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Ryan's Rangers @ Arte's Angels Spring Game Thread

1:05 PM - Derek Holland and Texas Rangers visit Scott Kazmir and Los Angeles Angels

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Lineups:

ANGELS

SS Erick Aybar (2 for 24 this spring)

RF Bobby Abreu

CF Torii Hunter (6 for 7 in past three games)

DH Hideki Matsui

1B Kendry Morales

LF Juan Rivera

2B Howie Kendrick

3B Maicer Izturis

C Jeff Mathis

RHP Sean O’Sullivan

RANGERS

CF Julio Borbon

3B Michael Young

LF Josh Hamilton

DH Vladimir Guerrero

RF Nelson Cruz

1B Chris Davis

2B Joaquin Arias

C Taylor Teagarden

SS Elvis Andrus

LHP Derek Holland

This must be

Soth’s “other” version of his starting lineup.

Makes some sense....

What you lose from replacing Nap with Mathis you gain some back with the stability Izzy provides over Wood.

GO HALOS

Dang they heard me yesterday – Mota is calling the game with Terry today… Errr

Aye Aye

Aybar

Go Angels

Roll call

Vladdy in blue, huh?

Mota's pronunciation of Abreu's name really bothers me
Abroo?

I hate it too.

Also, RACIST!

I keep telling you all it is Abrew...

;)

…as in pour me a cold one!

Hostility Abounds!
Bourbon flys out to center. 1 out
Who sang the Song SOS?

I keep on thinking about it

ABBA?
That is it Thank you

I was watching “Mama Mia” yesterday….i mean my wife was

suuuure
Wait how would you know?
don't tell anyone

I’d watch Streep in anything.

Same here
I don't know... it was painful watching her in "It's Complicated"

Mrs. red floyd likes chick-flicks.

the police?
Message in a bottle

i think has sos in the song

Yeah...

sorry I had the gall to think of the Police before ABBA!

yeah, how lame

/end sarcasm

Rhianna
Sing a bit
SOS somebody rescue me (with Soft Cell's Tainted Love sample in background)
i love tainted love

daughter loves that song

thanks

Sometimes I feel I've got to. Run away
Young walks
Afternoon all.

Now the obligatory, Go Halos!

Hamilton flys out to left. 2 outs
taking lessons from ...

“the Q”

c'mon get vlad OUT
Vladdy gets a double. Young moves to 3rd.

Vlad going to enjoy playing us this year…and trying to make us pay! Sad to say…

Damn!

But a nice hit for Vlad.

grr

i have a feeling Vlad is gonna crush us this year. He’s looking good this spring.

nothing hurt...

SOS gets out of it! :)

Cruz grounds out to short. 3 outs. 0-0 heading into the bottom of the 1st
Still weird to see Vlad in a Texas uni.
I thought it was weird initially

to see him in an Angel uni. I wasn’t used to seeing a real superstar still in his prime playing for the good guys….

No kidding.

How awesome would it have been to have Vlad in his prime!

We got him for part of his prime

he wasn’t stealing bases any more but his bat was as lethal as ever the first few seasons he was here.

Aybar K's looking. 1 out
K3yerout=Eybar

looking!

Abroo flys out to left. 2 outs

Wind blowing out to LF apparently, that ball went a long way…

Torii grounds out to short. 3 outs. 0-0 heading into the 2nd
MLBNetwork or Fox Sports or other?
Davis grounds out to 1st. 1 out
Arias grounds out to 3rd. 2 outs
Teagarden K's swinging. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the bottom of the 2nd
red floyd standing by

But only for a little bit. My work insists that I attend a staff meeting at 2:30.

You should quit!
Only if you pay my kids' college tuition.

But yeah, it is rather rude of them, isn’t it?

K3yerout = Teagarden

swinging

Go go Godzilla!
So do you think Arte parked in a safer location?
What are the chances of lightning striking twice in the same spot?
It better be far away. There are a lot of druggies in this neighborhood.
he had Scioscia

position one of the rookies next to the car.

Matsui grounds out to 3rd. 1 out
And Arte's car is safe for another round through the order.
Morales K's swinging. 2 outs
Go Halos.

