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Dodgers Versus Angels Spring GAME Thread

1:05 PM in Tempe - Vicente Padilla for the Dodgers against Scott Kazmir for the Angels. AUDIO LINK.

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Lineups

Halos:
SS Izturis
2B Kendrick
CF Hunter
DH Matsui
1B Morales
RF Rivera
3B Wood
C Mathis
LF Aldridge

SP Kazmir

Doyers:
SS Furcal
2B DeWitt
RF Ethier
CF Kemp
LF GA (seriously)
3B Blake
DH Johnson
1B Mientkiewicz
C Ellis

Padilla scratched today
SP Ramon Ortiz (I guess Ken Hill was busy)

without asking

thank you my good man

wow

What am I gonna do when GA comes to the plate?

GO HALOS

If you gonna win a game today is the day to do it. Beat the Dodgers.

GA is playing today - wow
Come back to us GA
IS there a gameday link anywhere??

you can also listen live for free.

my computer at work has no speakers.
oh sorry.
No biggy thats what gameday is for, even though it stinks sometimes.
it just takes a long time for it to catch up.
I miss Ramon more then GA?
go to hell

Nobody misses Ramon

During one period

i went to 5 games in two seasons and it seemed the angels had only one pitcher
Ramon Ortiz

I'm listening to the Game Dau Audio via my iPod.

However I prefer to post via Halos Heaven website.

Kaz walk fercal
Kazmir is slated to throw 45 pitches today

And already walked Furcal.

Nice catch for Aldridge!
Aldridge makes a great sliding catch for the out.
Pregame Pick

Will there be a annoying Dodger Fan being loud on the radio?

already happened.
There was when Eithier came up
Pregame Pick 2

If we lose this game will people freak out that we will lose the whole season?

Great applause

from the crowd. Damn I miss that lazy guy!

I like GA too.
GA is wearing "00" on his uniform.

He is too lazy to have a real number.

He got a minor league contract.

Don't step on my lines.
He's the anti-Manny (#99)

NO WAY GA gets an RBI

RBI

for Anderson

Pregame Pick 3

Does GA act lazy the whole game?

GA gets great applause.

Stay Classy Tempe Diablo

Wow... my feed is way behind you guys
I'm watching on tv

if that makes any difference

Pregame pick 4

Which angel will hit homerun?

My pick Naps (who else has hit one?)

my pick is Morales.

Your pick is interesting given Naps isn’t playing.

I know that and still go with Naps
At least Kazmir can get some work in.

But I don’t like how he’s getting beaten up out there.

c'mon Kaz get the out.
I realize its spring training...

… but I can’t stand the way Kazmir nibbles around the plate. 2 out walk to Kemp now 2 runs in….

Kaz's new nickname, The Nibbler
or Nibs for short
Sounds good

Nibs for 2010 Cy Young!

Kaz just wants to show us

Why we traded our future Hall of Fame Player for him

Kaz threw 22 pitches
he wants to leave early
Let's Go Angels!
K3yerout = Torii
that at-bat = His blog

we cannot lose to the doyers.

that’s los doyers.

anooying fan sighting
quiet start for the bats again today...
I wouldn't be upset if we lost every remaining Spring Training Game

And lost to the Dodgers every game of the regular season, as long as we win the World Series

we could lose every game

if it meant WS

red floyd standing by
Thank God you are here.
Just stay on target
late, as usual ;)
As the Beatles said...

Yeah, yeah, yeah…

Checking in.

Go Angels!

DP woohooo
defense picking up Nibs
come on offense, your turn
If PhiSlamma shows up

This will be my favorite pre-season game this year.

Some ugly camera work on Godzirra's drive to LCF

:( ST for them too… :)

GA

Start being lazy

HEY HEY HEY...LOOK at Ramon Ortiz...

all in 2002 form.

I wonder if Granderson is available.
He made the final out of the 2002 WS, right?
No, that was Kenny "I Am A HUman Bobble Head" Lofton.
WHOOOSH!!!!!!

