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Poll
How do you like Kaz thru 4?
GREAT! All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
179 votes
NOT SOLD ON HIM. And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
13 votes
I MISS S-ROD. Trying to find, trying to find where I've been.
9 votes

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He's getting better inning by inning
***************************22 SU***********************************
GO ANGELS!

Score plz.

Been following Kaz since 02

The Rays were idiots to get rid of him after Rick Peterson fixed his mechanics again.

walk please oh please oh please
I still hate gary...
i like gmj more than aybar

but it isn’t saying much really

????

At least Aybar is a quality defender.

take a look at both of their contracts...

then reevaluate…

Whatever dude

what 5ive says
QGS is my favorite troll on HH.
and you are my favorite little bitch
You just lost major player points

Go back to angels win and suck Chucks cigar….on his couch

To be fair, 44fan called him a troll first.

That was kinda lame.

he pops off to me a lot

it is what it is.

he thinks im a troll and that i like mathis.

I like Mathis and Naps...

those are some cool cats.

You lime Mathis?

LAME

I think he's GRAPE

not lime.

I have tried to like him

But it’s hard…like Mikes hard lemonaid

I wonder if it's a crime to like everybody on a team.

Cause I do. Even Juice, who I rag on a lot.

What if Barely Bounds was a Halo?

It's not automatic.

There have been guys I didn’t like. I just like everyone on THIS team.

i'm not blinded by one good month
Aybar has had great defense for more than one month
big deal
Ummm... in the context of GMJ vs Aybar, it is.

Not to mention that it is possible for a shortstop to be hall-of-fame quality on defense alone. But hey, don’t let the facts stop your playa-hatin’.

Swinging a ball 4. -_-;
Camera got caught in a spider web
now you wanna bunt you jackass
Why did Naps even get in the batters box
Aybar

WTF, mang.

if aybar would actually put his head down and run hard

he’d be safe

hello all...

looks like we got a pitcher’s duel on our hands

Seems that way.
instead, he looks behind himself

like he’s being chased by something

His own personal demons?

Maybe he’s seeing that squeeze play from the playoffs over and over.

Hey... I heard the 1st inning was rough for Kaz...

can anyone fill me in on that? I was at work…

Error - single, HBP, then a lot of pitches to strike out the next three batters
Better memory than mine :-) What he says
single, single, then what he said
loaded the bases with no outs - a couple of bloops and a walk - and then he fanned the side
Loaded the bases to start off then struck out three in a row to end the inning.
Quentin center field.

it was unreal.

every game!

haha!

My all quentin fry out center field.

Awesome...

Thanks Guys!

Kid KKKKKKK

STFD!!!

Re: the poll

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[next tone up] Du-du-duh, du-du-duh
[next tone up] Du-du-duh, du-du-duh
[next tone up] Du-du-duh, du-du-duh
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Whoops... too many

only 8K.

The SEC will be happy.

Kid KKKKKKKK!!!!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeees!

Holy Shiet...

This guy is unreal!

Run Support Halo Bats Please
60 pitches in 5 IP

since the 29 pitch 1st… great pace

my bad 4 ...

cant count

No question of velocity.
No kidding - it's come down since the first, but he's throwing so many sliders now it's playing up in a big way
How is the break on his slider?
My eyes say decent

Have no idea what Pitch FX says

Results say, "awesome"
Caveat- It IS the Mariners.
Mike Napoli is doing a stunning job behind the plate

guiding Scott through his debut for the Los Angeles Angels.

but his cera is not good!

;)

He sure does throw alot of pitches but...

Shazam

they are nice ptches.

he's getting better throughout the game

if he stays consistent its hard to argue, even if srod has a successfull career, the trade wasn’t worth it

I like that he has great success against the top 2 east teams.

