looks like he can pitch effectively again, thus meaning we don’t have to see SOS and his 87mph heater

I can haz moar runz?
Only if you haven't been eating a high fiber diet
I HAVE I HAVE
Lead off double? I'm a fan
I'm liking it.
Figgins.
It's what's for dinner.
LOL

Nice. That was funny.

We will toast the Figgins.
A figgin is a small short-crust pasty containing raisins.
OMG

that’s great. I’m gonna be sure to always toast my figgins from now on!

Hit Ball Far Torii
Smart hitting

By Abreu. Moving that runner over to 3rd.

productive out

me gusta

Bobby
Bobby
Ah!

Echo

Oh Torii Torii

You are my candy girl!

This better not have anything to do with milkshakes
Kershaw gave up his first homer of the year to a lefty lastnight

Gotta admit that is pretty dang impressive

Nope

If he can’t go the whole season, it means nothing

Let's go Torii!
I'll take a sacrifice here for some insurance
We need Vlad
Damn Torii Strong Fail
Torii

RISP, fail.

Figgins win
Wow Torii

That sucked

So...

Was time called?

Yikes

That was a winner AB right there.

Haven't seen 3 consecutive swinging strikes in a while.
Soth says no

bullshit.

What happened?
The 3rd base umpire called time out, none of the Angels saw it, Figgy ran home.
the 3B ump did grant time to Inge

however the replay showed that Figgy was walking towards home as he granted time

Soxh

going blue all over blue!

I have no faith in Vlad here.....
neither did figgins so he broke for the plate
Ummmmmm.....

Who freaking called it?

3rd base ump!
I can't see what is happening.

Can someone fill me in on the controversy here.

figgy stole home safely to no avail because of time was called appearantly
Figgins breaks for home,

In between pitches, is safe, but ump says someone called time

Quentin flew out to CF.
Inge
Did he really?

I hope someone from here is at the game right next to third base

Basically,

3rd base ump can’t believe someone can steal home, so someone had to call time. Am I getting this right?

On the replay you can see the 3rd base ump hold up his arms to call time.
Darn
Then where's the controversy?

It’s clearly time out. Back to third for Figgy.

I don't think anyone on the Angels noticed the 3rd base ump. What they saw was the home plate ump call time just before Figgy arrived at the plate.
I think the controversy from Soth

is that Figgy was already planning to go, and the ump granted time when Figgy wasn’t at 3rd.

I want a liner straight to brandon Inge's balls
His huevos are equipped with a fielder's glove...

he’d catch it.

i doubt it if it was a rocket from Vlad
Ay, mi cajones!
I think you mean "cojones".
Cajones are your shorts.
Ay my spelling!
No, slasher is worried about his moving boxes.
I am, need to move back to CA
Bankers' boxes are your friends. They cost about a buck apiece and if you are moving

books, they are the right size that you can fill them and not get a hernia picking them up.

I'm officially listening to the rest of this game

In Protest.

Stick it to the man
Inge claled time and 3rd base ump put his hands in the air and Figgy took off.
I'm not watching it.

Is that how it came off on tv?

Yes that is what happened
But did Inge really call time?
Yes he turned and asked and was granted time
Lets Go K-Mo

Make that non-SB moot.

que...?
The NON-STOLEN BASE for Figgins.

I believe that is what I’ve read about 10 times above.

Q flew out to center?
Maybe he did,

Maybe he didn’t

But he probably did
hey hey vladdy walks
Vlad walked

In other news, a flock of pigs just went by my 7th story window

what color were the pigs
The pigs flew over a full mokn

And the dish ran away with the spoon!

*full blue moon
I want to work where you work!
he was

taking all the way late in the game deep in the count yesterday. see that like 3 whole times a year.

Vladdy doing a little damage control
Figgy shouldn't have been allowed to score IMO

as Inge did as for and receive time. However Figgy was well off the base and had already started going towards home before time was called.

and sorry not running towards home yet

but he had take a few steps towards home

No. Time was called before any move was made
I watched it

Figgy made like 3 steps towards home, slowed down, then the ump called time

damn low strike
stop squeezin' us blue!
Oh darn
damn that was full of FAIL
Sucks. Had a good shot there.
Another wasted opportunity
Let's hold 'em
Ugh

That describes these last couple of days in a nutshell.
But hey! We still have the lead!

I guess our luck has ran dry.
My MLB.tv died right before KMo swung :(
Congrats
6 more outs boys
lets go psykobitch
my bad thats fat lady
You were right the first time
I thought

Bulger was psyko?

I dunno...

I thought Jepsen was psyKo and Bulger was fat chick. I’ve been wrong before.

Anyone remember who was who?

It's "psyKo" and "fat chick"
I resemble that.
Roll call: red floyd standing by

Forgot it was an early game.

“Pour me a cup of tea big fella!” (one of my favorite Chick Hearn quotes).