== the joke =>>>
          0 <—- your head
         \ |/
           |
          / \

Were making Ortiz look like an ACE out there!

Haha

Ramon 28 pitches - 18 strikes, 10 balls

WTF?

Anyone, been watching the 30 Clubs in 30 Days series on the MLB Network?

Im curious who are all-time homegrown team is going to involve…

no doubt GA and Timmy will be on the squad…

Angels are the first Cactus League -- on Friday
Ben Sheets just got rocked epically.

10 Runs in the first inning against the Reds.
WOW.

Ain't...

Spring wonderful???

I am so glad my league does not draft until the 21st.

I was so getting Sheets in like round 20

He was working on the "crush it" pitch.

Success, evidently.

Bet he's quoted later saying..

That the ball felt good coming out of his hand and he was really just working on location today, blah, blah, blah.

Typical ST pitcher speak for I got lit up today

halofolife checking in.

Lot of doyer fans in Arizona today. Crossing state line is a parole violation isn’t it? ;)

How slow is Gameday>

Showing GA up in top 3 with Ethier on 1st

it is accurate
I think you needed a question mark, not one of these ">"
*still huffy that floyd corrected my spelling/grammar last week*
And you drink American beer. Cold.

Nyah nyah nyah….

[just giving you a hard time…]

Where's the subject or object, verb or adjective in that second sentence?
And he has left dangling modifiers all over the place.
My wife hates it when I do that.

She doesn’t like cleaning them up.

I drink as much American beer as I do English beer.

ie next to none.

his pinky is broken...

?

Yeah. Rented fingers. The shift key didn't take.

And I think you may have needed a period (“.”) after that sentence. :-P

it's right.
[Faints from shock]
KOHN!!!!!!
If he makes the roster...

do you imagine there will be some fans dressed as “Kohn heads?”

Bill Shatner will throw the first pitch of the WS when Kohn starts Game 1.
And Chaka Khan can sing the national anthem.
That... would be.... inCREDibly... AWEsome!!!!
After all this talk about Kaz...

he looked incredibly mediocre…OR…like 2009.

Eh, first game of Spring, whatevs.

huh, "The ball felt good coming out of my hand, I was really just working on location."
LOL...

nice location…how many BB’s?

Death by bloopers
weird, i thought my calendar said it was MARCH 15th today

boy could i care less about spring training numbers

Great showing Kaz...lol

Still got faith!!

Gameday still showing GA with the ATL cap.
I've seen Gameday late last year still showing GA in an Angels cap.
Gameday sucks
I think they slow gameday down on purpose to get people to buy the MLB TV package.
hmm

That may have worked on me…

Thats the GA

we know and love

GA would have hit that pitch

but then he would have had to run

KOHN's a BEAST!!
I think that compliment is best served toward...

Ramon Ortiz who is throwing a NO HITTER.

Nice job! jinx worked.
Hey, you figured me out...

Now, it is time to JINX THE SHUTOUT for the amazing Dodger pitchers.

Two biggest surprises of Spring so far: Kohn & Ryan...

goood shiiiiiiiiit.

C'mon Wood!!!!

A hit puts you over the Mendoza line!

why do i feel like we'll be saying this all season....
F that, stay over the Izturis line
I think you mean the Mathis line.
Mathis is below the Mathis line
Come on Woods
Tiger is not playing in this game.
He is a player? right ;)
Welcome to the bench, Wood.
Doesn't he know that Ive been prepping for months

with thousands of Penis jokes if he makes the show this year.

He will be depriving all of us the ability to make HILARIOUS phallus references if Izzy beats him out.

If Izzy beats wood?
You

crazy comedian you

will Dick Pole be watching?
I LOL'd...

My co-workers are looking at me weird now…

What i miss?

Gone for 2 innings?
Work, it sucks.

Wood is my fav. player

but I just don’t see him playing at 3rd. Izturis i just much more solid offensively.

Ortiz is just dominating

The Angels are either completely fooled or are making weak contact

yeah dude, what are you doing?

