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There has been more action between TheOptimist and QuinlansGoofySwing than between the Angels and Rangers

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a couple more runs please
or Tito the Win Bandito
I'm thinking Vlad might strike out again tonight
Great pitching, Kaz.
QGS and the Optimist

Still talking about Izzy?

thats right

dump gas on the dying fire

Haha

I was referring to what Rev wrote at the top of the thread.

I say Texas Cage Match

the war to settle the score

No, Rev knocked heads and I'm done. :)
time for some O

show them our O face

Whta's that?

We have an O face?

Apparently never seen Office Space

Your loss in life.

Sorry I haven't

just never really had the interest for it. But one day I shall

My advice

One day = today

Haha

isn’t that new extract movie from the same director,looks pretty funny.

You really should. Good movie.
greatest movie...evahhhhhh
well, not greatest, but pretty damned funny
I would love to see Vlad do a post game interview

where all he says is “Beisibol Be Very Very Good To ME” everytime they ask him a quesion

That's Quebec's fault
Blame Canada !

and Terence & Philip

"Le baseball etait tres tres bon a moi"
VLAD DESTROYS TEXAS!!
Beisibol Be Very Very Good To Me
Vlad says... i got your POS shift right here
The VLAD ignores your wussy 'shift'. :P
how did that get thru?

Washington’s Shift is SHIT

yea especially with a guy throwing 96 on a slow gun

never saw that hit to the right side coming

Hula Dula the rookie phenom Rula?
Haven't been in the GD thread tonight...

…but anybody mention that this is Kazmir’s NINTH quality start in his last TEN games?

In his last five, he has not given up more than two ERs in any game.

I give all his awesomeness to Butcher
I saw that posted somewhere

it was by TurksTeeth at 7:15 PM

That guy needs to see a dentist.
Thanks for pointing that out Chompers
Wow for sure

When he’s healthy he’s got ace type stuff. Sure he’ll walk some guys, but he’s legit when right.

he's also faced the Mariners twice

w/o like their 2 best hitters, and a Texas team that has scored 1 run in the past 43 innings or something.

shut down the chi-sux though too

pretty decent offensive club

true...

but he’s also had to pitch against the opposing team’s ace in 3 of his 4 starts

with thier ace & possible Cy Young winner on the mound!!
but he doesn't face Felix

he faces his lousy teammates

again true...

kaz has had to compensate for little or no help from his own offense though since he’s been in LAA

But also White Sox and Rangers in the same period.

Ten games is a good long stretch. Goes back to late July.

25.1 IP , 4 ER with the halos ...

i see thats pretty delicious

I guess those are the kind of waves you get in the Gulf of Mexico
I hate the Wave

just means you’re not watching the f’ing game. and its a terrible radio station to boot

Nolan Ryan and Tom Hicks

got that wave started and now it is OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!

Rudy Guliani is sitting with them.

Repub pow-wow or is he a buyer?

Don't extend this inning without an HR

Let Kazmir finish it off

XD at the biline Rev.
if fuentes doesn't appear

it’ll likely stand

We'll keep our fingers crossed.
Been Long Long Time Since Kuban rang the Kowbell
Jiust thinkin th same thing.

Need him to pick it up for us to go somewhere

been a long

lonely lonely lonely lonely

T I M e ,,,,,,

been a long road...getiin from there to here..

been a long time…but our time is finally here….

man that kid throws smoke

good thing his arm’ll fly off in a season or two

86,95,77,85,94,97

all his pitches that AB too Kowbell.

Funky

is he just a reliever?

or they just using him as one?

Eventually I think they plan to move him back as a starter
People said the same thing about Franky. >_>
and he's been losing velocity the last two years
That still leaves us with four years of this guy.
true.

a pox on his rotater cuff

The difference is Frankie's delivery made me qyuver every time

This kid is very smooth.

Man, Kendry in a slump.