   Love to see some of this in the DS and ALCS

I dont even wanna think about the playoffs right now
Get FIGGY with it!
Figgy getting jiggy
Also- don't get picked off this time.
Fig getting the party started
checking in, strange game time, go Angels
Don't like seeing Abreu's

BA in the .280s

Is it really? Damn Bobby. Time to start hitting.
somebody please remind Bobby

he’s a free agent next season !!!

he's hitting .296?
My bad, I think you're right.

I guess the in-laws HD isn’t really as HD as it can be. BUT, if he doesn’t start hitting, he’ll be in .280 soon.

Their internet must be worse...

no access to baseball-reference.com?

LINK TO BOBBY’S 0.297 AVERAGE THIS YEAR

Does that include today though?

It seems unlikely that his BA would drop that far in just a few games, but I haven’t been following his BA that closely.

Gameday has it at .296.

Need new glasses or something. SORRY!

It says "124" games...

not sure what game number today is… that’s pretty close, though. No way he’s at 280.

Oh, they've played 131, but Bobby has missed a few. I think it's up to date.
Somebody needs to remind you that Bobby is having a tough time right now...

he’ll come out of it.

Since when does Bobby swing at a 2-0 pitch?
when he's trying to break out...
just in time to dominate the red sox in the postseason hopefully
Actually, he has been smoking the ball , just right at fielders

  That’s baseball

he's been playin' like he's ready to accept the Angels offer
Will the real Bobby Abreu

please show up

Maybe he figures he already earned the $5M he got paid for this year.
89 pitches 8 k's

looking good in his first angels start :D

Temper your enthusiasm

He’s been good, but the Mariners are AWFUL. They’ve scored less runs than the Royals.

Mariners or not this is the Bigs, you know where the pros play...
Man, robbed...

Way to beat the throw bobby.

Man... Bad luck to continue Bobby's slump...
at least he hustled out of the DP

abreu def. needs some rest… i would say give him the KC series off

I think you're right.

Rest him.

or hook him up with some greenies...
you're talking about spinach right ? ha
Torii, seriously, don't K a third time.

And don’t GIDP.

A Tight Pitchers Dual

is like a playoff game. It’s interesting to see how the Halos due in these close games. It says alot about the team.

A dual-pitcher duel.

Love it!

just checking in

how’s kaz-mirror pitching?

KKKKKKKKazmir... if that says enough
phenomenal...

8 k’s

Rocking it.

8 K’s

It would be dishonest to say anything other than spectacularly well.

Though his pitch count is a tad high.

He sucks.

Only struck out 8. Bitch needs to be perfect.

Stop hitting it at Beltre!
they're trying to knock him in the groin
Has Vlad taken one pitch yet?
eventually he'll get a 1st pitch homer

and all will be forgiven

Funny how that works.
stop swinging at the first EFFING pitch !!

His BA is .333 off first pitches tho…..

damnit get some damn runs
Lame...

Top of the order- that was a weak showing

Is it too late to put Vlad on waivers?
i love you vlad

but you need to take some pitches every once in a while.. especially during a tight pitchers duel with the go-ahead run on 2nd base..

yeah...how about buying into the philosophy everyone seems to believe in...

you might see a meatball every now or then

Nice throw Aybar.
BANG!

Aybar’s throwing arm.

figgy needs to introduce some teammates to nathan

haynes. We need to offense.

need *some* offense

frankly I am offended.

Haynes gets too much credit for that "Figgy is now hitting" thing from a couple of seasons ago...
Hey-o! Go Angels!

Kaz great so far. Now we need some runs.

sup oj how you iz
I iz good. I been sewing buttons onto stuff, and it's hard to blog while doing so.

Been watchin’ the game.

another quick out...

wow kaz for 7 ?

This is better than I expected.
he's got 1 more in him i think
I know I wouldn't move him if I were Mike.
Kotch throws less than 20 pitches thru 6 if he were pitching right now.
Say, what?
"Kotch woulda had it."

was a mantra of the Kotch torch-bearers. Melvin applied it to a pitcher. Funny.

