FINAL SCORE IN L.A. of ANAHEIM: Oakland Athletics 4, Angels 3
Jered Weaver was gassed after 6 innings. The bullpen was running on fumes after showing up in the 3rd inning on Friday. Weaver lost his W and relief scrub Rafael Rodriguez got the L, but it was Jose Arredondo, masterful in two innings last night, who loaded the bases and saw every runner score to tie the game. You know what they call that? A massacre. But wait, it gets worse later in the 9th inning...
Chone Figgins is on base with one out and Bobby Abreu hits a long flyball for out #2. Figgins tags up and breaks for 2B. He gets there but the tag gets him and the massacre is over. Figgins made the first out on the bases in Thursday night's 2-0 loss in getting picked off at 2B against the Athletics and he made the last out of Saturday night's loss trying to reach 2B.
However, when you are getting 2/3 of your night's runs on the rare Maicer Izturis HR and Jered Weaver nibbles so much that his 6 inning shutout costs him 119 pitches, victory is not exactly destiny with a gassed bullpen and day game tomorrow before a road trip.
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Stole one yesterday.......
Blew on today
Karma is a dirty filthy bitch.
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
Can i vote for Figgy?
WillGoAngels27 - August 29, 2009
Arredondo's gonna win the vote tonite
Chone's Chonies - August 29, 2009
Mired in a slump
And Texas is thriving.
chairmanofthebar - August 29, 2009
yet still 4 games up...........
says alot about our team.
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
As bad as we've been playing lately, it's actually kind of shocking that we're still 4 up on them.
Zu Long - August 29, 2009
I guess when you're a historical loser like Texas
winning 5 of your last 11 can be considered ‘thriving,’ but I think it’s a pretty weak definition.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
what does history have to do with the present...?
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
Zuh?
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Why is Scioscia not an option?
Seriously. He has as much impact on the game as some of the players do.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
it's not like soth has a good bullpen to count on
the team needs another person in the pen to step up. Soth doesn’t has much of an option other then to see if some of these chumps can step up.
semperfi1645 - August 29, 2009
Spot on here Marine.....
rec’d
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
Not really...
he needs like three starters in a row to go 7 or 8 innings…
The bullpen sucks, yes, but they are TIRED. Out of gas. The Trevor Bell and SoS experiments have left them in shambles.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
No, he doesn't have a great bullpen to work with
but he has some options in the bullpen that are better than others.
And he chose not to use those options.
And actually, since the All-Star Break, our bullpen has been quite good.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
And he chose not to use those options since we need to meter out their usage. We have a stretch of quite a few games in a row here including a brutal stretch in NYY, Boston and Texas.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Bulger hasn't pitched in 3 days
he’s better there than Rafael Rodriguez.
And a win against Oakland counts as much in the standings as a win against any of those other teams.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Yikes...
I didn’t realize the Bulge was well rested. That’s pretty weak.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Yes...
Why choose Dondo after 2 big innings last night when Bulger hasn’t thrown in the series? I thought it was dumb at the time…
Also, Fuentes is in the bullpen – you can use him more than just in save situations. But that would take too much forward thinking or innovation. God forbid a manager think outside the box.
Maybe Bulger is hurt a little – that might explain it. Otherwise, stupid move by Scioscia.
jimmuscomp - August 30, 2009
the bullpen..
in particular jepsen, bulger, oliver, and palmer have all really stepped up. fuentes has been eh… speier and loux were shown the door. there were better options than rat rod. i didnt have a probem with dondo coming in, but rat rod in that situation when bulger hadnt pitched the previous night makes no sense
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
I'm with Casey here
Counting on RafRod and Arrendon’tdo to hold the lead instead of Bulger and Jepsen was a mistake.
hk47 - August 30, 2009
sosh should be in there...
this is crunch time … i know he doesnt look at the standings but uh someone might want to remind sosh he’s in an actual race this season… texas isnt going away, get the freakin vets in the game esp. in pressure situations FFS. freakin rat rod ? really ?
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
that being said... dondo started this shit sandwich
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
+1
dondo was good the other day. not sosh fault for seeing if he could put together some friggin consistency. Bag and tag dondo.
semperfi1645 - August 29, 2009
the other day = last night, and he pitched 2 innings
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
yes the other day does equal yesterday, glad you can read
here is a cookie. Btw, he wouldn’t be the first reliever asked to pitch on consecutive days. He should have been able to handle it today.
semperfi1645 - August 29, 2009
so teste
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
!!