I wonder if he’s putting to much pressure on himself. That or he needs to have another heart-to-heart with Bobby, that 3-1 swing was UGLY.

have to start a little early to catch up to that gas

but yea not looking as good as he has/can

Battle of the Bulge
Right Said Ed@Northridge

Kaz is gonna pitch a shutout

yay fat chick
What, are we in boston still?
So far tonight the Angels pitching

has been in Cruz Control

last time someone said something like that they got 1st and 3rd the next two batters
reference to Cruz having an 0fer vs. our pitching to this point

as I stated above

Shhhhhhhh

you the same guy that tells his teammate he has a no hitter also

he's off the hook for now
Come On MAN

I’m working the specifics of a particular sweater

SSSSSsssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !

thanks to our favorite sweater
Bulge velocity?

93? 94?

90-93 so far on the FB.
Good. Sets up that power curve.
Heh. Bulge velocity
lol @ Admiral and Figgy

2 outs fellas

That's one fearsome Bulge we have
The Bulge reigns supreme !
Atta baby Bulginator! Shut em down!
BULGE

Love it!

thats a wicked bulge
Who's made bigger strides this season...

Bulge or Jepsen ?

bulger

he’s been trying to make an impact on this team for a few years

I say Jepsen because he is in a bigger role

and has handled it with flying colors (skipping the first couple months) lol

psyKo

went from I guy who made me enraged as soon as he jogged out to the guy I’m yelling at the TV for Soth to put in

good thing is...

BOTH have taken huge steps this season.. after catastrophic Aprils… back end of the pen looks pretty good in the future.. even better if Dondo rights the ship

Now THAT'S the swing-and-a-miss Chris Davis I've been waiting for!
All flash and no cash
nice inning bulge
need more runs
And....... IF.....

And……………….IF

and thennnnnnnnnnnnnnn>

NO AND THEN

LMAO, I was thinking exactly the same thing.

Andifandifandifandifandifandifandifandifandif. XD

Actually Every Now and Again
He should have dived for it
"dove for it"
Dove is the original Old English

but the biform past participles are acceptable now

He could hit a curveball

but he chose to turn the other cheek

Giggidy.

S’up y’all! Howdy from Georgia! Waiting for another live look-in on MLB Tonight.

Winner, longest sig award 2009
Thank you, I'd like to thank...

DAMMIT KANYE, get off the stage!!!

Seriously...

The siggy just kept getting bigger, like it was on Cialis or something.

You know I really wanted the Rangers to beat out the Red Sux

but now I just want to kick their asses!

Lets not count our chickens.... Gubi
Some truly epic jinxery this inning from Rory and Gubi.

Physioc-like, in fact.

Haha more umps BS haha love it!
OK he was safe
Out

Safe
Out
Safe
Out
Safe
Out

Please take your meds
I'm waiting for you to return them
I think Washington should join in on the fun
twice Aybar has gotten jobbed
He was out looked closer then it was
Out as in safe?

He beat the throw. Whatever though.

Second angle showed safe.

At least if tie goes to the runner.

No such thing

That rule Zu is only in your whiffle ball games if you call it before the game and at family picnic softball game.

Oh yeah

and if you draw 5 cards in 21 without going over it isn’t an automatic win either…..unless its at your kitchen table…………and there is no Easter Bunny

Come on Nap, hit us a big one now.
ok, naps needs to hit the big score board

at the new cowboys stadium

Stop shaming the 44 Naps
Cat Nap. But not like Peter Criss.
Nobody wants to be Peter Criss, Lois. Not even Peter Criss!
napoli just making mathis feel better

it’s the only explanation

dude's bat needs Cialis
Jep's in the hooooouse
Psyko in.

Psyko pitching a lot lately.

Bulger threw 9 pitches....
hmmmmmm

thought the same

jepsen has pitches

a lot lately too

cmon you know how this is going to play out...

