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Angels @ Cubs - 1:05 PM - AUDIO LINK -  The tax-hungry Cubs will send Randy Wells to the mound to pitch us batting practice. Joel Pineiro pitches for the Good Guys.

Poll
Is the stereotype of Cubs fans as lovable losers accurate?
Yeah, they are alright, I kinda feel sorry for them.
102 votes
Half right. They are not lovable.
149 votes

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Go Angels

Need a Fanpost from Halowood today?

Yea

it’s been almost 24 hours since the last one—he’s due

I think we need 5
obsess much?
going to any games this year?
I dont know........

have to see how finances are……right now….all my “spending money” is tied up on another long term project.

having said that I might try to go down to Sactown and catch a Bees game this year.....

Especially if I can get a chance to see Reckling pitch (hopefully)

i may hit up a SJ giants game
Looking at the schedule......

Bees go to Sacramento in May and in June…..and thats it……..(bummer) So if I do get to go it has to be in June.

If not I may just bite the bullet and go to the virus.

Was that a shot at his location?

Taunting him?

no i live in nor cal and feeling the same way
Oh

That makes more sense

never question DAD OF VLAD
Go to Oakland

for a game?

Yeah its possible.....for me.....

although I think I’d rather go watch a Bees game……get a look at the kids.

Nor-Cal pride!
LOL

you have to remember you have a couple of HH spouses who are diehard Cubbies fans.

and yeah, I feel sorry for him.

divorce is a n option?
I've been trying. No luck so far
scott boras could be your lawyer
Afternoon all, halofolife checking in.
Go halos!!!!
Finally get to see a game today!!

First of the season so far.

Anyone have the starting lineups?

Izzy SS
Kendrick 2
Hunter CF
Matsui DH
Morales 1
Rivera LF
Naps C
Wood 3
Willits RF

Is alan doing play-by-play?
it's on tv - if you have cable it's on WGN.
i dont get that
oh if Alan isn't here I can try
I have it on Channel 180 in the Valley

yee haw

Willits sighting
what the hell

the video on mlb.tv isn’t working!

Soft liner up the middle
Anybody know

What the whole “Guiness record attempt” thing is about?

got KLAA on the Internet
Figgi you going to change your name someday?
Nah

Angels are my team, but I’ll still root for Figgins to KILL…except against us

so you cant cahnge it?
2 out -fly by Nady to Hunter
A botched

“Maicer Izturis” name saying attempt, BTW

RBI double for Millar (sp)
Millar will always kill us
Friggin' Millar.
Friggin' Byrd.
Byrd

RBI single

yay

my video is working!

Pitcher?
pinero
Another Great offseason move by the angels
because one inning of a spring training game, is conclusive evidence od suckitude?

Are you rob mcmillin in disguise?

Yes

Just wait it will be 2 then 3 then 18 then 20 then the whole season

lol

Dad of Vlad does not make me sad

I hpe he works oout.
Nice block NAP
There we go Rivera!!!

nice throw

Napoli blocks the plate out at home!
2 runs on 4 hits

nice start Pinero

Is Aramis Ramirez ever healthy?

He’s a great player, but I’m kind of glad the Angels didn’t have a chance to sign him in 2006.

YEAHHHH Torii to 2nd on a bad throw
I think it was a bad catch by Millar though
Matsui is batting like Vlad so far.
seems that way.
and VLAD ran funny

Does Gadzilla run funny?

Hard to say

Hasn’t hit anything worth running out yet…

I don't know

they didn’t show him running

Lots of Halo fans there
is it at Chin Co Park?
Tempe - home game
Lets go Angels

Start the Wave
YOYO

What the hell kind of name is Darwin Barney?
The Aussie lovable purple dinosuar
ha

and he appears to be asian-american

There are asians Down under
yea

my nephew is marrying one

Is Wood going to try?
double

the 1-seam sinker doesn’t seem to be fooling anyone

On the basis of that inning

Piniero will go 27-0 with an WHIP of 1.00 and a 0.00 ERA.

Great offseason!

Hell Yeah!
I want to see a 30 win season
I want a slow dance with...

oh never mind

He said he was a pitch to contact pitcher. He was'nt fooling.
So he has shit for stuff?
I am mulit-tasking

Doing homework, on the game trend, listening to the game, and parenting

dont know where the kids are but oh well

That reminds me, I must make a doctor appointment
Boom boom kendry!!
GOODBYE BASEBALL

Home Run Kendry Morales!!!

****************HOMERUN***********Kendry Morales!****************
it's not official till you post that
I t looled like it hit the cars in the parking lot

Nice blast

that would be "looked"
Sean rod has 4 homeruns so far

This sucks

I want that Mike Soth bust

Anyone going to the game?