I think they scratched Kazmir so as to not show too much to Texas in the preseason.

kinda like how they scratched Santana against the M's?
K3yerout=Abrew

o/

Ouch...Kowbell
Rivera gets a single into LF
Holland looking sharp
Is he wearing wooden shoes and carrying a tulip?
It is the clogs
Maybe it's the Mota.
And a lot more...
.....racist....
I'm a xenophobe!

Those dirty Dutch!

"How about no, you crazy Dutch bastard?"
who is from the nertherland again

Danish?

Same as the pastry.

The Dutch are clog wearing bong tokers.Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

My bad.

The Danish are from Denmark.

Kendrick flys out to right on an amazing catch by Cruz. 3 outs. 0-0 heading to the top of the 3rd
For those of us sans radio/tv,please describe said catch
maybe not "amazing"

but Cruz did run a long ways to catch the foul ball.

feet first slide....
It looked like he was being carried by Angels!

Why is that kid flapping his arms in the stands?

sliding in foul ground

ran a long ways. Pretty good, but no Ichiro.

Which song containing SOS should Sean O’Sullivan use?

1) ABBA – SOS
2) Police – Message in a bottle
3) Rhinana – SOS
4) other

Police

SOS’s message says: Please keep me up with the Big Team!

What no Crue?
sing a bit?
All around the world...

girls will be girls…YEARRGHHHHHH!!!!

Can't be 3

Ri-Ri is a doyer ho-bag now.

Andrus grounds out to short. 1 out
Find the Hidden Halo?

Least popular game at the catholic school I went to.

Where's Jose Mota?
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Bourbon gets a 1 out triple.
SOS beard is pretty knarly...
Young gets an RBI single. 1-0 Texas
Rangers up 1 nothing.
Hamilton gets a single, Young moves to 3rd.
Wow, Abreu barely missed that one
Watch out for that warning track!!!
Abrew = CLANK!

wtf, campaigning for more PT for Matsui or what????

that was just f’ugly Bobby

Bobby misplayed the ball.

Should’ve been caught.

Abrew thought he was closer to the wall

and panicked

Shit.

C’mon SOS, don’t you know what happens when you throw up and in to Vlad? Let’s not wake up the beast this early!

Vlad hackin'

Looks like he wants to do some damage with runners on.

relax remember it is S
Spring training
Vladdy K's on a ball in the dirt. 2 outs
Whew!

Vlad K’s.

now there's the vlad we remember.
There's the vladdy we know and love

Keep swinging at balls bounced 2 feet in front of you

Cruz grounds out to 2nd. SOS gets himself out of trouble. 1-0 headed into the bottom of the 3rd
Isn't the way to K Vlad just to throw him strikes?

Anything outside the zone, he’ll hit.

Inning over!

Maintained the damage control, time to score some runs!

Gamecast working?

Is gamecast working for everyone else? I’m sitting in class so it could be the bad internet connection

gameday is caught up now
agreed, finally
hah stopped again...
Good to see SOS pitching better than his last outing anyway.

Let’s Go Angels!

Agree

It’s looking like he’s leaped ahead of Palmer as our go-to guy when a starter goes down.

Maicer grounds out to 3rd. 1 out
Mathis grounds out to short. 2 outs
Online radio is a bit behind

mizz izzy just grounded out

Is that still free?

Or am I crazy

ya

and yes you still are

The two are not mutually exclusive

And the answer to both is “yes”

I forwarded my pre-game pick to the Angels PR email...

…and let them know it was my first and I can’t be wrong.

No comment from them about it or needing to score 5 runs but I did get $1 coupon off a Macho Combo burrito.

Duuuude!!!
You forgot red floyd.

It’s Duuuuuuuuude!!!

Duuuuuuuuude!!!??!!!!
I was just kidding...

…it was actually $2 off but didn’t want to have everyone email them now…

((if I actually did that, I would hope they would add my email to a spam/junk filter – but now I’m hungry for some Del Taco fries and a combo burritto))

Wait at Del Taco

They sell fries and tacos

Aybar gets a single past 3rd.
And our new play-by-play combo -- AlanFalcon and ~MMP~
Good AB Aybar!
Nice hit for Aybar.

Or lucky.