Shouldn’t you be feverishly planning 14 new posts for the next three days?

I'm guessing he is just trying to win the "most fanposts of the year" award.
I was second last year...

I think he has exceeded me already in the past two weeks!

I like Halowoods post

You said wood and post in the same sentence.

i meant to say woods and post

or mistress

Thank you, Beavis.

heh heh heh

Haha most likely.
What does that mean?

They start good conversation

Not really...

Its mostly off-the-cuff thoughts that arent backed up with much…

its like Rghan-lite…or Diet MattWelch.

He doesn't plan

He drinks a bunch then smashes his hands down on the keyboard while laughing hysterically and whatever comes out is his new fanpost.

The Stephen King method
Who is this guy in the booth with Terry?

Somebody tell his ass to speak up…

I like him

Ken Forsch, he’s very chill.

Yes

He’s our chill assistant GM.

Halowood

Any new post? been waiting

If I think of anything I'll post it

Only thoguhts coming into my mind right now, Hunter looks awful and has a weak arm, the Angels have me a little worried this Spring. Michael Kohn is very impressive. We just had a leadoff hitter at 2B with no outs and couldn’t even move him over…..

wow, the way you post, that was like 5 topics right there.
I know i wll expect them by 5

Who is Terry Smith talking to?

Basehit…woohoo

there is a delay on the radio
That bat died a hero!
wild pitch

I’ll take it.

That's the Ortiz we all knew and "loved".
He hasn't given up a home run yet
spitball usage?
Score?
still 2 - 0, top of 3
Middle of 3.
sorry, heading to top of 4
Damn... I keep brain farting on who's home and who's away.

I mean top 4.

Mienke-whats-his-name doubled.

Hey, UK Halo!

Let’s bury the hatchet. I’ll buy you a virtual beer. Guinness, Bass, or some other virtual alcoholic beverage of your choice.

I'll bury the hatchet....
Here's your virtual beer.

Get your virtual beer here

Tried pasting, but it doesn’t work with proportional fonts.

I'm offended by your cheap ASCII offering

Here’s yours.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/6205870/2/istockphoto_6205870-foaming-beer.jpg

I was going to cut & paste because we aren't allowd to post pics in the game thread.

No offense intended.

Damn, but you Brits are touchy!

Chill, bro

jes’ yankin’ yer chain

Tori guns one to home and mathis gets him out.

Nice throw from Torii

and nice block by Mathis

Ellis singles

Mienkiewoaxdioasjzxdawz out at home

DuringGame Pick

Which angel will score a run?

We need them bad this Spring

my pick is Naps

Naps will score but not in the game.
Well, that part is a given (the not-in-game scoring).
where is Nap, anyway?
The better question is, Where are half the women of Arizona?

Solve one you solve the other

Why is Napoli considered a ladies man?

I always thought he looked like more of big-time drinker.

Is it because of the pics of his mom?

How is he not?

Long ball baby

I can't post pictures here

but if you search Mike Napoli on google images, you’ll see that he is

I see

He is clearly a big-time drinker as well.

Unfortunately John Lackey was in one of the pics. Ew.

The strip clubs sucked in AZ
Howieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
oh no GODZILLAAAA!!!
Ben Sheets had an interesting performance today

Zero innings pitched
10 runs (9 earned)
8 hits
1 walk
1 home run

box score

Great offseason signing
really?

that’s great!

for the A's remember

we would only offer a season ticket in the noise bleed section

Commander Nate

We need a rally
Time for a Rally monkey Picture?

Is it after the 6th?
i know the rules

but come on we need runs bad

don't waste the power of the monkey on meaningless ST fodder
Agreed

Monkey burnout is a problem none of us want to deal with.

I hear they make a cream for that...
He needs his ST too.
nah, he's a natural
Patience is a virtue.

Besides, with the way they’ve been playing lately, they have to earn The Monkey before he takes time out of his schedule to make an appearance.