Favorite little conversation with Stu Natz with the lakers down by 5

Stu: I am looking at the stat sheet here Chick and the Lakers are 13 – 18 from the free throw line
If they would have made those other 5 we would be tied

Chick : and if we started the game over we would be tied also

“There’s 17,507 referees here today, but only two are getting paid.”

“he went dwn hard on his wallet but hes okay,,,,,,that wallet has a lot of cushioning”

Jepsen still in?

Is he the regular 8th inning guy?

I think that's a solid assumption
Read my confusing post above...

clarified here:

2008 Dondo – Shields – Frankie
2009 Bulger – Jepsen – Fuentes

2008 Speier = 2009 Arredondo
2008 Oliver = 2009 Oliver

make a fanpost so we don't have to hunt this down all the time
Rex would probably like some of that....
2 quick outs in the 8th
He hit 100 on the gun
Fat Chick with some afternoon delight.

1-2-3

They just try harder.
That's psyKo.

Jepsen is psyKo, Bulger is Fat Chick.

no
I was the one who started that nickname.
(pins medal on red floyd)

that’s the third award doled out today.

rev said during a game against the twins in minnesota that Jepsen is fat chick
Here's a link

psyKo

I stand corrected .
Your way makes sense too

Jepsen is heavier

For deejay...

It came up in a Minnesota game thread… Jepsen or Bulger? Would you rather date a psychobitch or a fat chick?

We decided on Psychobitch at the same time Jepsen K’ed the M&M boys. So he became psyKobitch, and we shortened it to “psyKo”. Bulger became “Fat Chick” by default.

I was in that thread I just forget .
seems like it should be the other way around

Jepson probably has like 40 lbs on Bulger

Anyone else okay with just calling them "Jepsen" and "Bulger"?

Given that those are their names.

What fun is that?
You might avoid pissing off the few females in attendance?
I don't get mad when someone gets called an "asshole"

Why should a woman get mad when a baseball player gets called “Fat Chick”?

whatever you say Gorby
Nicknames are fun and all

But when no one even remembers what they are because they were forced in the first place, it loses its fun-ness somewhat. IMO

Jespen

Rocks.

Jepsen does too

W6G

Jespen from Bespin. Home of Lando Calrissian.

Spelling Troll

Fingers are fat and fast.

Sientate
translations?

“Permene se sentado por favor” – the famous “remain seated please” translation at Disneyland.

He gone
please, no hawkisms
I was mockin him
that's allowed

in fact, it’s mandatory

Jepsen

On fire

Jepsen impressed me there with that heat!

Who’s the closer? Should i be worried?

Fuentes

and be 75% confident

Doesn't seem to matter who is the closer

The 9th inning is always nervous time.

unless our closer was mariano rivera or joe nathan

I would be worried

Mighty Maicer Lead the Way!!!!
Mice Tits!

Laird=over rated

and bug-eyed in his profile photo.

The Boy King on third!
Last night at the Quakes game

the IE catcher made back to back errors on bunts. The first time it was towards the 1B side of the mound and the catcher and pitcher collided. More the pitchers fault I guess, the very next batter layed down a bunt down the 3rd base line and he dropped it

Going to Quakes game tonight
don't eat dinner

it’s Weenie Wednesday, hotdogs for a buck

Thousands of Daschunds are fearing for their lives as we type.

is that your favorite day “Weenie Wednesday”

lol @ weenie wednesday
Freakin' sausage party, if you ask me.

I’ll pass.

Neither went as an error
the 2nd one should of
Thats the 3rd sackers 2 errors
Matt Welch pops out
Not liking these shallow flies.
OMFG gimme a break
Update?
Napoli sucking

Sorry…

Popped up. And sucked.
Quentin flew out to center
damn no insurance runs for fuentasaurus rex =no bueno
Sweet at bat Gary...
the usual

he should never be allowed to bat vs. righties.

Naps muy mal this game

0-4 2 K’s

But he's destroying his CERA!
Oodles and oodles of FAIL
This bears repeating.

UGH

But again

WE HAVE THE LEAD FOLKS. C’mon, Brian!

Let's go Brian :)
Thats Fuentasaurus Rex get it right.

I hope he doesn’t have a Brian-fart.

Summon the Fuenetesaurus!!!!

RAWR!!!!

Come on Fuentes.
Let's go Fuentesuarus
I want to see the Fuentesaurus.
Pop up

One down.

Boy King

one out

Does Brian Fuentes have an elbow?
Damn

He throws so strangely, like he’s shotputting or something.

yea he's more a slinger than a pitcher huh?
or imitating a 14 year old girl.
Slinger

Hasthe Iranian arm action….just needs to pull the pin out first

San Quentin.
That's the prison they send you to

when you fly out to center

Hmmm. Maybe Fuentes was just tired.
Maybe the days off have restored him to his ............OH OWWWWW!
Damn,

Raburn, HBP.

