Final Score in Anaheim: Yankees: 2, Angels 5 ... The Angels Magic Number is Now 6. The earliest that they can clinch the American League West is Friday.
"See you fools in two or so weeks..." could have been the message sent by the shrug of Angels pitcher Joe Saunders as he walked off the mound two outs away from a complete game victory. Saunders told Jose Mota after the game that his team getting runs in the first inning made him much more relaxed.
The 5 runs scored by the Angels tonight each came from different Angels: back-to-back doubles in the 1st inning by Valdimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, a base hit with a man on 2nd by Erick Aybar in the 5th, a pinch-hit Solo HR by Kendry Morales in the 7th and a deep double in the bottom of the 8th with a man on by Juan Rivera. Heading into October, it is great to see more than just singles scoring baserunners. These guys are not just waiting for the other team's defensive floodgates to open.
The Yankees scored on two solo homers: one by Alex Rodriguez in front of his father in law, Snake Plisken, and the other a pinch hit HR by Hideki Matsui - coincidentally The Morales and Matsui homers were each the first ever pinch hit homeruns by both players.
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that's not fair
Kurt Russel is awesome
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
Jabba The Skank, next victim.
Welome Back Joe Joe
HALO N BRIMSTONE - September 21, 2009
No Q love?
red floyd - September 21, 2009
Way to say it Hokie Joe.
Wants to see more Angel fans and fewer Skank fans.
red floyd - September 21, 2009
Hokie Joe was fantastic
Gave me a scare in the second inning when Mike and the trainer came to visit. Any word on what happened?
Brody - September 21, 2009
Great win! Joe makin his case to start. But WTF? anyone else think Fuentes sucks?
I realize he leads the league in saves, but who actually wanted him to come into the game?
Big Bad, 'Vlad'! - September 21, 2009
any runs allowed?
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
xactly
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
he tried real hard to give up a couple
daze - September 21, 2009
So do you love him or what?
Thats what I am wondering. I actually hope a lot of you out there still have faith. That will help me sleep easier come October.
Big Bad, 'Vlad'! - September 21, 2009
i trust scioscia
but when fuentes comes into a game it causes my ass to move a little bit closer to the edge of my couch. and i watch in the nude!
daze - September 21, 2009
just don't have Taco Bell for a pregame meal, and
don’t forget your sunscreen
eyespy - September 21, 2009
mahalo
lol
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
i have a leather couch and poor air conditioning, so i have to worry about friction.
daze - September 21, 2009
HEY!! Stop it!
these people have to try to sleep
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
wow
that is nasty
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
go to bed Ivy
you gotta make the grades
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
yep yep
and in response to the fuentes issue,
“you can’t always get what you want, but if you try some time then you just might find, you get what you need.”
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
hahaha
i live in LA. i was kidding. of course i have air conditioning. the friction isn’t as bad as i made it out to be
daze - September 21, 2009
So?
Most of the story is true?
eyespy - September 21, 2009
I don't even have air conditioning, but my chair is fabric.
Big Bad, 'Vlad'! - September 21, 2009
love him?
no. But he’s a serviceable closer that I have faith will get it done 85-90% of the time. Remember Frankie shitting the bed against BoSux?
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
That's why I wasn't sad to see him go.
Big Bad, 'Vlad'! - September 21, 2009
i mean its what we have
I don’t love him but I’m not complaining. I just hope they perform well in the playoffs.
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
True this
Brody - September 21, 2009
Right...
if Fuentes from May/June shows up in October – we’ll be fine. If not, Scioscia will ride the hot hand….
Right?
Jepsen, right?
God, I hope so….
jimmuscomp - September 21, 2009
Just another Halo victory!
firebird81 - September 21, 2009
44FAN - September 21, 2009
light up the old halo!
figgifig - September 21, 2009
was going to ask that
For someone to get a pick of the new LED lit Big A. Is that it?
Also I didn’t know that the modern A on top of the scoreboard is not lit except after a win. It stays dark until after.
eyespy - September 21, 2009
no
figgifig - September 21, 2009
no?
no what to, kind fig fan.
eyespy - September 21, 2009
no he google'd that pic
that big a is pink and the video board you see is being replaced
figgifig - September 21, 2009
mahalo brah
eyespy - September 21, 2009
i'll get you a pic when we win on fri. and clinch! k
figgifig - September 21, 2009
Sweet
but did I see right about the scoreboard modern A?
eyespy - September 21, 2009
well the scoreboard is still old and I think
they will not replace it until after the season is over…along with the led lights.
figgifig - September 21, 2009
If you look at the photos in the earlier scoreboard thread
…it looks like the LEDs are already installed. There was a shot of the side of the halo, and there were clusters of lights, looking much like the LED stoplights but in a clear finish.