Abreu grounds out to 3rd. 3 outs. 1-0 heading into the 4th
And Gameday is stuck on Izzy still.
Kind of like Scioscia. ;)
Well, who would *YOU* want at bat, when you need just a hit to win the game?
Pujols
On the 2010 Angels.
Albert Pujols
I think you're confusing the 2010 Former Angels (aka STL Cardinals) with the 2010 Angels
Trade Deadline, Pujols to the Angels for our minor league teams
Hillenbrand?
Facebook suggested that I might want to friend him.
Somebody has to do it.
I think even "Tom" from myspace didn't want him as a friend
And Ton likes everybody,

Even Milton Bradley! But not Jose Guillen.

Brad Fuller
Fuller, huh?
I think he sells hairbrushes door to door
Brad Fullmer

This dude, who never used PED

Well, whatever

Why compare him to Hillenbrand?

Spent his best years with the angels?
Mine is on Davis

while watching Abrew play some more sloppy RF…sun must have got in his eyes on that ground ball… ;)

Davis gets a triple on ball on the foul line and an error on Abreu
Geeeez

Well we know Matsui won’t be back next year. Bobby can’t DH soon enough…

Abreu having trouble today...

aren’t we understated today… ;)

Our OF is going to hurt us this season.

Increasing slowness and lack of range. And with Matsui locked in at DH, utter lack of flexibility without hurting the offense.

Answer

Fleeter Peter

Next year, yeah.

This year, we’re going to be wincing a-plenty.

Uh huh

Weaver needs to get the sinker mastered quick!

Arias flys out to right. 1 out

yes, he caught it and threw it… :)

Teagarden gets a RBI double off the leftfield wall. 2-0
At least it wasn't a HR.
And Gameday is still stuck on Chris Davis 0-0
2-0 stRangers, 1 out, top 4
Andrus grounds out to short. 2 outs
Bourbon gets an RBI single into RF. 3-0
Young gets a single into RF. Runners at the corners
Hamilton walks. Bases loaded
Vladdy at the plate
Nice catch Maicer
Vladdy lines out to short. 3 outs. 3-0 headed into the bottom of the 4th

Typical Vlad AB…swing at some crazy pitches. Hit the ball as hard as he can…

*lines out to 3rd.
Ya, my bad, I'm used to Maicer playing short lately.
Time to score some runs.
Vlad became a US citizen a month ago according to Terry Smith.
That's pretty cool.... Doesnt it take 15 years.
shouldn't take that long...
That's pretty cool
For some reason...

…I’m more scared with Vlad hitting against us then when he was hitting for us.

Grass is greener syndrome I suppose…

I mean last year in particular of course, not always...
Hes got a very scary swing

going to kill the ball or himself

Torii gets a leadoff single

SMOKED one to CF

Matsui gets a single that moves Torii to 3rd
Godzirraaaahhhhh

Angels baseball 1st to 3rd…

Way to go Stan.
Kendry gets a RBI single. Runners at 1st and 2nd

Kowbell, you da man! Nice hard hit

Yeeaaahhh

work that right handed swing Kowbell!

more Kowbell.
yeah...

1/5 of the runs we all need

Rivera GIDP. 2 outs. Matsui at 3rd.

UGH…how Vlad like

He'll lead the team again this year in DPs...

…sad, but true.

The new target of our GIDP scorn
worst word ever

GIDP

Sometimes the best word ever…like when Piniero is pitching… :)

Good thing its not a word!
wow

yes it is GIDP – short for ground into double play

and yes i know you know that

That would make it an acronym.

Not a word.

you sound like my english teacher

Me: “how i do”
Teacher: “You will fail in everything you Do”

I'm actually surprised

that you’ve been involved in any english classes. Kudos to you.

Good One

so is that teacher

Howie gets a RBI single. 3-2

sweet…hard hit thru right side of IF

Nice stroke by Howie

He’ll crawl up that line up as the season progresses.

Howie moves to 2nd on a balk.
Robot chicken!

balk-balk-balk ba-balk-balk-balk ba-balk-balk-balk-balk-balk-balk-balk-balk-balk

Stoopid monkey!
What's your favorite Robot Chicken sketch (or entire episode)?
Mine is 'She-Ra has PMS'
I'm partial to the Star Wars episodes.

But there all funnier than hell.

And the toys of yester years.

Gem turning tricks, and Sound Wave as a porta-potty. Good stuff.