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
The bigger question
Is why weren’t Bulger and Jepsen used?
hk47 - August 30, 2009
aka the worst
Scotty G - August 29, 2009
Sosh's logic this season has been perplexing at times
Why allow a strugling pitcher to continue yet again, seriously? We’ve seen this scenario repeatedly this year…seems like a conundrum to me.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 29, 2009
Maybe he uses a Magic 8 Ball
or Chi-Chi sticks to make these perplexing decisions.
rspencer - August 29, 2009
the I Ching!
Fred Fredrix - August 30, 2009
What a difference a year makes
Arredondo is worthless to this team right now. Salt Lake him ’til he gets it right!
PieceOfAase - August 29, 2009
we tried that already
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
Salt Lake him 'til he gets it right!
PieceOfAase - August 29, 2009
Is Rich Thompson ready to head back to Anaheim?
Wonder how his time in the SLC has gone.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
I thought he was in Arkansas.
opiejeanne - August 29, 2009
really?
SHE’s in AR, but I think Rich is still in SLC. That’s why she was lamenting being apart for so long (I read her blog once since Rich went back down and that was the only story I caught — it was just the other day).
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
I haven't read it in a while. I thought she was traveling with Rich and that's why she was in AK.
I probably misunderstood something she wrote.
opiejeanne - August 29, 2009
AK = Alaska...
is she on a cruise? ;P
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Doh! Arkansas. Knew I should have written it out.
opiejeanne - August 29, 2009
Dude - he ruled the night before and has
been good recently. Scioscia asked him to come back and throw an inning after two big innings the night before. That blowup is 50/50 on Scioscia and Dondo.
jimmuscomp - August 30, 2009
I haven't been this mad after a loss for a while
there is simply no good damn reason for us to have lost. None.
HaloDutch - August 29, 2009
going 0-6 with RISP is a pretty good reason but i could be wrong.
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
Blame of the Game: Rally Thread
Bwaaahahahaha! Just kidding!
Dono Romantico - August 29, 2009
why does scioscia always seem to take the blame.....?
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
i dont know
maybe because dondo pitched 2 innings last night and bulger hasnt pitched since wed?
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
this is the major leagues the PLAYERS get paid to do their job well.
I fail to see how it’s fair to place the blame on scioscia
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
well
a manager puts the best he has on the field, and decides when to do it.
tonight, a dondo who pitched 2 innings the night before is not better than a rested bulger.
heck, i would have been fine with him putting rodriguez in there to start the 7th.
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
And the managers get paid to MANAGE well
that includes putting in a well-rested good pitcher instead of a poor pitcher on short rest.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Ok so Fire Scioscia then ....?
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
9 year extension instead of 10...
;)
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
If that's what you'd do, sure
but I don’t think that’s a reasonable conclusion to think we were implying, no.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Did any of the media ask him why not Bulger?
I would like to hear his response. maybe he was testing rat rod’s marbles and found out they were made of mush.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Didn't watch the post-game
I was too busy trying to untangle the noose from my closet. It’s all tangled with old headphones and speaker wire.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
I turned off the game as Arredondo headed into the game...
went to DQ to get my rug rats some ice cream. Came home to this. Ice cream to sucker punch loss in nothing flat.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
got out of the shower
started shaving and I turned on the radio. I broke my razor after the allowed they tied up the game
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
driving home from a memorial service
Turned on the radio to catch up on the game. Up 3-0 with 1 on and Arrendondo pitching. Next pitch = 2 on. Oh shit. Bad karma. Turned off the radio.
Too late. Got home and turned on TV and saw game tied 3-3. Next pitch = 3-4. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Sorry guys.
Stirrups - August 29, 2009
+1
hk47 - August 30, 2009
Who was questioning my pick of Oakland taking two?
We should win tomorrow, though.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
me
ha, should i hope for 3 so we’re both wrong?
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
Let's split this series.
I want to be right. Let’s hope I am wrong in predicting a tie with Tex at season’s end and instead we are the clear winner of the division. Deal? :)
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
well you did
call the series in Toronto
Funke5ive - August 29, 2009
I called the WIN today (Sunday), too
Loved the free Hooters wings (ball race was free wings for all).
