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Angels Shut Out the Rangers; Clinch AL West!

That's right, we fly flags here in Anaheim.

Final Score: AL West Champions Angels 11, Rangers 0

There's certainly a lot of players to highlight in this clinching game to talk about...
First, we have the amazing performance by Ervin Santana, pitching a CGSO!
And then Bobby Abreu, who was just a HR shy from hitting for the cycle.
Or Kendry Morales, with a 3/3 day and belting a HR in the 1st to make a strong statement early.
Then again, we can also highlight the fact that 7 different players scored a run for us...
Plus the fact that 6 different players racked up an RBI...

Oh, this was quite a game indeed. And what a game to clinch the AL West for the 3rd consecutive time.

We don't take no mess.
We fly flags in Anaheim.
And we will never forget...

This is for you Nick!

Poll
POTG
Ervin Santana
446 votes
Bobby Abreu
15 votes
Kendry Morales
52 votes

513 votes | Poll has closed

3 recs  |  677 comments

Comments

FOR NICK!

Goooooooooo ANGELS!

Congrats! Now bring on them dirty Sox!

perfect way to clinch it!

POTG?

Who the F cares?

But, Santana
I saved my F-bomb through the Bosux game for this. But...

FLY THOSE FUCKING FLAGS ANGELS!!!!!!

Panther: TEAM

thats the performance we’ve all been looking for …. that’s the stuff rings are made of

Good job to Ervin for not cursing in the post-game interview… lol

Get the fuck off our field.

Rangers, roidsters, goats and pretenders.

We fly flags.

WE FLY FLAGS

i want to see Rory with some goggles on!

Who was that chugging beer right there?
Boy King is prepared with goggles
Arte with bottle of champagne in his hand
Arte and aybar
I like the hats
GMJ's hat still has the hook on it
a shit-ton of Coors Light in the tub
Haha

I also like seeing torii taking a sip of champagne

Beats the crap out of the Miller Lite the Skanks were pounding
they're drinking hemlock in the visitors dugout
Dino doesn't look too thrilled
Weav with the goggles

Everyone mentioning Nick

How could you not?
I just love the irony with Ian Kinsler
Very appropriate!
If he would of stuck out that would of been awesome but who cares Angels AL WEST CHAMPS
Naps got too much bubbly in his eyes
...but then goes right back in for more...
Crap! Now he's gonna have pink eye!
TORIIIiIIiiiiiiiiiiiii
Naps knows how to party
"We got a lot of static from those guys earlier in the year"
(Howie Kendrick on winning it against the Rangers)
I tip my cap to Texas they gave us a good challenge this season.

It will be interesting to see what this young team does as well as the other AL West foes.

the Admiral douses Mota and Hunter!
damn i missed the game

dance practice
i am gonna listen to this broadcast and toast to the angels (lemonade tea of course :) )

Dance?

What type

ballet folklorico
Folklorico?
mexican folk dancing

the one with the mexican hat dance

Cool

Mexican hat dance. And ballet FTW lol

Arnold Palmer FTW!
oh yea

thats how champions roll

"What are we waiting on?"

Fuentes sounds funny, but excited.

POURING BEER OVER NICK'S JERSEY

touching

NOW I am really crying
Between the video and soaking the jersey

I’ve been teary-eyed all day

Touching....

but can’t get past the fact that he was killed by a drunk driver and they’re pouring booze on his jersey.

celebration douse

thats what he would be doing if he was alive

You remember a man's life not his death

That’s one of the few things I’ve figured out in this life

He would have been doing that if he was still here
It's a bit weird

I didn’t know what to think about that either.

Why is this weird?

If he were alive that is what he would have been doing at that moment

Man, if only I had a tv to watch this in all its glory!
that's why i'm trying to give you the PBP

thanks… mlb tv just cut me off!

The Big Pennant or bust this season!

Life’s great again.

Unfinished Business
Drenching Adenhart's jersey

is nothing short of awesome.

it is a little ironic though...

but still a great sentiment

yeah...uh...tough to not respect that...and tough to ignore the unfortunate irony.
to be fair, it wasn't alcohol that killed him

it was stupid decisionmaking

And, to be more fair, most guys were pouring Coke Classic, not alcohol.
That
is what I thought.