C'mon Gazoo...tie this up...
Maicer grounds out to the pitcher. 3 outs. 3-2 headed into the 5th
Fuentes pitching now
Sean O'Sullivan is.....

In my mind the most over rated pitcher ever. The guys was shotty in A ball, should have never been promoted to AA, but was out of necessity, should have never been in AAA and him taking place in an actual major league start seems like more of a cruel joke. Look at the splits, stats don’t lie.

I will say this for him though, he did give us one good start last year and managed a no hitter in AAA, which no one could figure out exactly how that happened as he’d probably have an ERA over 6 in AA lol.

But.....

he was the #1 pitcher when he was like 12!

You are always so negative
he is SOS

it is ok.

I always thought that moniker seemed fitting

If he’s ever in the game for the Angels, we’re sending out an SOS. Another good 80’s song I believe.

YA the police

look early in the trend

Some girl I met the other weekend knows him from community college here in SD

She had a couple of classes with him or something like that.

"Classes with him..."

Yeah.

That's what she said, don't shoot the messanger lol
"dont shoot the messenger"

… That’s what she said.

I’ve been watching too much of The Office.

Yeah I was told I played against him in Legion ball...

I don’t remember him, so he must not have made an impression lol

Ever?

Who’s rating him so high? Yeah, our depleted depth has him getting starts that he probably shouldn’t, but I don’t see anyone arguing he should be in the rotation, this season or ever. Just filler till Reckling is ready to go.

Well if he's a filler....

Then why aren’t we seeing more of Trevor Bell? Or Reckling as of right now? Or Mendoza or Walden? All those guys are better options than SOS, not to mention Ortega and Palmer.

Wrong wrong wrong

You do not start Reckling’s clock now when he is simply going to get shelled. He’s still a year or two away and rushing him is a bad idea. Palmer, Bell, and Ortega are as bad if not worse than SOS. When the time comes to call someone up for whatever reason, it will probably be between those three and SOS, depending on who’s pitching best at the moment. But so far this spring it looks like Mike is trusting SOS the most, and his minor league track record, while not too impressive, is still the strongest among that bunch.

False....

Ortega and Bell have seen more success in the minors than SOS. Considerably more.

Let's see

SOS: 3.43 ERA 3.02 k/bb 475.1 IP
Ortega: 3.94 ERA 1.89 k/bb 442.2 IP
Bell: 3.54 ERA 2.79 k/bb 463 IP

Pretty close but advantage SOS in every category.

Check them again

SOS: 5.92 ERA in Anaheim, 5.48 in AAA, 5.30 in AA, 4.73 in A+
Bell: 9.74 ERA in Anaheim, 3.15 in AAA, 2.23 in AA, 4.22 in A+
Palmer: 3.93 ERA in Anaheim, 4.18 the year before, 4.32 the year before that.

The most recent stats suggest SOS is about the worst option we have.

Good point on Bell

and I forgot to look up Palmer. I still stand by my original point that they’re all close enough that SOS shouldn’t just get cast aside. Really, I hope all our starters stay reasonably healthy this year because that’s not a very attractive bunch of options.

Work calls. Time for that stupid staff meeting.
how much work time is wasted on this site?
shhh! don't jinx it
Oh man

I was supposed to do the yards hours ago…

class, as well.... business law is real interesting right now
on the weekends

this gets me through online Jazz class

Cruz flies out to right. 1 out
Davis K's looking. 2 outs
Arias gets a double
Mathis from his knees...

outstanding throw

Mathis throws Arias out stealing 3rd. 3 outs. 3-2 heading into the bottom of the 5th
Mathis

Learning how to throw out runners? I’m used to that ball going into LF.

Was the runner trying to steal left field again?
I think so.

But the runner got lost, and Mathis under-threw the LF and ended up getting him out anyway.

Mathis has a good arm to 3rd....

LOL I’m used to seeing that ball sail into LF and a run scoring.

Somebody please check the weather in hell, and ...

also go outside to see what’s in the air.

I bet it is nice in Hawaii?
Cool and cloudy w/isolated showers

but with no pigs in the sky

I need to go back

Rock the Short shorts again and no shirt down the Kanauluii Boardwalk

where the heck is Kanauluii?
mixed to places in maui together

Kanapali

Is Erik's seafood restaurant still in Kahana?
Some chick told me love was in the air
sameone who "knew" SOS?
somebody must be getting it tonight
Then you were

doing it wrong.