He was scared to pitch to Napoli
Wells afraid of Napoli after giving up the HR to Kendry.
WOOD hit the ball
wow napoli 1st to 3rd haha
blooper for Woody!
FYI, gameday box score SUCKS, it hasn't updated for Kendry's homer.
always sucks
Wood off to s good start.
home run willits
glad Nap lost that weight! haha
Tie ball game!!!!!
willits gets a single
Reggie, Reggie, Reggie!
this is how we do it...bloop bloop bloop
...line drive
gapper - willits home, izturis home 5-2 Angels
ah spring is in the air...............
howieeeeeeeeee
nice!!!! Kendrick!!!
Now THAT'S angels baseall baby!!!
Howie triples home two!
Gotta love

Angels Baseball!

Howie!

2-run blast to the gap

Nice piece of hittin' Howie!
I still don't like our best hitter batting 5th, hopefully Soth changes that up later in Spring.
in due time, if he earns it.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of scioscia, due time would mean ANOTHER year…

Scioscia

will still find a way to bat Vlad 4th.

Regular season too

3 Hunter
4 Godzilla
5 K Mo

if godzilla ever hits
Don't worry

Be patient

That's what I don't want.

He’s our best offensive player he needs to be 3rd or 4th.

I liked Willis' hard shot through the gap between 1st and 2nd
As a brewcrew fan

thanks to WGN for showing me this game, don’t get to see much AL baseball other than the never ending Sawx/Yanks – hope you guys don’t mind me hanging out – you know, the enemy of my enemy is my friend and all that

and the team gets to come out there for interleague…

Godzilla up with 2 on and 1 out
I love seeing Matsui in an Angels uniform!
Single for godzilla
how does he run?

compare to vlad

better than vlad
Nice hit

for Godzilla

i could hear that was a bit outside
Rivera - fielders choice 3 outs
Halowood any new post?

30 pitch inning for Wells

he will do goof this season
Gorgeous is in already...nice at bat though Willits
Bourjos in for Willits, he is getting alot of work.

Soth must have plans for him.

Hello Wood: The position is not yours you need to earn it. Go after the ball please.

CRAP x2

2 run HR for Millar

PED he is using

Make that person shut up

what they saying?
I couldn't understand but it was just some annoying noise

repeated over and over and over and….

drunk cubs fan

Try winning a WS in 100 years
losers

Len Kasper?

Finally Wood goes after the ball and makes the 3rd out. 6-4 Angels.

Cubs announcers going on and on how good Soth was at blocking the plate as a Dodger.

I saw it many times.

he was good

like a tree trunk

BB for nap again
Pineiro looks very hittable

He has smooth mechanics and good drop on his sinker, but he’s just leaving balls up and his fastball doesn’t move and is slow. Hope he gets better than this.

man

they are really scared of Napoli

WGN Commentator

thinks Napoli is a beaver dam there at first base.

I thought that was funny wording.
he does gets a lot of beavers
Oh yes. Napo Smash can shag..
Woody gets decent contact

Just under it though, skies it to deep CF. His numbers aren’t impressive this spring, but you can tell he’s working the count better, his swing looks a lot shorter and he’s not chasing offspeed pitches as much. I think we might see good things from him this year.

idea for a fanpost?
No I already said I'm not doing that anymore.
no i really like them
can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but...

a few others don’t. And it’s everyone’s board. If I want to do that sort of stuff I should probably just start an Angels blog.

no joke

we should do a fanpost asking if you want more halowood spring training blog?

If Rev and Wihi don't say stop

than keep posting
Like I said, people don’t have to read em if they don’t want to.
I for one am interested in the posts of a knowlegable veteran of two freaking wars who is passionate about baseball and his writing—
F…K em!

Bourjos is slapping

I always thought he stayed back and had more power than that. It looks like Willits got to him lol.

I like this commercial
i like listening to the game and no commercials
Ortega pitching now

Wood goes after another ball – and makes the play 2 outs.

Darwin Barney

is my new favorite non Angels player

what about John Lackey?

There’s an evolution joke there somewhere.

he loves us all

Did HK get a SB?

yes, yes he did
beat the throw by a mile

or two

did hk change his number?
no, no he did not
what is the score?
6-5

Halos on top

6-5

someone just hit it out

Fontenot

AKA little Babe Ruth (a Lou-ism)

What's the April 6 Guinness record attempt

…anyone know?

most snuggies?

yes. most “sleeved blankets” … because this is a fad deserving of an established world record.

Biggest beatdown of the Twins

at Angels Stadium?