Bulge-Jep- and a agonizingly long 9th for fuentes

psyKo

cue the Hitchcock music

Wow, did Izturis really get the guy on that turn?

Also, I hope we don’t wear out Jepsen’s arm. Seems like every night he’s out there.

yup. 'twas awesome, good sir
Plus Soth has a habit of using him for more than one inning.
i think since Bulger's arm is better...

we’ll see more of him to spell with Jep

i hope Lee Smith is warming up for the 9th
Ugh.

Don’t remind me of that guy.

come on he was not that bad, was he?
Get the DP Zeus.
The crowd went hysterical overan infield hit

wow!

1 run 44 innings

leadoff runners are like GOLD

Are those Ks he has notched on his arms?
Jepsen velocity?

Mid 90s?

Yep. I think he needs a day off, not hitting 97/98.
JUAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
Holy shit

where was that wednesday

HOLY SHIT

SPEEDY JUANZALEZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Only He Ran that fast in BOSTON
Hahahaha

Nice catch Juan. No dive necessary!

Johnny "Money" Rivers!
Amazing cuz he got to it
Great jump on that ball.
i think juan

knows we all knew he shoulda had the one in boston

Kinsler looks like an asshole

kinda like a 80s movie jock bully

or a short egotiscal prick
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TORI?
Torii

what the heck were you saying about seeing things you haven’t seen all year?

WHAT THE F WAS THAT TORII
Just a souvenir for Nolan Ryan and Tom Hicks
Not George, Jane his wife
Torii, what was that throw?
Torii

What the hell was that? Is that an error? If so, first in over a year I think.

Yep. But a pretty clear one there.
Was he throwing that to Scioscia
how is that not a strike?
time to revv it up KJ
Turn on TV to see another strike called a ball

Wonderful

Only Jesus had a longer errorless streak
Jesus was a five tool player

All-Nazereth his senior year

He could hit a curveball

but he turned the other cheek

First error for Torii as an Angel

First since August 2007

Didn't he drop a fly ball

Opening Day 2008?

If he did

He apparently didn’t get an error for it.

he's made a few

but never received the error, i think he had one in the playoffs though that was official

Atta baby Shove it!
NICE!!!!!!!!! one more
Nice.

One more Zeus.

Figgy got his back.

Pitch to the guy who hit 3 HR against us?

Cool

Oh i forgot no Fizz to remind me about it
murphy a threat??
Let's go baby!

Just win!!

lol he throws 62 just lobbing it up there

most of us on this board couldn’t throw 62

I used to throw 80

before I blew out my arm playing tackle football with some friends.

DO NOT try and throw a football 80.

I threw 85 in JC ball and then tore my rotator cuff and labrum.

Now trying to learn to throw Left handed.

get it done psyKo

make it Jepsilicious

DAnger, will robinson

Bases loaded for

Fat Ass Jones.

big gamble sosh

let’s get a K Jep!

felt that swing from here
WOOO Live Look In

MLB Network.

Jones has a weird smile on his face.

probably took some greenies
ok lets not walk him in
c'mon dont get beat by Roid Jones
come on George.....relax find your spot
Why IBB with 2 on 2 out

Don’t like it.

I'm with you

Hope we’re wrong.

lefties do well

against the jepsen

HELL YEAH

1 more

he cant lay off that pitch

and he cant hit it

finish him!

one more Jep!

blow it by him again

Shove it down his throat, Psyko.
YEAH!!!! Atta baby Jepsen!!!!!
THERE IS NO MERCY IN THIS DOJO
sweep the leg...
Strike first

strike hard

"i dont want him beat ....out of commission"
YESYESYESYESYESYES

Texas sucks!

>Bases Loaded, Gets Out of It

Oh awesome, We found the white version of a K-Rod Set Up Man

SCIOSCIA

Genius Or Lucky ????

Who Cares So Long As It WORKS
Andrew Jones is hitting like 210

how is that not the smart play

JEPSEN > shields

has he blown a save all year?