Fuentes

doing his best to make us miss Frankie.

F THAT

I miss him about as much as I miss my mother-in-law

But your aim is getting better.
Inge and his 24 HRs up.
and his .240 BA
he's about .180 his last 100 AB's
hopefully it stays at 24
I wish the umps called the rule book

Batters at least have to try to get out of the way

Good God

Is that Brandon Inge’s real face?

Take off the mask!

Only his mother could love that.

yes

he should really lobby to keep the mask on more often.

then again, Fuentes:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6735

Like you guys said. 9th inning always nervous time
you got that right
well when you only have a 2 run lead

it’s almost always going to be nervous time

not if you have papelbon
Gazzooooo

2 out!

Well when he was a young man

He never thought he’d see
People lining up
to see the BOY KING!
Maicer….

YES

Micey really does kinda look like the Great Gazoo. nice call.

Makin' INge dance is good.
ha ha ha

They are going to toss Fuentes.

Enemy of AK up to bat
Calm down Fuentasaurus Rex
2 HBP.

Laird taken out by Fuentes.

that's for being a former Ranger.
I thought it was just for him being a punk ass
Any excuse will do.
A little wild
I know that's not a good outcome for the Angels

but why does it bring me so much joy?

Uh, Brian...

The plate is about 3 inches that way <——

Try aiming at the hitter

maybe you will hit the K zone

lards gameday photo is amusing
check out

fan photos section, there’s a whole diatribe about it.

Oh shit.
Don't say that. What happened?
Fuentes hit Laird on the knee. sound of the ball hitting bone.
Come on Fuentes

Stop hitting batters

Ooh....

Right on the knees….

LOL

Went right for the knees

Someone tell Everett

To stand right on top of home plate.

Just get it done, man!
Git 'er DONE!!!
i'm surprised he hasn't been kicked out yet

2 HBP

Doesn't look like they're crowding that much...

Are they? Or is Fuentes’ control really really bad?

Nice Save

And bringing the pain.

RAWR! RAWR! RAWR!

Light Up the Halo

Gameday is completely jammed!!

Suspense is killing me

Everett flied out to Aybar. We won.
LIGHT UP THE HALO

JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY

Eybar makes the catch...

Just another Halo victory! Wooohoooo!

LIGHT IT UP!!!

Light up the Halo!
Just another Halo Victory!

High fly ball..........

Caught by Aybar.

LIGHT UP THE DAYTIME HALO!

Anybody have a depends?
Depends

What are you going to use them for.

fecal matter… does that matter to you? ;)

I get the win and the save

Go my fantasy teams.

Brave soul

Starting Saunders today

I have faith

I knew Saunders was coming back to get us back on the right side of a decision.

Just another Halo Victory
Game Over

Fuentes not too bad. Just a lil wild. He is definitely as bad as you guys think he is.

not as bad* lol
we're spoiled when it comes to relief pitching

Last 2 closers are either going to be HOF’ers or close to it. and Scot Shields was probably the best setup man for a LONG time

+1

Truth

Our chopped liver closer is tied for most saves with the best closer of all time Mariano Rivera
Man oh man

What a battle. THE STREAK IS SNAPPED!

I'm goin' STREAKIN'

WOO HOO!

In your Depends?
That depends on who is watching.
The best thing about this win

is Laird going back to his dugout a loser and in pain. Best Angels W of the year!

GOOD!!!!!

A much needed win.

(Puts away 1995 speech)

cool we won

feels good to win

Hate saying it but

GO YANKEES! espn 2 4PM

Derek Holland is just going to mow them down
i really want to watch this game
Vegas doesn't see it that way

Texas is a +175 underdog. Perfect time to put your money where your mouth is because you’ll never find better odds for a team you think is going to win.

Yanks romp tonight
So far so good! 4-1 Yankees Btm 5
9-2 Btm 7 now.

Looks like were going to be 5 up now!

Oh

and I say claim B. Looper off waivers

How many of our All Stars will they want for him?
should be a cheap claim

FA next year and its for 6 weeks

Shane Loux and 20 Papa John's pizzas?
They may pull him back and them require players in trade
How is it every other team has picked up someone and we can't
Reagins doesn't believe in the waivers process
2nd best record in baseball

Every team except for the Yankees can block any waiver claim the Angels try to make, meaning it’s not going to be easy for them to get anyone.

Well we have been loosing. Not enough I guess. lol
You know, the ump could have tossed Fuentes after he hit Laird. Glad he didn't.
He warned the benches?
I didn't see it if they did.
I second that

though I couldn’t watch the game at work, I also seem to remember hearing there was a warning.

It sucks when teams that have a far better bullpen then ours are picking up relief pitchers for nothing.
only time it sucks to have a great record...

waiver time.

This is becoming a trend.

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