Nah, I stopped talking to her after that

Not tryin’ to get tied down ya know? ;)

Frozen and pigs
mahalo

was thinking it might be

now an out at 2nd - I think it's officially snowing and pigs are flying.
Don't clean them shoes!!!111!!!

In Hawaii if you you step in dog shit we say it will bring you good luck. So when you don’t have the skills, and do something out of the ordinary, we will say you have “Dog Luck”.

Didn't Mathis throw one over Wood's head earlier this spring? That one confused me.
His track record suggests

He’s prone to throw runners out attempting to steal LF, not 3B.

Mathis you dawg.
Mathis grounds out to 3rd. 1 out
And he maintains balance in the world
It was a pretty close one though.
Aybar grounds out to 2nd. 2 outs
Evans, batting in Abreu's spot, flies out to right. 3 outs.
These BP caps for Spring Training are fugly

they remind me of nAsscar and their shitty designs

The ones with the stripes?

Or the blue and red one with the ridges?

all of them.

MLB should let the teams pick their own designs. MLB has no taste when it comes to their generic lines.

Eh, the blue and red with the ridges on the bill is decent, the ones with the stripes down them are awful thogh.
Thank you eyespy.

I thought I was one of the few remaining people that detests nascar.

Stokes sighting?

Terry Evans seems to be sticking around.
Evans playing RF, Stokes pitching
Stokes has looked really good.

I’m glad we made that trade. The Mets are trying to dump GMJ and looks like they’ll miss Stokes.

Stokes has looked good this spring.
The Mets are going to miss their fanbase too, I'm afraid
but they have a new stadium?
That sits damn near empty.

Or am I confusing it with the new skankee stadium that also sits damn near empty.

no they both are

evolution of shit in new york

Yeah, I was being sarcastic.
sad thing is, that it is the truth
They are like evil twins
One is way overpriced to goto, and ...

the other one should have a sign on the front that reads “Move along folks. Nothing to see here.”

Teagarden K's, Mathis throws to 1st to complete the strikeout. 1 out
Andrus walks
LOL Mota's got JOKES!!!

He says a Mets scout told him they might have been getting calls about GMJ lol.

Mathis throws another runner out!
Since when did Mathis throw runners out?

That guy used to be the wrost.

Are you sure it is mathis a

and not someone dressed as him?

That's what I was thinking......

But it’s him! His release point is lower, quicker and he’s throwing from his knees or a low squat now. All of a sudden he’s gunnin’ runners left and right.

it is Soth?

dressed like mathis?

Did Scioscia kidnap someone else's catcher this morning?
Groundout to 2nd ends the inning.
Aw man

If Mathis keeps this up Nap is never going to play…

no

i need the Nips

Trade Bait

Even though I’d hate to lose either one of them… Predicament.

trade Mathis keeps Naps
Agree!

Trade Mathis and keep Wilson around. At least he doesn’t make over a million…

Someone decided "Hey if this kid is gonna be making 1.3 million, he's gonna start throwing runners out"
if he is making that much

i wish i never had quit tee-ball

Torii lines out to left. 1 out
Torii continues to hit the ball right on the nose...

that ball was smoked to Hamilton on the line…

Matsui gets a double
on the foul line
Godzirrahhhhhhh

LF foul line no less…

I got a fever
nothing

a little Kowbell can’t cure eh?

Kowbell responds in a big way...
Kendry gets a RBI double. 3-3

Bourbon missed it on a diving catch

Nice rip Kendry Mo!
EVEN MORE KOWBELL
Luckily they don't play rounders anymore

Matsui would kill us with his speed.

Pitching change for the Rangers
You're doing play by play and Dad Of Vlad still manages to comment more than you.
really

did you go there.

yes

he did

Trying for 1000 comments before the end of spring
before 4:00PM PST today
I just hit 1000 after 3 years.
weak ;P
Maybe I can double them by Springs end...
Work on the one work post's

they count the same as a real one

work=word

See how it’s done. I got two there

ok
What?
nothin'

just trying to get my posts to 2000 by Springs end

Its cool

because all your posts are thought out, well written, and full of intelligent witty banter.