(stupid fumble-fingers posted before I finished.)

No they weren't

Those are Budweiser cans. Also the liquid is not dark

You are correct. I was wrong.

I saw a closeup of the can when Arte was being covered later on in the broadcast, and was too lazy (read that: “failed”) to come back up here and fix my mistake.

I finally got a good look at the cans tonight, and you were right.
I love these guys.

God bless them for their true hearts.

Showered Nick's jersey in champagne!

That is amazing!

Talking about it on the radio.

But why does it have to be Physioc?

Screenshot, please
I got it on my Slingbox. But I need to record the video.

Screen shots just come out all blurry.

Yeah, just heard it on the radio--sorry!
Just put the flag up in the front window

Gotta be one of the only ones flying in Chicago. Way to bring it home, Ervin.

Windy City PANTHER
Yeah...another forgettable year for the Cubs...
I hate the Cubs

So every year that they choke is another memorable year for me.

theres one more flying in Chicago
was that Vince from Shamwow commercials?
Griffin channeling Stevie Wonder...
Fuentes has some PIMP goggles on
Tito I need a tissue
Aybar & co. hosing down the fans
Hud: "Get sprayed by one of the best shortstops in baseball!"
rofl @ spraying the security guard with the hose
I know!

Hilarious

Biggs interviewing Arte Moreno now.

“Thank you fans out there! Thanks for your support! Can’t do it without you. We tell the players that’s what we’re playing for. It’s a lot of work to get here.”

Thanks for those of us w/o TV
I got screenshots----will post later
Someone has a hose out on the field

Spraying all the crowd

A baptism of WIN
Aybar

GET SPRAYED BY THE BEST SHORTSTOP IN THE GAME!!!

Rex Hudler For President. Please

Aybar seems like a fun guy

I can see why Soth and Arte love him

Rory, no goggles

Arte: “How’s my hair?”

Markus with Arte
How about Mrs Moreno holding the bubbly

ready to guzzle?

Howie now spraying
AL WEST CHAMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRING ON THE SUX!!!
This was and will be for you Nick

Arte: "See how Mike holds everyone together"

“The fans are always there. I always tell our players that we play for the fans. Thank you for your support, fans”

Who's the blonde in the background?
Arte douses Tony Reagins!
Tony has been terrific. He deserves major props.
Arte: "I had to beg him to take the job!"
Whole team on the field now

Running to Nick

they're all jogging out to Adenhart!!!!
Guys going out to Adenhart memorial
holy shit. i'm choking up
+1...

powerful

Oh damn, here come the man tears...
Chanting adenhart
ADENHART, ADENHART, ADENHART!
omg guys keep up the updates I cant watch
It's deep, oh man

R.I.P Nick Forever!

Bah

stupid emotions

What is figgins' shirt?

Says adenhart with the A as the logo

they're taking photos in front of the wall
ADENHART, ADENHART, ADENHART!!!

Best team ever

PATTIMELT SIGHTING!!!
Was she the one crying?
YUP
that choked me up just as I was recovering from the first time!
that was her crying right?

thought she looked familiar…I was sitting here crying too….i just love these guys!!!

Hey ... I saw her at the game...

She inspired my 5 yo to leave his game ball at the Adenhart memorial as we walked out of the stadium. He had gotten the ball from Tommy Hunter of the Rangers as Hunter left the bullpen prior to the first inning.

I saw her on the big screen, that is.
Wow

Heavy stuff right there. Very nice to do a team photo at the Adenhart outfield wall

POTG

NICK ADENHART!!!!

DAMN

THESE GUYS ARE THE BESST

They wanted to include Nick in the team victory photo

what an amazing gesture

I am celebrating...

…but for me, the real celebration happens when this team wins the last game of the mlb season.

Rory begins every interview with "It's been a long and winding road...."

hey Rory, too much time with the Beatles Rock Band, my man….

I think the Grateful Dead are more appropriate...

What a long, strange trip it’s been

I want that shirt

Ã…denhart with a pic of him under the letters.

they talk about drunk driving when the team is getting hammered nice
They won't be driving. So what?
So

They aren’t driving are they?

In what way

do they look like they’re driving to you?

i remember watching tributes to Adenhart all night yesterday

couldnt sleep. Will always miss the kid

He really is always going to be remembered
Saundo pounding the Budweiser

POTG. That is the heart of a warrior.