Inning over?

Bowels in hyperdrive.

Don't DO that, Jepsen.
Oh come on

you have to admit it’s a little exciting lol

I want to know where he learned classic Angels reliever style,

cause Frankie wasn’t around to teach it to him. :P

You know I am beginning to think Butcher teaches them

it adds excitement. Who wants 1,2,3 every inning thats to damn easy.

You can hear the sound of the Ranger's suck all the way from Arlington.
Arlington's a vacum now
well it was lucky that they got elvis to not do anything but scoscia had the rigth idea
The big question: who pitches the 9th?
Oliver. lol
Oliver has been effective.
He has been, but I don't see Soth ever doing that.
You don't really think it'll be anyone but Fuentes, do you?
Two RHB due up first

Cruz and his 32 HRs are a concern.

Bring on the Terrible Lizard!
A cocktail of

1 part Jepsen and 2 parts Fuentesaurus

with a hint of dry vermouth
and a dash of some HEAT
plus a shot of crown

Division crown that is

In the playoffs?

Santana. Why not?

because he is a head case
Also has wicked stuff

And throws just a tad harder than Fuentes.

bulger/jepsen:donnelly/frankie (2002)?

these guys have truly turned it around from how they started.

No kidding

Most all of us were ready to DFA them both at the end of April.

Man, if you'd told us in April those two would be the dependable righties in our pen for the playoffs

we’d probably have had you committed.

you can not compare Jepsen to Frankie

Frankie was just so dominant Jepsen is not even in that league I was watching the World Series Highlights from 2002 cuz I recorded it and Frankie was not that frankie that we saw last year. I wish we had that frankie

i know, i know

i was just going back to the combo that would get us from the 7th to the 8th to the closer. Frankie was unreal!!

Frankie in 2002 was insane

His fastball back then was consistently 95, 96. And his slider was in the mid 80s with tremendous break.

I watch the 2002 video sometimes just because Franky's pitching is so

goddamn baddass. :)

n i c e

Meet George JEPSEN … his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Andruw his bEEETCH

The Big Bad Wolf
get some runs!!!
Let's Go More Angels!
Time to score some runs!!!
1 run in their last 44 innings

they need a slump buster

They need to visit Boton
Sad Nolan Ryan Is Sad
Rudy Guiliani is his guest tonight.
Maybe they will cross dress together.
Only on

Pay Per View.

Obviously Rudy is the catcher

GIVE ME THE HEATER NOLAN….

That was probably too far.

Yeah a little.

But I laughed nonetheless.

you've given this entirely too much thought
Flame Throwing Flamer
Sad is Nolan Ryan Sad
juan'[s catch was huge that inning

should someone question tori’s guts?

Let’s get Vladdy another AB.

agreed I just have a feeling he is going to have an epic october
Oh boy Fuentes sighting
I don't know If I can watch thr 9th...
get on base bobby....please
wtf?

strike?

Gameday

says its outside.

ROBOTS

I'm opting for the chrome plated late 70s Cylons with the cool vocoder voices
Terrible Bobby, terrible.
nice Gubby works the count and swings at a ball not even vlad would swing at
This is a perfect time for Kayne to take the mic from Gubi

and be like

“HEY GUBI, I KNOW YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BROADCAST, ILL LET YOU FINISH AFTER THIS, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE 9th INNING IN FENWAY WAS THE BEST NINTH INNING OF ALL TIME”

Damn bobby.

What was that?

really bobby?

that is WAY against your philosophy!!

HOLD ON TO YER BUTTS...

Es Tito

its gonna be a bumpy getaway
Too late.................
Minny just beat the Tiggers.

3-0. Joe Nathan with the save.

