Final Score in Chicago: White Sox 5, Angels 4...
I cannot say it is one of the ones that we should have won. It was one of those "games of inches" about which baseball aficionados drool when it is there team that wins. Chicago's Jose Contreras was wilder than a Wildebeast but the Angels found it difficult to cash in on all the gift runs he laid out under the Windy City Summer Christmas tree decorated with ample bases on balls.
John Lackey was the hard luck pitcher but he could have been a little sharper himself. The Angel bats might have come alive if Country Joe West had kept the strike zone consistent, but let's face it, there was a bit of a fizzle with the team tonight. Obviously, some of them found a wild party late last night and into early this morning in the Second City and they were a little worn around the edges... the sizzle was absent, and hopefully is not gone. When your bottom two batters are Gary Matthews and Jeff Mathis, you are throwing one and a half sheets to the wind before you pick up a bat, anyway...
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bad pitch by Jepsen
but our offense went all pathetic, too.
hopefully they come back tomorrow for O’Sully
howiestheman - August 4, 2009
horrible offense
princeton11loveshalos - August 4, 2009
defense was crap to.......
jet lag perhaps I dunno
norcaliangelsfan - August 4, 2009
Means nothing
Next two games will tell the tale. Can the Halos beat the Sox in Chicago. They are hot, like the Angels. Can the Halos win a close game?
Tonight was only a bump in the road
Dono Romantico - August 4, 2009
Jepsen: Like kerosene to campfire
game.over.
PieceOfAase - August 4, 2009
I blame Barack Obama
Funke5ive - August 4, 2009
It is his birthday, after all.
cardinalwraith - August 4, 2009
How Dare You !!!!
Blasphemy !!!
Dono Romantico - August 4, 2009
one game...
we will live
trojanangelfan - August 4, 2009
update: Tex 0 -OAK 3
Oak with the bases juiced 1 out
bot 4
trojanangelfan - August 4, 2009
Beaten by the Power of Scott Podsednik, the Reggie Willits of the Midwest.
PieceOfAase - August 4, 2009
overall the offense wasn’t what we’ve been seeing for the past few weeks. if i had to lay blame, i blame vlad. he looks like his legs are made of porcelain every time he runs the bases.
daze - August 4, 2009
You're blaming Vlad?
Dude, Get the hell out of here!
Funke5ive - August 4, 2009
you’ve convinced me. i’m leaving forever. boo hoo
daze - August 5, 2009
Vlad...........
if you got hurt again……it might not be so bad.
norcaliangelsfan - August 4, 2009
yeah because going 1-3 with a BB and 1 K is really all that bad...?
If Torii had that line in his game back I doubt he would get much complaints.
deejayelleseven - August 4, 2009
yeah but scoring 9 runs a game without him..........
compared to 4 with him……..
Seems a little bad.
norcaliangelsfan - August 4, 2009
Right cause it's not like the twins held us to 1 run a week and a half ago. -_-;
Zu Long - August 4, 2009
you cant just look at his line
1st ab:leading off the 2nd inning, a chance to get something started in front of rivera and morales (who had bad games but if they had gotten off to a better start, who knows what could have happened)
2nd ab:walks and chases contreras, both positives, but a hit there to score bobby would have been huge and as the #4 guy i wanna see hits and driving in runs, not too many walks
3rd ab: strikes out with maice on 2nd, killing any chance there again to get something going
4th ab:good single with 1 out to get something started in the 8th but to no avail
overall he was bad, but a reasonable day from k-mo or rivera would have made him look better
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
This comment is absurd.
Have some respect is all.
TheAngelsAngels - August 5, 2009
It's my fault. Better that no one get the 5 points than me jinx Lackey like that.
opiejeanne - August 4, 2009
GUILTY OF JINXING in the first degree!
44FAN - August 4, 2009
You are so on my bad side.
;)
Funke5ive - August 4, 2009
Ha! Yeah, I'll take the blame.
Other people voted for Dye, but I had to go and look at their roster and I saw that name: Beckham.
opiejeanne - August 4, 2009
u cant ever
vote for the other team to hit the first hr or to win in the pregame picks
who cares about the points, put the halos first!!
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
Bite me.
opiejeanne - August 4, 2009
Don't tell other people
HOW to play the game.
What if I tell you to put the Angels first and renounce Tommy Trojan … I won’t, but that is what your bullshit calls for conformity are sounding like here.
Rev Halofan - August 4, 2009
wow chill man
its a freaking joke jackass
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
oh
i took you too damn seriously. sorry there.
Rev Halofan - August 5, 2009
jackass?
ef that
what happen to the mosh pit, Rev?crucify him
hehe. I kid I kid
Funke5ive - August 5, 2009
Wow. you called Rev a jackass and lived.
I mistook your tone, too. Next time try giving us a clue, like the other guys did when they were kidding me.
opiejeanne - August 5, 2009
little bitty smiley faces help
;) :) :(
Otherwise we are tone deaf here in da internetz.
Downing Rules - August 5, 2009
That's so true.