Gubi: Key to season was getting Kazmir
Ha, well, perhaps

That or Torii and Kendry and Bobby and Aybar being awesome and maybe Mikey and Co., too, and rallying around Nick’s death, and maybe some other things, too, and maybe Matt Palmer, and maybe some others….

But yeah, Kazmir was definite a key to the season!

Oooh, I like these muich better than the ones last year
Yeah, the red is nice.
what is mathis doing in the locker room?

he better not spread that strep throat around..

Just need a day of Antibiotics, not contagious.
Any Q sightings?
O'Sullivan

Is a stud.

Made me think of Mark Madsen.

Hmm, like these too come to think of it

I think the ones last year were just too…garish.

Reggie Willits to camera: "Hi Mom"

he’s getting drunk

i wonder if shes going to ground him?
make him live in a batting cage.
ha, +1 for knowing he lives in a batting cage.
With his wife and kid...

now that’s devotion. And my wife won’t even go get me a beer.

OMG!!!

Please…..I’m crying enough…..boo hoo….jejejejeje

SOS - PANTHER LMAO
Panther=Nick Adenhart
Tomorrow's lineup should be interesting
scioscia is cracking up

watching folks dancing around

he finally had to walk away
How badly do u want the world series ring

Abreu: REALLY BAD

What did SOS do?

Blahhhhh can’t see postgame here in NYC. :(

just a crazy dance. haha
he was getting DOWN

with the dancing.. lol..

He was getting down

with his bad self!!!

Poppin and lockin and goin crazy
NICE

Anyone get a screen video?

a dance to rival mark madsen's :rofl:
Someones mic got doused
Josey we have to fix your mic
Sean O' Sullivan doing the dirty dance in the club house. LOL
He can booty quake with the best of 'em
I hope i NEVER see that
Billy mac

There’s still dancing in the clubhouse

Can I get a screenshot of figgins' shirt?
I guess they didn't go reserved

But it’s okay. Greatest team in baseball.

Is there any video out there for those of us who can't get fsn?
The going out to Adenhart's part on the wall was nothing short of amazing

I love these guys. A very happy man-love

I cant get O'sullivan dancing out of my head

this is bad

Hes got some moves

Hahahahahahaha

congrats guys

I hate to say it to a rival, but great job on winning the AL West. Best of luck in the playoffs -beat those douches up in the NE – and can’t wait till next year when we’re battling it out again.

oh we hate them fuckin chowds

we better beat the,

real class. Cheers
Thanks! Regards!
Thanks man...

maybe we can tank the rest of the series so you guys can pass the Red Sox who will LOSE out for the rest of the season.

thanks everyone for the play by play.
Scioscia: "Nick is such a part of everything around us"
i refuse to eat clam chowder

until we are in the ALCS

I refuse to eat Manhattan clam chowder

Until we are in the WS!

i never eat manhattan clam chowder anyway.

that stuff is gross

Dude that stuff is the best!
But just not for now.
"Is there any video out there for those of us who can't get fsn?"

Yeah, I unfortunately live in Ranger country, and their TV coverage barely showed the Angels leaving the field after the win. I’m checking everywhere online and other sports stations, and I haven’t been able to find any video. Bummer! I really appreciate the blow-by-blows everyone’s been posting.

Seconded

Me too!

great shot
WOW I so need a video of this...what an amazing image
photos with Shields' jersey
Figgins sitting out the dance-off

Says we’re not there yet.

Haha

Sounds like he wants to come back

Josey interviewing Kaz
Kaz says

Nothing. He gets doused

How lucky is Kaz?
How lucky are WE to have him?

Great move.

WE DON'T TAKE NO MESS!!!

i’m so freaking stoked right now! i missed the game because of work, but this is just an awesome feeling.

bring on the Chowds!!!

The blue line represents the Angels chances of winning the AL West during the course of 2009

link

Wow, those are some low odds in late May.
We dipped as low as a 19.5 playoff chance after the loss on may 30th put us at 24-24.
Actually we hit 19.5 again on June 11.
The mood at HH was down, too

The tragedy of Adenhart, a rotation in shambles, and a bullpen that imploded on a regular basis; things were indeed quite dire in April and May.