Hat-Rod entering the game!
RODNEY SIGHTING!!!!
2 batters, 2 hits

uh, “The ball felt good coming out of my hand, I was really just working on location.”

bases juiced
wasn't this what Tiger fan warned us of?
Better Bust?

Soth or Selma?

Lets see if Rodney has got the goods

Year end poll who is closing for the Angels in June.
Rodney
Fuentes
Jepsen
other

my money on Francisco Rodrigez
Fuentes

With Rodnew getting a number in the low teens and Jepsen probably snagging a few.

FRNADNDO RODNEW
Is a most luminous pitcher.
Is he imposternating?

not sure

Is Rodney's fastball faster than a Prius?

This guy could be a bust if he can’t hit mid-90s consistently.

Not really

his changeup is devastating, if he can locate it that is.

Rained out in PA.

How are our boys lookin’

We are getting F-Rod'ed at the moment.
Sounds kinky and dirty.

Too bad I don’t have MLB tv

Rodney sets the table...

…then leaves…

I don’t care if this is just ST we stink.

Rodney the next closer? Yikes.
Is anybody else irritated by the fact that R. Ortiz has 5 k's through 4IP against us?

Because it’s buggin the shit out of me.

It's just spring training

All the good pitchers are trying to use their 5th best pitch and all the bad ones are using their best stuff.

I know.

But it’s Ortiz for gods sake.

there's no way, no how, Ramon's going to put up numbers like that during the season

not even in AAA

still 2-0?
yes but bases are juiced
yep, heading to bot 5
Ortiz is going to be a monster for the Dodgers this year

yeah, right…

And I'm gonna grow a third nipple.
watch it...

you’ll be pissed if a third nipple grows. Especially if your significant other isn’t into third nipples.

depends on where it grows
You're right.

Now I’m probably screwed. Might need to get a really good divorce lawyer.

just carry around a shot

of Napster’s mom

Gets out of it with 6-3

nice

game day is stuck, again
And this suprises you?
Rodney on his performance today:

“Sometimes you feel too strong, you overthrow, and the ball flattens out…If you get too powerful, you start getting the ball up. Maybe that was the case today

Sounds like Piniero's quote about his performance yesterday.
Soth gives them a magic 8 ball with cliches.
Cliche graduate school.

Located next to UCI and the Crash Davis school for interviewing.

yea

I was running with the pitcher’s cliches to explain why they are sucking right now.
Now we need a good one for why all the hitters are sucking or still immersed in what Ladybug called "suck-dom

"The ball felt good coming out of my hand, I was really just working on location."
If the ball's not coming out of the hand, I don't want know where it's coming from
"i don't want to know"

crap.

The ball felt good when I was playing with it in the dug out

After that it was all downhill

Mathis on his performance at the plate

I feel locked in, I just wanted to focus on the slow walk to the dugout, I’m wear I want to be this time of year….

me laughing

at the last 2 comments

WOOD GETS A SINGLE...
Is he above the Mendoza line now?

or the Mathis line?

The Mathis line

Mendoza is next.

Why does it always seem like Wood is in an 0-2 hole on every AB?

Rootin’ for ya Woody…

He's working on location.

And the feel for the ball coming out of his hand

WOODY!!!

Woot!!

if his last name, was Woods, as many try to make it would your post have been

WOODSY!!!!

Hoot!!

fail, i know
You just vioalted Raaddad's rules guide, #4
replying to myself?
nevermind, understood
Haha
Than there;s Tip #30: Don't f up the reply function

But I’m the worst violator of that in blog history

I would've laughed if I understood lol
Good for Wood
Quick, tell Mathis it is the playoffs
Mathis swings and misses at Hit and Run...

Juancho out by miles at 3b :((

THAT is the MAthis we all forgot about

while watching the playoffs!

our spring thus far

in a nutshell

This performance is because I'm not there

They are afraid of losing if I am in the stands.

So what the hell.