Whooo

I thought my streak of game threads was over!!!

witness this interesting creature. know to the locals as "el closer"

scientific name Fuentes inconsistentias driveusnutsono

Maybe tat game on Wed lit a fire under him and he will pitch good now
We can do this

Okay okay okay

Are we sure about this
If I was nervous about Jepsen pitching 3 days in a row, I'm TERRIFIED of Fuentes doing it.
You know, I wonder if the opposing team just

licks their chops when they see Fairy Fuentes come in to close the game.

Tito the Terrible Lizard

vs The Texans

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God...
no walks

no dongs

no NOTHING

everybody drink... NOW..

because we all know we need it to cope with the oncoming madness

don't worry

college drinking to come soon

how was the first week?
great

the freshmen are pretty cool and classes look like they are gonna be awesome. :)

and the womens?

tell us about the womens mang!!!!

It's pronounced "da womens," thank you very much.l
once again Stu

Im glad you’re here to correct my ignorance :-)

Well played sir

not gonna lie

I LOVE IT
I would be out tonight but it seems pretty dead. Also real tired from work

sorry, but

i’m watching espin’s gamecast, and it looks like, in abreu’s at-bat just now, of three low pitches in pretty much the same location (two were the same spot), two were called strikes and the other a ball. i mean, clearly there’s no use arguing balls/strikes, but i’m just wondering if i missed something??

We need Robots. That's really all there is to it.
you didnt miss anything
k

yeah, robots. like the ones in “the jetsons.”
need ’em.

now pitching for HaloDutch, Johnnie Walker
INSIDE OUTSIDE

FINISH HIM

In Boston we don't get that call

check swing baby

Looks like I picked the wrong night to quit guzzling Kaopectate
89, 88, 89 man devestating! lol
89 mph HEAT.
i think the gun is messed up
a "deceptive" 89 though
wow byrd hanging in there on the blisering 90mph fastball
I can haz K plz?
WHEW

NO DOINKERS TONIGHT!@

Figgins!

Enjoy your massive contract.

Nice play Figgy

we needed that big time

Figgy makes it work
Figgs rules so hard at D. :)
Gold Glove all day long
He doesnt play on the east coast.
Derek Jeter makes a routine play

HOLY JESUS WEB GEM #1

(web gem #2 is dustin pedroia throwing to 1st for an out)

That was a difficult play
Funny thing is 2-3 years ago Figgs messed that play up CONSTANTLY at third.
fuentes elusiveness is very deceptive.
agreed, he's like Dr. Octopus in a baseball uniform
consume mass quantities !!
Funtytime

like frankietime with even more drama and no good pitches…

k if they can just get this guy out we can exhale
Don't fall behind Fuentes that is when you get into trouble!
Go after him Fuentes a walk is as bad as a homer

even worse in my mind

Yup 89 MPH heat right down the middle
"With a two-run lead, really don't need much of a strategy, other than 'don't walk him.'"
if do right

no can defense

show me, sand the floor
thank you Troy

how’s the arm?

Feeling old.

Think I might retire for real this time.

well thanks for the memories!
Oh boy, let the fun begin!
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God...
Frankie

he would always get into the worst possible situations and get out of it but when he did blow usually the game was always tied.

bring the mild, Fuentes
Full count!
No action 89 mph fastbal.

I have full confidence in this guy come october.

JESUS CHRISTO

Look at the eyebrows on Cruz!

Those thing are intense!

If he had a unibrow................that would be ultimate power.
Attaway
right down the middle

perfect

Ok almost relaxed....
Shockingly, 2 down.
2 down...

i wont stop drinking until this is over… please brian… i have to work @ 6 tomorrow

2 outs...

No drama Brian, PLEASE!

gethimgethim,gethimgethimgethim
You know what would an angel gme be without Drama!
This game is the opening act for a Servite High game?
Oh, is that a high school game?

I thought it was some sort of company league, Krispy Kreme vs Serv-Rite.

Servite Coneheads

remember that, Rev?