Truly amazing the way the Angels battled back this year.

What's the black line?
Chance to win the Wild Card
hahahahaha

Ervin WIN.
that was funny

Man, I hope some of this gets posted on youtube or something.

I really want to see them all gathering by the wall.

Napoli is on a rampage
Santana interrupting Scott Kazmir's interview.
Lol

I love lackeys voice

You must also love the sound of nails on a chalkboard.
WE PITCHED GREAT, BERT
josey interviewing kermit..errr...lackey
I could not stop laughing.
Lackey's voice is a cross

between Kermit and Gomer Pyle…LOL

napoli just ate SHIT

hes PLOWED

Naps get sent down. Slips.

Gets up, chugs

correction

he slips, and starts chugging WHILE he’s on the ground, gets up, continues chugging.. lol..

Oh

I missed that. LOLOLOL

napoli is hammered
Well that was fast!
i love it how

napoli is ALWAYS the one drenching everybody..

For the first time this year

I don’t find a Howard’s commercial annoying

but the batting stance guy still pisses me off
"I definitely feel that we played with a purpose this year."
Torii says there will be a different outcome in the playoffs this year.

Hard to see there,

But that’s adenharts shirt

Good job team

Sleep it off in the morning.

All AAA players...

You’re in tomorrow.

Santana seems happy
That interview with Napoli was very enlightening
where he fell on his ass???
he's definitely not playing tomorrow
Tomorrow's game should be a sight to see

Hung over ball players getting through 9 innings. :D

Ha

It should be great

it's really not that bad for the players

since they usually don’t need to report to the park till like noon or later

Voodoo

wants his TV time.

i wonder if 44fan is here

or if he’s down in the clubhouse getting us some more of those pictures he likes surprising us with.. lol..

Game highlights now available at angelsbaseball.com
Tony Reagins wearing the oversized helmit

ROFL

calling AM 830
good luck

i did that once a couple of years ago. spent 20 minutes on hold

speaking of vlad

this is the first time i’ve seen him during this celebration..

Seriously...

I want to hear his English accent.

Vlad:

Says he’s trying to make good contact

Anyone else find it awkward that they poured alcohol over Adenhart's jersey?
No

It would have been awkward if they poured stupidity or irresponsibility on the jersey.

Well

Considering the Angels radio station features incessant commercials for Top Gun DUI Attorney Miles L. Berman, this is small beans.

And the queen of d.u.i.'s Virginia L. Landry
No. Makes perfect sense
looked like coke cans to me.....

they only wanted him to be part of the celebration…nothing wrong there….

its Budweiser tall boys.

Nick would be drenched in it if he were here today. Anyone that thinks this is wrong, is mistaken.

Where is BamBam?
I'm wondering the same thing
batting cages

getting ready for Boston

There's an energy to this team they simply didn't have last year!

Hopefully that does it for them this time around! WOOOOOOOOOOOO GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Figgins wearing a Adenhart t-shirt.
I know

I want it.

bam bam and Q, where are they?
Willits, Matthews, Evans, Quinlan, Wood, and Budde...

better not get too drunk tonight. They’ve got a game to play tomorrow!

I'll be rootin' for Pettit to get in there.
We'll be

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Salt Lake City tomorrow.

His is fun!
sounds like you and the angels are having a great time tonight
"They ain't got no flags hanging at friggin' Edison Field, so the hell with them."

I always think of a certain fat fuck at moments like this and can’t help but be totally amazed at all the laundry now hanging at the stadium ever since that red sux roid cheat left town.

MOOOO Vaughn?
Where are you in GA,

and why?

West of Atlanta

Military left me here…looking for jobs on the west coast.

oh, I went to Georgia Tech

just left that shithole about 20 months ago.

Get your ass back here. :D

I went there too

for about 2 weeks. Hated it.

I’m trying!!! Anyone hiring?

Lol, no.

It took me 10 months to find good, career-oriented, paying employment.

Gogo research!

Blizzard’s hiring.

Cool, I'll check it out.

I’ve been edumacated. And I have that supposed Veteran’s hiring preference…someone wants to bring this lost sheep back to the SoCal fold!

I'll get right on it!

Seriously, I am.

I was working in

Savannah for a month a few years ago…Loved the area…

Just got back from there.