Better news: I was wrong in that the Rangers only got 1 in Minnesota. Good to see my pessimism is a tad bit excessive.
Downing Rules - August 30, 2009
Why bother interviewing Sosh?
He says the most retarded cliche shit every time and comes across as aloof.
“Turn the page!”
“Every day is a new day”
“Standings? We dont look at the standings”
clover_black - August 29, 2009
we wanted to see what dondo could do when his arm is tired
we like the way he handles the ball
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
He handles the garden hose better.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
we like the way he handles his balls
Fred Fredrix - August 30, 2009
let's not forget
dondo pitched two innings last night.
where was bulger tonight? dude hasn’t pitched since wed
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
my thoughts exactly
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
SIGH
vlad IS my man - August 29, 2009
big time
stares at 2 good pitches, then hits something weak.
hope it’s just an august thing, not a tired arms and legs of an old player thing
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - August 29, 2009
Abreu needs 2 days off....
vlad IS my man - August 29, 2009
relax
they guy has been mr. consistency the entire year. He’s long over due for a cold streak.
semperfi1645 - August 29, 2009
for real tho .
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
Agree...
but it has been a complete 180 from what we’ve seen earlier in the season. It seems he is getting VISIBLY frustrated at borderline strike calls, then the AB goes to hell in a handbasket right after that emotional display.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
He's suffering from "Hillenbloop" disease ...
something we haven’t seen around these parts in a couple of years.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
sample size
Funke5ive - August 29, 2009
Rodriguez
just got his optioned down
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
lol.....seriously?
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
isn't that what billy mac just said?
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
For Kaz.
He can go back to tearing it up in the PCL.
clover_black - August 29, 2009
where did you hear that?
Rev Halofan - August 29, 2009
Billy Mac just said it.
clover_black - August 29, 2009
i thought i heard b-mac say that
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
NO RATS ALLOWED...
not since the infestation was exposed.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Why Raf Rod and not Dong-Don't?
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 29, 2009
one appearance too late so it would seem
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
time for the angels to take out the trash
dondo and raf rod……looks like we’ll need the heavy duty heafty.
semperfi1645 - August 29, 2009
HaloDutch - August 29, 2009
That's what these past couple of losses have been
JoseGuillenSux - August 30, 2009
I can't bother to watch another Howards TV commercial, co-starring Sosh after this week's woes.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 29, 2009
Voted for Dondo, but that was really just a visceral response to the loss...
On further review Chupa’s 6 LOB, including 3 left in scoring position was worse.
Quad Fin Rider - August 29, 2009
If they don't win tomorrow, I'm gonna jump off a bridge
Not really, though.
chairmanofthebar - August 29, 2009
Like one of those bridges that cross the Florida Keys?
:) There’s a good set of bridges to jump from.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
going to the game tomorrow
i hope they dont lose
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
Team's at 500 when I attend.
I’m staying away for a while … actually, the team is heading out on a road trip, so I have to stay away! ;)
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
i wanna catch one more game
before I go back to jersey…
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
Joisey?
The A’s starter was from Joisey.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
yea and the A's have a relief pitcher from Yale
yale sucks
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
No, it doesn't. They gave my niece a full ride scholarship, so they definitely do not suck.
opiejeanne - August 29, 2009
Great for her
To live up to expectations, your niece must now cure cancer! :) Just Kidding Yale’s an awesome school….
vlad IS my man - August 29, 2009
Ha! She has now graduated and has a scholarship for a Masters, but hasn't figured out what's next.
She’s thinking about saving the world but isn’t sure how. Plus, her tights are still in the laundry.
opiejeanne - August 30, 2009
They make pretty good locks
rspencer - August 29, 2009
Haha. Cute.
opiejeanne - August 30, 2009
Well I guess we got a taste of our own medicine tonight.
Oh well . Lets get a W tomorrow.
deejayelleseven - August 29, 2009
IS JORDAN WALDEN THE PTBNL???
A friend told me that it was. I hope to hell he’s wrong. Help me out here, HH’ers.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
It's all rumors right now
which have jumped from S-Rod to Wood to Walden.