Why aren’t you there. And don’t give me no mess about work or kids. Priorities man, PRIORITIES!

k3yerout=Aldridge

:((

Does anybody else notice Doug Mienketwicizictz

hairdo in his gameday picture, pretty funny.

I would. If gameday wasn't being lame.
Damn, you're missing out. Looks like little girl pigtails.
Death to cliches: Will we ever hear the truth?

“I can’t pitch worth sh..t right now, I don’t give a crap, and I don’t know what the f…k I’m doing out there…”

I/S/O

Inning/Score/Outs ?

top6 , 2 - 0, 0
sorry top 5
nope, right the 1st time, top6
A/S/L

Whoops wrong chatroom

Hahaha, that's exactly what I was going for

I/S/O should be our new A/S/L

Kevin Jepsen
Does he still have his GOAT

or did he shave it?

And Now Sean Green's face has made me mad.
So does Nick Green get 5 strikes when he's playing for los doyers?
Self-reply.

Nope — K.

No, much like their fans. 3rd strike is life in prison
Jesus - can we not win a bleeding game this spring?

well I guess technically we have won 2. But seriously this stinks.

Cool kids don't care about ST
Cool kids are clearly dumb

Winning is a habit, we need to get hooked soon

I'm not cool, everyone here knows that

I was just pointing it out.

I'll take this one in particular
K for Jepsen

nice

I miss Chone
you only miss what he was
Nope, I miss him

…what he was, what he is, what he could still have been as an Angel

I will get over it, it's just today...
WHat is the score?

Work called to me again?

HOWIE DOUBLES!
HK-47!

Bang bang bang bang!

sounds like you watched the fight this weekend...
Either that or Nate has an unhealthy love for Howie
Well, somebody got a hit I though't you'd all be stoked

And HK-47 is a cool nickname.

Torii gets K’d
Godzilla up

we should trade torii

and have feeter peter play center

Take that back!
how? it has been said it is out there
yeah. WAYYYY out there

And I’m assuming your original post was joking.

he is getting old

the new vlad of the angels

I guess whiteout to your screen is your only option

You better get to work!!! ;)

i only work hard when the boss is around
That would be Mrs. DAD OF VLAD?
no

boss of dad of vlad

Same thing.
boss not a women

so no it is not

OK, admit it, you're not really married.

Or else you haven’t been married long. Otherwise, you’d know that the wife is ALWAYS your boss.

[yes, I sound whipped. No I’m not really]

It looks like our offense is in midseason 2001 form
2000 was a good offense season
and 2002 but 01' was painful
SOS now pitching
C'mon SOS.
holiday for him

wednesday

And me

It’s my FAVORITE day of the year.

My son's birthday

Though he is turning 4 I fear for his 21st birthday

the reincarnation of St. Patty?
Only a quarter irish I'm afraid.

I’m a regular european mutt and not irish at all.

my daughter is 1/8 irish and thinks

she is Full irish

my daughter will be dancing that day at a local pub
You don't say...which one? ;)
Claddais in Gilroy

Nor Cal
Irish Dancing

Way too far to drive from SD.
14 hours

enough time for Halowoood to post 5 fanpost

Bobby Wilson in for Mathis, maybe we wil get some run production from the C position.
how with out Naps
This time soth won't call the miss and run play
No kidding.

That was one hell of a rally killer.

crap

hr for doyers

Spring training is painful this year.
Didn't we have a crappy one in like 08 or 07?
take me out tthe ball game
Well, it's only 3-0

But with our lackluster offense, it might as well be 10-zip.

Angels fans louder than doyer fans in singing Take Me out…

yeahhh 2out basehit by Wood
Basehit for Wilson
rally monkey time? Comm Nate?
They have to earn him.

Pop outs with two on don’t count.

pop fly

errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

3-0 doyers 8th inning
Woody's looking a little better

We’re seeing a lot less ugly swings from him. Just from my observation, when he’s able to get ahead in the count, he becomes a great hitter. He’s selective enough to get his pitch. This is rare though, as he almost always takes the first pitch, then fouls off the 2nd, then watches a couple balls in the dirt. The good news is 2 years ago if Wood made it past 4 pitches in an AB it was considered a win. I’ve never seen a better minor leaguer need more work lol. Still he’s one of my favorites.

do a fanpost i bet we will have something to say about it
lol nah not on this one

That’s about all I had to say about that.