Downtown is like a mini New Orleans: cool, but kinda freaky at times.

The Historic district?

That’s the part I stayed in….at the Hilton…loved the way the streets were layed out with the parks in the middle …. Forest Gump country…beautiful!!!

Aybars awesome
Aybar en Ingles!

take notes vlad!

This is the first time

I’ve heard Aybar interview in English.

At Jose's urging

And he did great!

Star Potential

I’m surprised they don’t do more to market Aybar. Fantastic player, good looking kid, fun personality, seems like the sky’s the limit.

Where's BuckyFox when you need him?

:-D

Awww

It’s empty

kendry with the cigar. classic.
Cuban celebrating with a cuban
Kowbell with the cuban cigar!

LOL

Morales smoking a celebratory cigar

LOL

Kendry smokin' a cuban.
Hearing from figgins in just a moment
Figgins interview coming up.
Tony Montana was just a fictional character
if i get on the radio

i will give a shout out

You probably will

With your location

Knock on Brandon!
What's the number?

Might as well give it a shot, got nothing else to do.

Too amped to sleep.

1 714 634 4507

rep HH

I'll just alternate between the two.
if u arent in Anaheim

u gotta use the 714
just keep trying
ull get on

Ah.

Just the 714 then

i got on

but i was sooo nervous i forgot the shout out :(
AM 830

Wait, which one was you?
Manuel

I AM A FAILURE
lol
new jersey such a fail

got through, here we go
dude i choked up

kick some ass man

...And...What happened?
coming up still

it’ll be zu long in des moines

u r the one from Iowa

he mentioned there was someone from Iowa.

I laughed

What station is it just in case they ask me what my favorite angel station is?
If you get on give us a shout out

I don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight either — mind is now totally focused on bahstun.

Figgins with the backwards cap
Figgy

AWESOME shirt..

Adenhart shirt.

wow. i like it.

Yeah, fucking brilliant
Anyone notice . . .

the clip of Andrus turing the double play against the Angels in the defensive highlight reel the played a few minutes ago?

yeah

someone screwed up

Figgins is dry as well
He sat this one out.

This isn’t the one he wants.

Figgy is stylin' in that Adenhart t-shirt!
Another mom shoutout

I got some video from behind the dugout… Will post tomorrow

Did you get sprayed?

Haha yeah had to cover my phone a couple times

That's good
Rory's mom

loves Figgins.. lmao..

Rory:

Figgins is my moms favorite player.

Figgins:

I seem to have a thing with the old ladies (laughs)

The Panther goes to: Cougars
the older women love figgy
HH is about panthers.

Not cougars. ;)

I'll take a cougar.

Or two.

Good job boys

Congratulations! Let’s beat the living piss out of the Red Sox now!

good times

good times

Butcher very emotional
Love that music in the background right now
I love the calls for KMO for MVP

And Soth names Abreu. :-)

Extensive interview with butch
little OT

but Ervin seemed to pitch VERY well with Naps behind the plate.

anybody that watched the game have an opinion on that?

lot of HARD hit attemballs in that game tonight

It’s true. This was not a great shutout. Only 2 K’s and a lot of hard hit balls. Santana was more lucky than good tonight. This should not change the decision to put him in the ’pen.

Booo, wins a win!
It would make no sense to start Santana

In fact, they ought to give him a chance or two to pitch out of the pen in like the 6th, 7th, 8th inning here the next six games to get him ready.

Cera sucks
ha!

we’ve known this…

When we get done sweeping BoSux...I want to see the Adenhart tribute at the wall again!

my life will be complete!

Are they going to run back to Anaheim?
Aparrently yes
we're gunna Fly Flags Back To Anaheim!
they can use the locker and jersey if they have to...
LA Times Article

5 Highs, 5 Lows.

I was hoping they'd exclude Nick

As some sort of memorial

perfect division champion celebration

made me laugh and cry..and not in a Brian Fuentes save situation attempt kind of way

ESPN will probably lead off with.......

………How about that throw by Brett Favre? Let’s watch it again.

Terry pretty smith Willits is on the Postseason Roster.

Beetween Wood/Wilson for 25th.

eh?
Guess my typing comprehension has gone out the window.
Zu Long coming up on 830 am
panther
What time zone is Zu in?
must be continental Europe or the equivalent

9 hours ahead

I saw what you did there.
What happened what happened?
Light up another AL West Championship victory.