Oh wait no, they are usually crap.

If I had a dollar for every time you just posted “no” Id have like 300 bucks.

thank you

wait that was a insult
i am begining to learn about you PhiSlamma

no

(see I can do it too)

yes

you can, good job

signs point to possibly
Banning possiblility

Only 10 “no’s” or “yes’s” allowed per thread per poster

rule #27

Your good at this Raaddad
It comes from being a parent.
How the kids?

They're Good! Howz yours? (Sorry I had to run--)

Yea, my wife must say “No” 100 times—mostly to me! :)
My tips are all in jest, of course, the March 08 consortium won’t allow us Noobs too much freedom to create such things

Lovin' Kendry's RH hitting today...

:)

Kowbell vs. LHP

Is one thing the so-called “experts” are not taking into account when predicting that he is going to regress this year. I’m thinking he makes huge strides from the right side of the plate, making him even BETTER than he was last year.

Then again you are a bit bias
I'm sure I could be.

But we saw Kendry improve from the right side towards the end of the season last year.

Perhaps not better, but more balanced resulting in a similar performance
Alexi Ogando pitching
Rivera pops out to short. 2 outs
Trademark Howie!
WOOOO one more run...
Howie hits a RBI double to the right field warning track. 4-3 Angels

I said it yesterday and I’ll say it again…I love it when the other team’s OF has to turn their back and sprint for the wall AND the ball goes over their head. Awesome opp shot by HK right there!

4/5 one more to go!!!
Howie Doubles!!!
Anyone notice Angel player no longer slap hit like crazy man?
Stay healthy Howie...

I wanna see you be all you can be…

Maicer walks
Double steal! Runners at 2nd and 3rd
Love the long ball, but...

Angels baseball…double steal is sweet!

Double steal = Sothball.
Mathis gets a 2 RBI single. 6-3
Today is Mathis' day.
Good news for whoever chose Over 5 on the pregame picks
everybody just copied my pick
Please!

I am a bastion of originality and individualism!…

the proof is in the pudding
You are a "bastard" of what?
Well played, sir.
Ah, thought I'd just lob in a couple of hand grenades

in my 10 minutes

It's good to be the king...

;)

where are those? (pre-game picks) I don’t see them.

Another post a little bit down the page.
I keep missing it...
Probably like the 4th or 5th story on the front page
Trade him while value is high...
I have this irrational fear

that if Mathis ends up on a different team he’ll suddenly have a career year. Yet I have no confidence in him improving at all for us this year.

is Granderson available?
No

What about GMJ?

i heard he is cheap
and great attitude

hey any HR’s today?

I think he went 0-4

Average down to .306 or so

Only $2 million

Some other team will pick up the rest

remember that great year

and he made that great catch

Why is he available?

Kicked the PED habit

such the model citizen . A real team player.

Before lead-off guy than Admiral Ackbar
Anyone else get the Baseball America Prospect report emailed to them daily?

Stupid little thing, but today’s has the first Angel prospect sighting this season.

Bachanov, Jon from yesterday…good grief!

Aybar gets a single, Mathis advances to 2nd
Gol' dang it! Dadgum is kickin butt!

And we’re over the 5 run mark!
We all winnahs!

Evans walks. bases loaded
Wow

didn’t know he had it in him!

Pitching change for the Rangers, Michael Ryan is batting next.
Good to see him back, after he got Patchett's elbow in his face on Tuesday.
Or not, guess they had Wood hit instead, because of the pitching change
Wood PH, grounds out to short. 3 outs
Maybe take a pitch Woody and don't get over-confident.
So what have I missed? what is the S/I/O?
6-3 Angels, Top of the 7th, O outs
Cool. have there been any homers? how did the starters looked?
SOS was like his name
No homers, and O'Sullivan started. He looked pretty much O'Sullivanish
Like an Irishman fleeing a famine?
Ryan playing LF, Bourjos playing CF
Young grounds out to 1st. 1 out
Hamilton gets a single
Padilla offered to rent his house to Vladdy
Vladdy gets a single right over Kendrick's head. Hamilton moves to 3rd
Vlad probably decided to become a citizen because he was worried those Border Patriot weirdos were going to

to try to deport him.

Border Patriots?
Here

“Border Patriots”

wow

what is this?