Ah. Ok. It made me dizzy.
correction... Kotch would have 18 1st pitch outs by now
nice quick inning

I hope they let him go into the 8th. He hated being pulled on exactly 100 by Maddon.

Did anyone else expect GMJ to drop that?
no i just hoped that it didnt go over the fence
Slow up the pace and watch it bounce off the warning track
GMJ rebound off the wall. LOL
then the trash talk to the fans...

what a class act…

Who's playing Left Field Today?

Nice jump, speed in the wheels, tracked the ball down, and made a nice catch to end the inning.

Sing him up and pay him what ever he wants x2

Get Kaz his Win guys.
KMO, Izzy, GMJ

lets win this now

Take away the first 3 batters

and Kaz has a PERFECT GAME

Let's not get too excited tiger.
Get Ka$h Money is Wings Yo
Just started following the Halos

because of Kaz. Your rotation is killer.

welcome new friend
Danke

Kaz always takes an inning to settle down as he comes out amp. So get used to the 1st inning, brought to you by Rolaids. After that, he’s money.

Yeah, it’s nearly given me a heartattack several times this year.

KMo

Smoke

nothing better than a cuban smoke
A cuban MILF...?
A smoking hot cuban milf.
if she's a lady... perhaps haha
Roll me another one amigo
Oh K-Mo

You came and you hit me a single.

“You came and you gave without taking….”

While the rest of the team was raking
At the Copa, Copacabana
Sounds like a haiku
Haiku...

what an American football Center would do to you if he thought you were the ball.

Haiku response

If grandma had wheels
She’d be a trolley buddy
Jamal Williams rules!

Good work Mighty

Take Notes Failbar

Izzy, that'll do.
Close enough for the sac.

Nice job Maicer. Time to go to work RISP-A-LOT.

Maicer showing sac
This is going to be a sad AB right here
C'mon Gary... geez.
GMJ...I don't have much hope.
hit gary felix please haha
Not much Gary can do with that pitch.
earn your pay GMJ...

ha ha that made me chuckle

How's that for a

$8,000,000.00 chopper

1 mil per hop

man, that shit’s hopped up.

ok productive out i guess
Power Nap I needs it
lets get kaz a win here

help him know what its like to be a halo

Moved the runner over.
Oh man.

So close. Nice try GMJ. Up to you Naps.

God, how slow is Matthews?
He runs like something is stuck in his shorts.
Give him a break

He got paid in pennies, and he don’t trust banks.

I can hear him from over here.

You're on tonight.

Cracking me up!

up to Naps...

get laid man… get laid

Bill Hall

INF single thief

Wild pitch him in!

It’s the only way we’re going to score

Getting close.
Toss him!
Nipples tossed the King's salad?
Aw, broken bat.
I hate these broken bats.
Naps "we are so not gettin' laid tonight"
Jepsen sighting
Meet K Jepsen... Jane his wife... Daughter judy... his boy elroy...

Rosy could be the umpire (Zu Long called for a robot to ump)…

Does Kaz come back out?
Let Kaz start the 7th

He can go 115 easily, but if someone extends him, pull him.

Maybe Napoli is having baby momma drama
... this is gossip about which I know nothing.
was he tappin' the octo-mom?
Stop that. I still have that image from earlier today stuck in my head.

That image has been ingrained into our collective skulls permanently. Can’t help you extract that.

Kazmanian Angel still on the hill.
WTF at the zone.
Those could have easily been called strikes.
By any halfway decent ump

fer sure

Umpire is gunning for a space-time slap.
I don't know what that means

But it sounds sexy.

Reference to a

previous thread.

They jinxed it with that last graphic.

18 straight…is was great.

Torii says none of that
That was scary.
I thought that was a gapper.
damn it stupid mariners
Hall almost long ball

1-0 M’s.

Can't we use some of our "roll-over runs" from Monday?