I’m so glad we clinched tonight, wish I was there, next up the bosux, lets beat these massholes for Nick!

Woo Hoo!!!!

  An IPA Cheers!!!!!!

Time to celebrate by going to bed and waking up early for work

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO

go angels, lets run this!

"Time to celebrate by going to bed and waking up early for work"?

Not after the Halos clinch the west clover_black, that’s what sick leave and vacation is for!

I take it you filled the kegs?
If by filling up the kegs you mean...

I have partied like crazy, and am in no shape to go to work, yep, I filled up the kegs, but then moved on to tequila!

Just got a brief shot on Sportscenter of the celebration

Got to see the slip/slide, the dousing of the jersey, and the trek out to the wall plus team photo at the wall….so jealous of those of you who got to watch all that live…very nice!

It was very special seeing the team walk out from the dugout to the fence.
ESPN NEWS showing the SOS dance

for those of you who missed it.

ESPN showing Adenhart's jersey getting doused, and

the jog to his memorial.

Jays beat the Sux

what a shame

WE WERE THERE!!!!!!

We were at the game! Amazing is all I can say! Jered Weaver brought out NIck’s jersey and the crowd went crazy! Torii had the fans chanting Boston Sucks! I am just speechless! Well, actually i DO have one thing to say..to Ian KInsler..

GET THE FUCK OFF OUR FIELD, CHUMP!

Not sure I want to burn my one F bomb on the likes of texas....

But like firebird81 said, GET THE F-CK OFF OUR FIELD CHUMP!!!

Can we change the HH banner to this?

Also, GO TORII!

Zu!!!
what's he sayin'?
Shoutout to HH

I’m pumped, you’re welcome to Rex for the bam bam sign, i think were ready for the Sox,

Oh this is so awesome

They’ve gotta love it when they break the figurative fourth wall when “that guy” from on camera calls in—esp. one from the crowd in a Royals game! This is like a Zu Long sum-up for the season right here…(or heah, as Phys would say…)!

He was at the Royals game tonight?
Not tonight.

Back on Sept 4th.

Zu Long on Angel Talk!!!
Zu!!!!

Shoutout right back

Zu Long

woo!!!!!!!!

and the shout out
thanks for doing what I couldn't

you are awesome

'tis late in the night

for us East Coasters.

no i was on air

and i failed to give a shout out

It's all good
Zu Long on am830

gives a shout out to Halos Heaven

PANTHER

Zu!!!!

FTW

ZU = PANTHER!!

way to represent Zu

LOL!!

That was awesome! Thanks Terry for having me!

From believe It or not Des Moines Iowa!

What’s it like in Des Moines?

Should have said.

“Empty. The cows don’t make too much noise though.” :-P

Did you say

Halosheaven.com?

Or just halos heaven!

Halosheaven.com
I'm hoping for some new users out of that
I'm hoping for kickbacks from Rev for the free advertising. :-P
Maybe you'll get a Panther shirt?

’Cause you, sir, are.

It was a lot of fun though.

I’m saving the number for further escapades following further significant victories.

Like I said to Princeton

Your location will get you on ahead of a lot of people

good point

I’ll call again
when we beat them bo SUX

Nicely done sir
honestly props dude

that was a great call

Yours was too.

I just didn’t realize it was you!

nice highlights, ESPN

two highlights

at least they had the class to show the Adenhart tribute
Pattimelt on ESPN
pattimelt makes the ESPN highlights!

woot!

Did she get banned?
banned from HH?

no way.

Does she ever post anymore?
someone have pics?
she was crying

wiping tears from her eyes

Ah yes

I remember now

oh, during the Adenhart tribute in Center?

Then she was on FSW, too.

yeah, that was her.
Where was she?
During the Adenhart wall tribute, the camera zooms in on a lady crying.

THAT’s pattimelt.

Nice!

Hopefully there’ll be a replay somewhere!

No, Boston has not clinched yet.

They lost.

Yeah

If Texas wins every game, and Boston loses every game. Then the Rangers take the Wild card.

Or are they tied?

I guess if they tie and Boston loses ’em all and Texas wins ’em all then Texas would win. :D

Too bad our AAA team is going to lay the smack down tomorrow.