Don’t think too much about it.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Good God ...
any of those three names brings pain to my stomach. I am worried that Maddon is “really excited about the PTBNL.” That is not good.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
They like stealing bases in Tampa
maybe it’s Willits!
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
Praise little baby Jesus!
I sure hope that’s all the additional damage in the trade.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Damage?
If they got Willits, that’s like an added incentive to do the trade, dude.
Minus points for Tampa.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
lol! It’s like “owning a piece of shit car and someone crashes into it” kind of damage I’m talking about! ;)
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
I hope its willits
princeton11loveshalos - August 29, 2009
Rays office
denies
vlad IS my man - August 29, 2009
(changes diaper)
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Your friend must have been reading HH
no help here
Funke5ive - August 29, 2009
haha did billy mac just take a lil swipe at sosh ?
intro in the the sosh interview… “hopefully we hear more than ‘turn the page?’” love sosh but that was a pretty good one by bmac
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
Why are our Starters only lasting 5-6 innings?
Weaver has struggled with pitch count his whole career and then we got guys like Bell only going 2 innings. I can’t believe the 180 our pitching has taken this year.
EG Halo Fan - August 29, 2009
I can
given the injuries (and a DEATH) that the rotation has endured all year long.
Most teams would be packing it in right now for the winter with the depth-testing we’ve had.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 29, 2009
The rotation is not the overwhelming issue, case in point:tonight's game.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 29, 2009
But it is a factor
When we don’t have to use the bullpen, our chances of winning are considerably higher. Thus we need the starters to get deeper into the game.
I can see your point Casey about all that has happened to the staff, but it just seems so strange that it fell apart for so many guys all at the same time.
EG Halo Fan - August 29, 2009
agree
(aside from the strange lack of using Bulger)
The pen has been taxed of late. That’s what I’m telling myself to get over this loss.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
it would be a factor one way or the other...
if the rotation was nails all year going deep into games… they’re gonna be gassed going into sept/oct… maybe the ray of light is that both the rotation and the bullpen have been eh all year… there’s really only one way to go from here and that’s up… and just think that the angels have the record they do despite the pitching problems. in reality if/when the halos make the playoffs… your looking at 3 of lackey/kazmir/weaver/saundo/voodoo to be your playoff rotation… bullpen in theory gets stronger from the other 2 starters going to the pen.. and you no longer have the ratrod/dondo/speier(in the past) of the world as options in the pen
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 29, 2009
I hope Don't-do is optioned to AAA and not Raf Rod, Dondo is leaking some serious oil.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 29, 2009
Change that gasket.
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
Do-do should be the PTBNL
It’s getting clearer that last year was an aberration
mustard_man - August 30, 2009
Big John to the rescue tomorrow.........
W6N
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
Can he get #100?
Downing Rules - August 29, 2009
not if he doesnt go atleast 7 tomorrow
norcaliangelsfan - August 29, 2009
Sad, but true.
Chzburger Jones - August 30, 2009
The Wilhite / Adenhart Story is on
:’(
vlad IS my man - August 29, 2009
tonight
this game tonight still hurts, I am in disbelief. 4 game lead and a tough schedule in September schedule. The A’s are scrubs this year.
Ca1IFORNIA ANGELS - August 29, 2009
no worries
will make it up against the Skanks
Funke5ive - August 29, 2009
You know what really grinds my gears?
Every time I go to a game, which is usually only once or twice a season, the team does something like this. For the love of god, JASON BULGER. MATT PALMER. THE GUY SELLING HOT DOGS. ANY of those guys are better than Rodriguez and all of them know this. Jesus, let Figgy pitch.
Terribly managed. I mean, just awful. Daric Barton gets to see Rodriguez despite the fact that he’s a lefty. If Arredondo pitched two innings yesterday and was still given enough rope to hang himself tonight, then, well, why not Oliver? Moreover, why the hell was Arredondo in there after he gave up a hit and a walk? Isn’t that code for “take me out, coach?”
Ugh.
Carl Johnson - August 29, 2009
JoseGuillenSux - August 30, 2009
These are the games that the Halos have to win
The race is still close – the team cannot afford to lose to the lower tier teams in the league.
Was there something wrong with Bulger or Jepsen last night? They’ve been pitching much better than Do-do has been…..
mustard_man - August 30, 2009
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