You know, we didn’t really need all ten. Just grab like 3 or 4 and apply them to today’s score.

If you could do that A-Roid would have like 10 rings
Didn't Madonna pierce him in several locations???

Theoretically he could already have 10 rings.

Does he pick up cinder blocks with his junk?

He’s a super FREAK-A-ROID!

all that good pitching 2 straight nights gone to waste.
oh, the 27th halo out has been recorded already?
our offense is going to have to line up and apologize to kazmir after this one
hey we still got time
yep, also apologize to Ervin as well.
When they win 2-1, surely, they will not be apologizing.
regardless

he pitched well enough to get the win

Right.

But shit happens.

Good move

I just hope the offense wakes up. Don’t want him to get an L on his first start.

esp since it was a gem
this lineup is having very sad performance
2-0 Game Over

more than enough for King Felix

keep us in the game, Jep
Kazmir Haiku

Laid goose eggs thru six
Out of gas in the seventh
Sosh calls the bullpen

Kazmir was superb
Threw a lot in inning one
Offense – craptastic

Luminous talent
Wasted for 7 innings
Time for the monkey

though you know...

I think I’d rather go into an offensive slump at the beginning of Sept than at the end.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
Kaz shoved for a little more then 6

great start for KAZ

Well that was lame
....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

arg

Throw was off, but Figgy should have had it
Figgy needs to belly up and not turn that red jersey into a muleta
HOLY SHIT AYBAR!
that was frigg'n nuts
Crazy Ugly/Awesome DP

4-6-3

wow that was a shaky DP

but i’ll take it

Nap is so not getting laid
that looked sweet and horrible at the same time
Late inning comeback

Let’s go guys, get this done.

WTH?

NIce play by Aybar, but when did we start losing focus so easily? Dumb mistakes, errors, etc. We need to pick it up.

hey offense... WAKE THE FUCK UP

september

Alright Angels...

You guys plan on making a game of it, or you just gonna knuckle under?

Just get on base Aybar
C'mon!

That was a sick double play, let’s carry that defensive momentum to the offensive end.

7 run inning lets go!!
2 pitches 1 out

damn make him work failbar

silver lining: At least it wasn't the first pitch.
How many pitches on felix the cat?
He was over 100 last inning.
(reaches into his bag of tricks)
Dunno, but still 96 mph 7 2/3
105ish
110 according to mlb.com

Do these guys have a closer?

c'mon aardsma
That dude looks like he hasn't slept in like 4 weeks...
King Felix CY Young Status good.
I'd agree

if he knew how to wear a baseball hat.

double please
Have the halos hit one yet?
no
Then don't be so nice in asking...

try like this:

GIVE ME A DOUBLE DAMMIT! UNO DOUBLE POR FAVOR! RAPIDO!

felix smells blood..

2 out rally here

6.54 % chance of getting 2 + runs now
Work him Bobby.
Walk this way!
nobody bitches about Abreu's slump?

Did he take on 2-0 this time? ;)

People have been talking about it.

But today he’s had two walks and got robbed once. Not really that bad when you look at the rest of the team.

there's the baserunner...

now we need you torii

Fister and then F-Her

It sounds interesting, but it’s been a whole lotta nothing.

How bout it Hula Dula?
Need the King to make a mistake over the plate right now
See fastball, hit fastball

Let’s go Torii.

Felix at 113 pitches
And still breaking bats
Man

The Angels deserve props for getting Kazmir, as much as i hate them he is a damn good pickup.

not if our offense craps the bed in the playoffs if we even get there.
who do u like?
check his profile...

mariners.

didn't have to u told me ;)

thanks

1 pitch 1 out ugh

WTF!!! FAIL FAIL FAIL

1 pitch freaking out
Torii has been bad
should we stop calling him Queen?
after a walk

it’s in tori’s contract that he must swing

up to Vlad and kMo now
Vladdy and Kowbell in the 9th

Yes we can!

what quarter is it now?