Meaning we have to lose,

the next two.

Next three.
This is a four game series?

Well, it may not be that far-fetched, then.

OMG, they showed the Angels clinching the title on the local news

before they covered the Dodgers game.

Los Doyers haven't clinched their division just yet...

just a berth.

I said it before, but I love the juxtaposition

Angels win, clinch, 11-0
Dodgers lose, fail to clinch, 11-1

Something poetic there I think.

Yay Zu!
11 was the magic #

our magic #

Good night all....

And good, good game.

Huh, ESPN still has us at 99.5% to make the playoffs

despite being mathematically impossible to NOT be in the playoffs.

Eat a bag of cocks, ESPN!

http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings
http://espn.go.com/mlb/standings
Copy/paste FAIL on my part.
They take a while to update

When Yankees clinched home field advantage yesterday, they didnt update it for about 12 hours

Life is Awesome

Good Night and God Bless
Always in our hearts NICK

Eat shit Helen

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-elliott29-2009sep29,0,1680845.column

She may be a ball-polishing New Yorker-come-Chicagoan

but she’s right.

Timing seems lame to me

Every team celebrates a pennant. It is one hell of an achievement.

Not that douchebag from Angels in the Outfield...

he said he’d take his son back if the Halos won the pennant.

LYING SACK OF SH…

Never seen that movie
I watch it every day.

Just to remember my roots, son.

"There's a THING called TALENT...THEY DON'T HAVE ANY!"
Actually, I have always thought she was an Angels fan.

I like her columns much more than the ones by Mike di Giovanna. Most of the time he can hardly find a nice thing to say about the team.

Bronx native,

Angel beat-writer for 3 years in the late 80s, early 90s.

Who’s to know where her loyalties lie… don’t forget Torre was an Angels broadcaster for 6 years.

Her columns have tended to gush a bit about the Angels, that's why I said that.

I really don’t understand the comment about Torre, unless you think that he should have turned down the job managing the Yankees because of loyalty to the Angels.

He speaks respectfully of the Angels.

Just saying journalists have no loyalties

and write what their editors tell them to, especially for huge mega-media congloms like LATimes, Chicago-Sun, etc.

Uh, sort of, yes. But she usually writes columns that praise the Angels, unlike diGiovanna. Although, he has been better this year.
I've always thought diGiovanna had a nasty predisposition

to overvaluing Angels minor-league talent.

Just from cursory looks at Helene’s articles, it looks like she spends her time spread out all over the LA sport-scape, which to me says she’s just parroting what ESPN Boston and the Globe will be reporting in the morning:

“Yes, the Angels won the division, but we’ll just crush them. Again.”

Economy.

There are plenty of cheap seats.

Dude, speaking of which

the stadium wasn’t even at capacity tonight…

What the hell, Angels fans??

Lots left before the game ended...

I had about 10 people in my section in the 7th inning at whom I yelled: “Where the HELL are you going? There’s going to be a celebration here TONIGHT!” They stuck around even though they had packed up and started leaving!

Good for you. I'm always annoyed when fans leave before the end of the game.
wow

I wish I hadn’t read that… serious buzzkill

This is nice...

“All in all, the Angels had themselves quite a celebration, looking awfully happy for a team that probably will get pummeled by the Boston Red Sox very soon.”

Does she write for the LA Times or Boston Globe? What a beeyotch.

F'd up thing to write the night they clinch F her
Worse, a drunk in a bar tried to insist that it was Adenhart's fault for riding with a drunk driver.

We told him what had happened. What idiots most people are.

What a Kathy Killjoy

Ugh…reading that LA Times article was tough

Awesome Game

I know this is late but I just had to post. I just got home from the game and it was incredible. You could just sense that the team wanted this over tonight.. It was amazing to see them go out to centerfield and pay tribute to Nick. Pouring champagne over his hat just like any other player.

I don’t care what any newspaper article says, the playoffs are the playoffs. It not like a game during the season. We can do this. In faith that I know we can… I’m buying my ALCS ticket tomorrow and so should all other Angels fans who can afford to do so.

Thank you Angels – I had a blast this season. I’ll be there celebrating again on Thursday too.