Wow

so according to LSB, the strikezone tonight has been “ridiculous”

And the Fans starting heading for the exits
gettheoutgethteoutgettheout

GETTHEOUT

Awful close
Nah, just awful.

COME ON FUENTES, don’t make me hate you again.

cmon man

gotta throw him something

goodness just throw strikes 2 run lead
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God, Oh God...
SHIT you piece of crap Fuentes

you cannot walk him in that situation

The GIMP
"Do you believe in the power of the Gimp?"
Well there goes ANOTHER 1,2,3 inning what a surprise.
You just couldn't get a 1-2-3, could you?
It's clearly something about the Angels that has this effect on closers.
such a flair for the dramatic Tito
Dammnit Fuentes.

Listen to Percival. He knows what he’s talking about.

the worst that could have happened if he hit the ball is a solo no shame there
why do you make me hit you, Brian?
get Oliver in

this is crap, he can’t throw strikes

Yes! Ollie vs. Davis would have ended with a K
why walk the guy with a 215 BA
just get the guy out for petes sake finally a strike
Shit.

Brian, I specificaly said NO DRAMA!!

Now this is the Angel game im used to watching!
got Frank Drebbin for an ump
one more - one more
Lets go brian

one more strike bare down fuentes

just need one CMON
This is just giving sosh more confidence to use fuentes
wow Blond hottie in the front row
Me likey.

They make ’em bigger in TX.

her name is Debbie
I notice she's wiping her chin alot
That was a mouthful.
Debbies does Arlington???
oh my gosh wats with this crap
No wonder the Rockies pulled him in 2007
COME FREAKING ON!

3-2, 2 outs.

This game's finally exciting!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGH
Aybaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Uno Mas Brian...

Just one more strike….C’mon.

strike zone

“ridiculous” doesn’t begin to cover it.

This is pretty much the season for Texas

either a crushing, season ending defeat or a inspiring walk off.

If he walks this guy......
It has been lit!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
RAWR RAWR RAWR
SIT DOWN!

LIGHT IT UP!

Umpires might have it out for Brian now
good call

not that they’d make it

OWNED!

LIGHT ’ER UP!

It has been lit!
SIT THE F*** DOWN
And the halo shines tonight!
STFD, you struck out against the puff ball!
And that pretty much wraps up the AL West.
light it up, a dagger to the Rangers
LIGHT IT UP

JUST ANOTHER HALOS VICTORY

NEVER IN DOUBT

QGS WARNINGS 1 – RANGERS 0

What'd you get warned for?
go read game thread one.....

and you’ll see LOL

a couple got away from me
It was a pretty even match.......

Scorecard was pretty even…….judges ruled a spilt decision however.

Damn good thing Fuentes!

Angels win!

YES!!!!

Never doubted you Brian, well, maybe a little.

Kid K!

Kaz with an elusive W!

First of many to come :-)
sorry texas looks like it will be the golf course in october if there was any hope left
VLADDY JUST GAVE HATCHER A CONCUSSION
get your playoff tix ready!
yea I sent in my 13.5 k awhile ago....
as always

i will patiently await the ALCS … hoping i don;t have to get a refund

where are your seats?
HaHa

YES

Chalk another one up for the good guys

KAZMIR WIN
its about time he has pitched 4 good games in a row
All he has to do is shutout teams everytime.
LOLOLOLOLOL

Zombie Vlad bonks Mickey Hatcher on the head!

LIGHT THAT SUCKA UP

Vlad with the HR, Potassium with the W. all is right in the world

Rangers FAIL

again

the game is over

and a whole bunch of fans are still waving their white flags…..

guess they really have had enough

aren't they white flags
Brian is all shiney
Unfortunately bought alcs tickets last year and got the dreaded refund
me too
Same here.

ALCS tickets..priceless..Angels not making it….F%CKING SUCKED.

but I'm going to buy them again this year.
If we could get the offense going before october look out
the timing will be right

naps will hopefully be heating up by then.

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