No thanks....

I was just trying to get some discussion going. Clearly I’ve become somewhat of a joke. So I’ll make like our assistant GM and just chill

first multi-hit game for Wood this spring
yeah but...

does that really deserve a fan post? I know us Woody fans tend to be eccentric but that seems a bit off.

come on you know you want to
A/S/L
top8, 3-0, 0
No....

That was the inning, score, and chance we had at winning this game.

huh?
Inside joke I sorta just started way above.

A/S/L is internet speak for Age/Sex/Location when you’re in a chatroom. I modified it to I/S/O (Inning/Score/Outs) for use here. When you think about it Inning is like Age, Score…don’t need to explain that I think, and Outs are kinda like Location in the inning.

Anyway, sort of a spur of the moment thought created by Monday boredom.

running diving catch by Aldridge.
will take Willits spot on roster?
Him or Ryan, that's my guess.

Though Soth loves Willits for his speed, so maybe Bourjos

feeter peter has been good this spring too

hard decision this spring for soth

No chance.....

that spot is all Quinlan’s lol

The only chance Q will get is with his Wife
or scioscia
he is a catcher ;-0
WOW!

Nice catch!

Cliff Lee thrown out of a game for throwing the ball at a batter.

suspend him

for the entire season

cliff lee = lackey 2.0
Do you know what I love about Gameday?

Nothing

it's ok when you can't watch or listen but...
That's what I admire about MLB. They're not afraid to put a crappy product out there. You have to respect them for that.
an American Tradition

like Toyota

I thought Stater Brothers was an American Tradition?
i enjoy it becasue it sucks

yes it was a bad joke

BB for Patchett
Let's do this, Halos!
We can still do this.

Were good enough, smart enough, and dog gone it, people like us.

SOS is so God awful

I’m still not sure what our FO sees in this kid. He was torched everywhere above A ball, should have never been promoted. Straight fastball, not overly hard, doesn’ hide it at all. Command is average, offspeed pitches are garbage. Sometimes he has an effective sinker, but not often enough to be worth taking a look at.

fanpost idea?
no
the only one I can think of is....

Players that might be promoted this year, not out of injury. Meaning guys that just do it on merit. I’d say Kohn, Walden, Reckling, Bourjos, Amarista, Conger and Trout seem like good bets to have a good season.

that is a good one do it

it has been 24 hours you know you need to do it to control the urge

how's kazmir lookin?
shit on shit eating shit
It was his first outing of the Spring

And in general he’s got a good fastball with movement, is left handed and has a nasty slider. His command just sucks.

Not bad for his first start in ST. NOt good either.

Or, you can go with DoV’s statement.

i have no idea what's going on..and i know this is spring training..but...

ZOMG WTF CAN I PLEEZ HAV RUNS

if you want runs eat at a nasty taco stand
We still got a pulse.
"I Still Live"
I really like Sandy's swing
YES!!!

Defensive indifference.

RUNNER TO 3B!!!

Twice in one game, we’re great.

Travis Schlichting

The player we got for trading Josh Paul to Tampa Bay in five years ago.

I knew I recognized that name from a brief stay with Cedar Rapids.

Well that's the ballgame.
Mercifully
It looks like the whole team picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

Or drinking or sniffing glue or amphetamines!

Maybe they should pour every light that they have onto that field.
What a painful way to end it.

Called 3rd strike. We need Abreu back, teach these guys how to hit

And how to dress.

Did you catch him wearing a sweet leather jacket during his interview with jose mota? Pretty amazing.

see you all tomorrow

for another angels lost

Aww cmon...

we play the maxi pad-res tomorrow. Should be a cakewalk.

Let the reassignments to Minor League begin!

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