There was a point, I think it was during the 4th inning, where it seemed that

the Angels and the Rangers were playing in different time zones. I live about 4 miles from the stadium and I could feel the electricity crackling in the air from here.

Economy. Lots of cheap seats available.
And done. Buenos noches...

Just remember, the next time Rev posts one of those ‘where were you when the Angels clinched’ threads…on September 28, 2009…you were HERE!

I came, I saw, I posted.
Alright, I'm going to attempt to got to sleep here at two am.

I think the Oreos and Diet Coke finally wore off.

Just one other question:

Why the hell isn’t Angel Stadium selling out? They didn’t sell out against the Yankees, and tonight it wasn’t sold out for a clincher.

Seems kind of pathetic.

Economy, or something else?

I just wrote this up a few threads...

I am equally as confused/infuriated by this. If I didn’t work at UCLA, I’d be there every night!

I think that after Saturday's game...

bandwagoners may have given up… True fans were at the game today (not saying you’re not a fan if you couldn’t make it). There just were not the bandwagoneers that are there it was “real” fans.

Also, I was at Sunday’s game and Fan Appreciation Day is usually sold out and it wasn’t. I think people had given up. I’m ok with that – we don’t need bandwagoneers, we need the seats for the real fans.

We considered which game we could make it to this week and chose Thursday.

We have great seats, Row E behind the Angels dugout. Couldn’t believe they were still available online on the Angels site.

Weekday day game is my guess.

Enjoy the game and the celebration!!

I live too far away

and I don’t swim very good anymore.

Congrats Halos, and Congrats Halos Heaven.

It's the economy. Lots of cheap seats available.

It could be worse; you should see how few people go to an Oakland game, even when they’re winning.

Icing on our cake...

Ian Kinsler getting the 3rd out in the 9th. That’s what happens when you tell us to get the **** out of your stadium. We won’t treat you that way but it was awesome to boo you and for you to be the final out and watch us clinch.

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep - still hyped up from being at the game.
Now THIS

THIS is a classy article.

You were right, opiejeanne, Giovanna gets my vote today.

"We're going to try to bring [Adenhart's] ring back home for him and give it to his parents," Hunter said.

“But first, we’ve got to get past the first round.”

that would be so cool.
His article today was the best one he's ever written.

I usually don’t want to read his column at all, even when we’re winning, because he sounds so dismissive of their strengths and focuses so much on their weaknesses. Most of the time he sounds like he works for ESPN.

But this, today, was great.

great article!!
There were some seriously down moments this year.

I thought the bullpen was going to seriously screw up the entire season. Well, the offense picked up the slack, then the starters have come through here at the end of the season. Glad that this team showed the heart and determination to go the distance and win the division. Sorry I gave up there in the middle of the season.

(eats crow)

(eats more)

GO HALOS!

You weren't the only one who had doubts.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RAN.........

NAAHHH LOL GET THE HECK OUT OFF OUR FIELD! LOL

we won't act like that... but it was so SWEET for him to the the final out then watch us celebrate.
I looked at LSB last night and was surprised at how many of the posters there were embarassed by his behavior,

some saying that he had earned our disdain.

sweet

really hope we have some more wins in us!

Best in the West

Now let’s take care of the rest.

Buzz kill?

I’m as happy as anyone that the Angels clinched, but I can’t be the only one a little uncomfortable with the team soaking Nick’s jersey in beer considering the role alcohol played in his death. Now let’s take care of those nasty chowds.

We remember life not death

He’s still a part of this team

No. Most of us aren't Mormons.

I wasn’t raised in a home where alcohol was consumed either, but I do have a small glass of wine once every six months or so. I am well aware of the problems caused by alcohol but I will also point out the wine Jesus created at the wedding at Cana.

That is the way it is celebrated

 I am sure Nick would have wanted it that way….any other way would have just been not right.

It’s way too much ado about NOTHING

Someone else tonight pointed out that pouring out a measure of drink for a fallen companion is traditional.

They were far more eloquent than I am.

Very ancient tradition, I meant to say.
many, many thanks

thanks so much for the play-by-plays and photos/screengrabs of the celebration. I teared up more than once while reading through all of these this morning from my desk in new york. looking forward to more celebrations!

POTG Adenhart

Light up the Division Halo for Nick!

This one’s for you, buddy!

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