;)

guerrero and morales

have success against felix, and aardsma looks hittable too.
hold it at 2!

Can't help it if Felix is dealing

Great start by Kaz. Without those hits in the first, he could have gone 7 easily. Win or lose, I’m glad he’s here.

I'm angrier about the walk to Sweeney than anything else.

Ump completely screwed Kaz on that AB.

Kaz is amazing.
These fires are making me kazmatic
i have not noticed them.

move north

you can look for strikes after he throws 4 straight balls

especially when he’s over 100 pitches

still can't figure out why morales doesn't bat 3rd.

especially against a righty

Mike likes to spread the lefties out in the lineup.
Switch hitter in Morales though so doesnt really matter
No I meant he likes to mix it up in order to continually give the pitcher a different look every few batters.

You put Morales at third, it’s three lefties in a row.

rather have that than

hunter vlad rivera facing a righty.

scioscia likes to use certain “groupings” for continuity.

I like to use your best hitter, who happens to be a lefty, against a top notch righty in the 3 spot. groupings and continuity be damned

He's moved Morales up in the lineup against the last few righties though.

He tends to move Kowbell back against lefties.

i can live with him 5th

but i have a feeling that scioscia is one of, if not the only, manager that would bat his best hitter 5th or 6th.

He's only been our best hitter for the last week or so though.
I think he's been the most consistant hitter

Seems like everyone else has been streaky.

yeah

he’s been good all year lookin through his splits
he also gets no protection with izturis or whoever is behind him at 7.
i’m hoping he gets bumped up to 3 -5 permanently heading forward.

I'll agree with the last one.

Naps/Rivera have been behind him as much as Izzy, and that’s not too bad.

I can't ... GET ME A RAZOR!!!
having hunter and vlad back to back against a righty

i dont like it.
and it’s usually hunter, vlad, and rivera
rivera is selective, but hunter and vlad will swing at just about anything first pitch

That’s pretty good analysis for a “troll.” ;)

I kind of agree.

That’s was something nice about the lineup without either of them in it back in July. They were all fairly patient guys. Rivera’s a hacker, but not in the same way as Abreu.

RAWR
only in save situations haha
Wait ... Soth bucked the trend?

I thought the closer ONLY came in during the 9th when we have a 3 run or less lead.

Hasn't pitched in a few needs the work with off day tomorrow

Oh, that’s right … they DO have a day off. Wild. Last one until the 24th.

Just checkin in...

Kazmir pitched great to bad for him the Angels offense is Sleepless in Seattle.

fo sho

welcome to anaheim…here is felix and zero run support.

Douchebag hit for Ichiro
D-Bag hit for a D-Bag

Ichiro doesn’t so much move as slither…

Great let's make the lead even bigger

Fuentes!

When your team doesn't have the lead ...

it’s called a DEFICIT. Is that you, Physioc? ;)

You know sometimes

I just have those Fizz moments.

Does anyone have confidence in Fuentes...

for the remainder of the season….or the playoffs?

Raise your hand if you're sure!
3.92 ERA close... That adds up to nearly 1 run every other appearance. What me worry?
i didnt expect him to be the closer this far into the season

figured shields or someone else would have taken over.

3-1 Blue Jays in the 4th
Nice.

One more for the victory, Fuentes.

This team is playing like a bunch of bitches
Couldn't have said it any better myself.

No fire at all!

It's adrian contract year beltre
hopefully contract extension year.
this isnt looking too good

not with that fat fastball

coward

stop nibbling and attack

Roll call

how’s they score the first 2 runs?

leadoff walk, then a double

then a throwing error by napoli
and now a walked in run

BS Walk followed by double and shennanigans with basestealing..
your description is more accurate

i happened to miss that inning

GD Fuentes

Throw strikes. BYEBYE

That was cool,
I see Matt Palmer!
seriously what kind of game strategy was that?
Not watching the game ... don't know the score...

but I tend to think that it was 2-0. Scioscia wanted to put his best pitcher in to hold the deficit where it was. Given there is an off-day tomorrow, it’s a good idea. But, Fuentes didn’t get the job done.