You guys are starting to know me a bit so you might be able to tell when I’m kidding, but not everyone knows me that well.
opiejeanne - August 5, 2009
tough game, let's get them tommorow, Rangers down 3-0 to A's
tanana40 - August 4, 2009
Personally, I blame ESPN for giving us props.
We all know their perpetual ignorage of our real ability is fuel to the fire.
Zu Long - August 4, 2009
BOTG: PHYZ
Listening to him call the end of the game on the radio made me want to end it.
I hate to revisit an old topic, but he phuking sucks.
jtkelly86 - August 4, 2009
mathis
198 BA what the heck? Nice to see Napoli only get one damm AB tonight.
Ca1IFORNIA ANGELS - August 4, 2009
Do you ever have anything positive to add?
Funke5ive - August 4, 2009
also note
that jepsen had been pitching REALLY well for the past month but with naps behind the plate he gave up the winning run, taking his first loss since april 18 (which also had naps behind the plate)
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
reply fail
sorry
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
his cera is better than napoli's
plus he throws out more runners plus the angels have a better winning percentage with him starting
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
cera is as bad as w-l
in stats terms
linkbruin - August 4, 2009
over 1 season yes
but over an extended period of time it shows which catchers are better at calling games
it hasn’t been long enough to say for sure, but it is looking like a pattern
and im tired of hearing people rip on w-l as a statistic
are there better stats?
hell yea
but it is still a good statistic, the objective of the team is to win and while it does suck for a pitcher to go 9 innings and give up 1 run to get the loss or it is lucky to give up 7 or 8 over 4 innings and take the win, the objective was met
a pitcher’s goal is to allow at least 1 run less than his opponent
a win is a win
sctrojan13 - August 5, 2009
His “Soth endorsement” is greater than Napoli’s. There. Enuff said. Everyone from pitchers to manager agree that they are comfortable with Mathis behind the dish. There’s no doubting it. It has been said everywhere it can without blatantly bashing Napoli. They cannot come out and say “I like throwing to Jeff.” It would not be cool to Mike Naps. However, there are enough “between the lines” written to figure this out.
Sorry to say it, but to not see it is blindness on your part.
Downing Rules - August 5, 2009
Ha! Poor Phyz still get's no respect.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 4, 2009
I heard his wife kicks his ass when he gets home.
(joke)
Downing Rules - August 5, 2009
That's because he's always going on about how great the other guys' wives are.
red floyd - August 5, 2009
Best of Luck
Jon Wilhite
Funke5ive - August 4, 2009
4-0 Choakeland.
WillGoAngels27 - August 4, 2009
BOTG=Figgi
That was a given out by Thome which allowed the Sox to rally and thus hurt Big John; we’re only mortals.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 4, 2009
Yes
Figgy needs to field that there
linkbruin - August 4, 2009
Yup,
But we made up for it. We made it work. Everybody did their job. Except Jepsen
Figgi4life - August 5, 2009 via mobile
I do not blame Vlad
I blame Soth for putting Vlad in the 4 hole and putting Mathis in. Naps needs to play everyday and he does great when he is. Now that Vlad is back Naps goes back to splitting time and it is pointless. Mathis is nothing more than a backup catcher yet he plays starters innings…terrible.
angelskid2210 - August 4, 2009
im with you
about vlad and sosh putting him too high in the lineup
sctrojan13 - August 4, 2009
When I saw the Lineup.......I thought, "Scioscia, I know we all love Vlad and all but SERIOUSLY?
Batting him 4th on his 1st day back from the DL when the Abreu, Rivera, Morales, Napoli combo has been ON FIRE, why mess with that chemical Reaction? Bat him 7th and if he does good for a few days move him back to where he belongs!
acuda27 - August 5, 2009
well good news
Oakland 6-0 over texas
princeton11loveshalos - August 4, 2009
Woooooo! No harm no foul!
cardinalwraith - August 4, 2009
that's all we can ask for
let’s get it done tomorrow.
SCHalo - August 4, 2009
Figgins really pissed me off
I don’t know. I mean it was early in the game, but for some reason I took it way harder than usually when Figgy makes an error. I feel like he could have made the play twice. Maybe he’s not a BOTG because his three walks are honestly great. But that play with the error…
TheAngelsAngels - August 5, 2009
Can't win 'em all
Go Oakland!
vladtheimpaler - August 5, 2009
We Will Win With What We Got
eyespy - August 5, 2009
Being 22 games over .500...
a loss like this was to be expected. Hopefully, the club will play a much cleaner game this time out with Sully taking the mound (he will need all the fielding help he can get with his stuff). GO HALOS!!!
Btw, Jepsen should really trust his fastball more in those situations like the one in the bottom of the 9th last night. Last time I checked, it was still his No. 1 offering and would rather have him lose on his best pitch as opposed to his worst (slider)…
rosinbag42 - August 5, 2009
W6G, I believe in… however, I cannot help thinking “It sure would have been nice to have Bell pitching last night.” (Yes, I know … the asking price was too much!)
As for Vladdy … he had a decent night at the plate at least in the box score. I didn’t see his AB’s at all, but I would think it wasn’t terrible.
Downing Rules - August 5, 2009
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