George Kaplan - September 22, 2009
The old scoreboard was removed yesterday
Higz - September 22, 2009
What a masterpiece, breathless.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - September 21, 2009
I love the new red A
highlandhalo - September 21, 2009
skanks 6-20 in anaheim since 05!
figgifig - September 21, 2009
T minus 6 and counting
red floyd - September 21, 2009
i'm going on fri. so i'm hoping to clinch then
figgifig - September 21, 2009
Saturday, please.
See: first pitch, throwing out the.
But OK I won’t complain if it comes Friday. At least no Yankees fans there for those games either way.
AlanFalcon - September 22, 2009
For those who can't wait for Scottnak,
The pregame numbers are 2-2-3 (7)
red floyd - September 21, 2009
:(
Moondoggy - September 21, 2009
yea fail for me too
i started doing the pregame picks again
princeton11loveshalos - September 21, 2009
Didn't see the game...
someone explain the Kurt Russell reference
Nashdiesel - September 21, 2009
he was in attendance
along with his daughter kate hudson
figgifig - September 21, 2009
step daughter?
not sure if real father
figgifig - September 21, 2009
yeah....
i had to wiki that.. kurt / snake is her moms BF. or was. i think i lost some brain cells looking at her wiki page.
clover_black - September 21, 2009
still together for all these years
dont want to get married though
figgifig - September 21, 2009
he is my role model
live with a hot babe a long time and escape from New York while you are at it.
Rev Halofan - September 21, 2009
but didn't he also escape from LA?
and tonight he watched teams from both places play? coincidence…
figgifig - September 21, 2009
define "real"
ladybug - September 22, 2009
She was there to see her boyfriend
A-Rod.
George Kaplan - September 22, 2009
Figgi4life - September 21, 2009
and props to ReggieBullits
for the pic
Figgi4life - September 21, 2009
hellz yeah
I love Lackey for that quote…
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - September 21, 2009
Up!
scottnak - September 21, 2009
everytime you post that,
i want to post “doooown” as a reply
Figgi4life - September 21, 2009
Great win tonight! Way to shove it!
Glad to see our starters kicking some more ASS. Over at pinstripe alley they are bitter towards the most overrated glorified manager, Griardi. They want him fired for having the best record, lol.
angelskid2210 - September 21, 2009
That's funny. What a bunch of twats
highlandhalo - September 21, 2009
also according to them
“sanders” was not pitching that well…cause his 5.xx era means he sucks…
the skanks were not hitting very well.
figgifig - September 21, 2009
Similar echoes re: Scioscia all season on the MLB forum.
As in, “oh no, we lost again! We’ll never win another game! Arrrggghhh!” when a look at the recent record would show 8 wins out of the most recent ten games.
opiejeanne - September 22, 2009
You know after this season
I will never ask for Mike Skeeosha to leave. He is the best manager in baseball and does it without publicity or recognition. Soth for Manager of the Year!
angelskid2210 - September 22, 2009
And who is that guy playing 1B for the Yankees?
Seems vaguely familiar. Might have taken the big money to get his ass kicked by the Angels in every game that means everything. Eat shit, U-Haul.
highlandhalo - September 21, 2009
Kurt Russell for Panther???
“Escape From LA” sucked and the Yankees aren’t going to.
Quad Fin Rider - September 21, 2009
For my boy...
WIN!
SenorChuckles - September 21, 2009
big trouble in little china...
“it’s all in the reflexes..”
BigBangRobbDawgg - September 21, 2009
"I'm here in case you succeed"
red floyd - September 22, 2009
Love Kurt (Big Trouble was awesome)
But it has to go to Saunders.
Here is an observation that might cook some noodles: Q goes to the playoffs as our backup 1st baseman. Else – someone else, can’t remember his name, wood have played 1st base today.
vladtheimpaler - September 22, 2009
I see wood you did there.
AlanFalcon - September 22, 2009
Joe was Outstanding
He pitched a great game, with the exception of that single he gave up to Rodriguez in the 9th – costing him a chance at the complete game and me a point in the Pre Game Picks.
I was able to watch the game last night, a rarity for me on the east coast. Saunders was keeping the Yankees off balance last night, pitching well,
The only downside, was Fuentes. He got the outs, but he scared the crap out of me in doing it.
billhune - September 22, 2009
This is the SIXTH time this decade the Angels have won at least 90
They just missed another 90 win season in 2006 when they won 89 games.
In the 1990s the Angels had ZERO 90 wins seasons.
Fan Since 1981 - September 22, 2009
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