Really quiet chat

where’d everyone go?

finals week this week

gotta buckle down..

finals in March?
the wonders of the quarter system

classes last 10 weeks, then finals week.

this is the end of winter quarter, with spring break between winter and spring quarters..

ah I see

I’m on Semesters. No final till May.

yeah, i figured

i actually prefer the quarter system, it makes things go by much faster.

i have two online classes this semester
they have sex education on line now?
no JAzz and Tech
Ya know, I can't find a reasonable on-line program now

They all want $1200 a class now

it was that much for both my classes at SJSU

I hate school

3 bb's for nap today
he will get to DD later tonight

Willits strained rt hamstring.

no how will we win
put Q in
they put in Peter B (don't remember how to spell his last name)
dont matter he needs a nickname

suggestions?

peter gorgeous!
bourjos reminds me of bourbon... so i'd say...

whiskey pete

B - o - u - r - j - o -s
I'll eventually learn it.
any body out there?
Thanks WGN

for remembering Rory Markis.

Classy job by WGN

to give that tribute to Rory Markas

That was cool

and unexpected

the world record is snuggies

Dear Brandon,
That’s how you make a play at 3rd.

nice stop by Sandoval
How did feeter peter do?
you mean Gorgeous Bourjos?
Ryan is making a good case for himself.
Anyone know why kendry changed his number

Sorry if this has already been answered

I don't know...
it is what he wants for his next contract

Thanks to scott boras

He's a pre-2008 Kobe Bryant fan?
The broadcast keeps freezing here

it sucks

The Aussie...
Gets hit immediately...
I figure "screw it"

lol I feel like posting and if someone doesn’t like the volume, then they can get it deleted.

You go bro!

Support our vets!!!

well shucks
Four batters faced...

Three hits, 1 xb, one deep sac

Tie ballgame

whose pitching?

Starlin Castro....

Not a Cubs fan, but that kid looks real good.

Big mistake: NCAA Nat Champ game is on Opening Day.

I'll be watching Angels/Twins
Jerk WGN Announcers lol

Called our SS Drew Bromine. The man is the anti-cow.

You suck Rich Thompson.
Crap here we go again.
Angels farm system

Getting brutalized this spring.

That's what I've been thinking

Could be brutal down in Salt Lake, etc.

18 error in 11 games – YUCK

Man

we have blown alot of games this Spring

Thank god it is only spring.

That would be a fun game to go to – Cubs at Wrigley.

Has Bobby Wilson

Gained weight?

he gained the wt that nap lost.
Angels have a Minimium catcher weight requirment at the begining of the season.
Part of our tubby boy contingent

Naps, Wilson, Palmeer, SOS, Soth, etc

they are all just big boned
new Droid phone HH virginity pop

Woohoo

Congrats HOw it feel

No bleeding?

can you cool it with the nasty talk – there are women in here who do not appreciate it.
Thanks,

does not update unless you refresh screen evidently...
nice BB Romine.
what happened?

tv went out

there are a lot of people out on the grass today.

they are butt cheek to butt cheek out there.

hope nobody has any cooties.

I like that guy in the stands

sucking on 2 foaming brews at once

Nice try Budde

Everybody's best Budde

couldn’t quite make the play

soooo close for Ryan.

holy shit

Ryan hit that a long way in the wrong direction

that guy is really annoying.

I guess he can go home and tell all his friends he annoyed everyone at a stadium today. Did you hear me…

Go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go-go

Jackass

no kidding

I’d probably have to hit him if he was sitting near me.

Maybe I'm a jerk but....

While I’m attending a game, I want to enjoy myself, and when someone does something stupid like that near me, he makes it impossible. So I have nothing to lose in shutting his trap for him. If I’m escorted out, oh well, wasn’t enjoying the game anyway. If he shuts up then mission accomplished.

I'll take another bb for a run
Ha, ha, Cubs walk in a run.
Woo walking in runs! Haha
k3yerout=conger

:(( looking

wait

i thought conger walked like 3 batters earlier?

I think it was Moore
yeah

I can see how you could make that mistake =)

I'd rather go down swinging at a bad pitch than.....

watch a beauty go by down by one run late in the game with the bases juiced. That’s guy needs an earful and to have his butt planted on the bench.

I didn't want to hit the web to post today...

…but that last inning pissed me the fuck off.

I’m all for patience but when you have the bases loaded and a real chance to take the lead, especially because this is ST and you want to give it your all…SWING at a fecking pitch too.

Be patient but also be aggressive if it makes sense. Patience is nice but too much is crap. I guess I lost mine, and I don’t care if I’m in the minority on this.

I cannot believe we’re going to lose this game….well maybe I can.

Nice bunt bourjos!
nice bunt Bourjos
SB for Bourjos
we need a HR right now
1st and 3rd 2outs
MVP Michael Ryan is up

crap
we are terrible this ST season. I certainly hope this is not what we’re going to watch all season.

red floyd standing by
You mean Gameday is just now catching up?
Well screw this.
11 games played, 2 games won.

Halos at the bottom of the AL and Cactus League standings a third of the way into spring.

Well…that hasn’t happened in a while.

Time to break tradition.

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