I am surprised that Scioscia did that … he normally strictly follows “closer, 9th inning, 3 outs max, 1, 2 or 3-run lead only” formula.

He did it with F-Rod from time to time
But not at all last season.
There goes our All-Star closer

HAH

Fuentes throws like a girl
hahaha

really? man….kaz is like i thought the angels were good?

He is gonna request a trade after the game

and then say “Lackey warned me”

Palmer FTW

get your 10th

Matt Palmer FTW
he at least has shown he can wake up our offense
I don't get what Ski Osa is doing
dang are the mariners in first place...?

it sure seems like it

angels playing like last place team
Lets all take a second to imagine Brian Fuentes in Game Seven of the World Series...

How many of you would be shitting your pants before he even threw the first pitch?

just the thought...
Yeah i'd be nervous if he had to face manny.
or Adrian Beltre...

LOL…

Angels with a solid record this year against the AL West
Spent too much time listening to ESPN tell us how bad our division is.
WTF you talking about

Just stating how they still have a chance to win the Div yet be upside down against it in head to head

I was supplying a reason that the Angels are playing badly against our own division

ie. that we underestimate them due to all the press telling us they aren’t any good. Chill out.

You have mistaken me for someone that buys into what someone tells them just because they have a forum

I go with what I know and see

Actually, I was making a joke.
Matt Palmer equals like 7 runs in our next AB's
or not...

nice prediction.

Fuentes Haiku

Oye como va
Mi ritmo esta crappar
Mucho caminar

Rally Sweater for moar runz plz
dont throw him a fastball
Palmer gets it done
that was so close.

Dangit Hall

I can haz moar runz pleaz?
just get these bats going!
Paging the Rally Monkey
I'd rather have Palmer close out game 7
Fuentes has become pathetic...

Just the thought of that guy in the playoffs makes me want to pull a pete rose and bet against this team…ugh.

didn't Petey bet for his team?
Where did the K-Rod Haters go

Long Time passing
Where did K-Rod’s haters go
Long time ago
Where did k-Rod’s haters go
Long time passing
When will they ever learn? When.. will they EVER LEARN!?

I hate K-Rod.
Okay, maybe not hate, but...

don’t care for.

I can think of a lot worse to say
i never hated krod...

i was always on his side. I also wrote a post about seven games into the season saying that Fuentes was bullshit.

I HATE K-ROD

I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD I HATE K-ROD

But tell us how you REALLY feel.
-[n]; where [n] equals the number of instances where you wrote that.
texas down 3-1 in the 4th
better late than never
c'mon aardsma

let’s crap the bed here

There's this website I saw.... NEVERMIND...
3-2 Blue Jays
Tex is going for a sweep?

Yikes. I had the Rangers pegged to win two this series and the Halos to win two.

the rangers lost 18-10 on mon

and are losing now…so 2-2 if they lose

C'mon Vladdy. Let's hit the upper deck again
Tried for it.

I’d settle for a single.

VLAD HIT A HOME RUN FOR CHRISSAKE
Vald trying to hit a 3 run HR ???

need runners damn it

vlad back to being

not back!

he's notoriously streaky...
i know

i like to say “he’s back!”

oh, the game-to-game rollercoaster ride...
how many runners left on base tonight...?
how many runners GOT on base tonight
I didnt expect much if anything against King Felix but sheesh
figgins caught stealing 1st inning too
can't win them all

loved what i saw from kaz

Aargh Aardsma two nights in a row

there is nothing more excruciating than watching our team get closed out.

now you know what it feels like to be Seattle.

Oh wait you won’t know that until you’ve sat through a 100 loss season.

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