They were kinda big in the news before the health care bill blew up

Basically from what I understand, they are kinda like a militia group that meets up to patrol the border and “help” the INS keep illegal immigrants from sneaking into the US.

The main controversy over them was that they were doing so while armed and a good portion of them tended to be a bit…extreme in their views. At least that’s what I remember.

No way... That is crazy!
There is alot of them along the Texas border and quite a few even in California

at least at the height of participation by the extremists.

people tweeted

that they were going to shoot Obama. So…there are a lot of nuts out there.

all over a health care bill

Were any of them Paris Hilton?
Bunch of old freaks with nothing to do
Vlad is still ridiculous
Ok, quick ST stats snapshot...

Who do you think (without looking) is leading the team right now in:

BA? HRs? ERA for starting pitcher?

(assume 20 ABs minimum)

Border Patriots
Easy

Naps
Naps
Weaver

KMO, Naps, Stoked
Santana is leading in ERA with 0.00
Yeah well I should have said 20ABs and a couple appearances smarty :P
Aybar, Q, and Palmer?
Hehe almost...

BA: Hunter with .400 @ 25 ABs and Morales right behind at .395 @ 38 ABs
HR: Napoli @ 5
ERA for starters: Pineiro @ 4.5

(yeah, didn’t realize Naps and no one close to him)

you are not counting today's game

KMO is higher than Torii
and Santana does have ERA of 0.00 (only 5IP)

Yeah I was trying to get...

…ahh hell I won’t |3ish anymore about slow Gameday and MLB stat updates.

I failed at my own data mining ;)

I was just excited we were winning...

…but do to my own failure at getting excited, I’ll revoke my posting privaledges for the rest of today.

Self-punishment.

Enjoy the game, off to Del Taco :)

OK, but you can keep your privileges.

Just make sure those prival edges stay prival!

Who you planning on signing?

Granderson?

Duh... Who else?
I hear the Mets are shopping a CF
As long as we don't pay for the whole contract.

I think we make the move.

Torii/Naps/Vodoo
Stokes still pitching?
I'm STOKED!

Next is Rockin Rodney!

Vladdy out on Cruz's hit to Stokes. Cruz safe at 1st.
Davis K's swinging. 6-4 heading into the bottom of the 7th

K3yerout = Davis

I'm Baaa-aaaack.

I/S/O?

Middle of the 7th, 6-4 Angels
Who had "No" in the pregame?
how was the meeting?
I'd rather be stuck in Romania.
Aldridge batting for Matsui
OK, Arte. You can have the chauffer move the car closer now
Aldridge gets a leadoff single
Wow, Davis almost went headfirst into the photographer's pit
Wilson pops out to right. 1 out
AND now we get to see Ryan bat
Ryan walks, Aldridge moves to 2nd

evidently Ryan had not played for a bit after hurting himself making a nice catch a few days ago…

Ya, he and Patchett collided in the game against the Dodgers. He has a cut under his eye
Ohhh

I remember that play…I was thinking of a different play!

Wow! Ryan is playing for the Angels and heading up the Texas Front office at the same time??
you gonna be here all week?

;)

Statia batting for Howie
Statia K's swinging. 2 outs
OK, Gameday is on another planet.

Showing the first batter of Bottom 7 as Matsui flies out to LF.

All right lets get the win. I got to go to class see you all later.

2 runs in wooohooo
Izturis gets a 2 RBI Triple 8-4
was it a double advancing to 3rd on the throw home?
IZZZZZZZZYYYYY!
Gazooooooo

Texas playing him way off the LF line…very very nice!

very very mice!

wish I woulda thought of that!

Why? According to TBS, his name is "MAY-zer".
AND

I hope TBS is butchering his name again this fall…

You just need to try harder:)
Well when he was a young man

He never thought he’d see
People linin’ up
To see the BOY KING

Whoever that batter is just walked
Wally joyner?
Looks like a young Dino Ebel

;)

my 8 year old son
HAHA

and the “unknown batter” reaches first on a 4-pitch walk. I hope this guy makes the majors in a few years. He’ll already have a nick-name in place.

Blondie

like from “The Good, Bad, and the Ugly”

or Deborah Harry
She is still one wicked chick.
Hag
Lame!
She is now, and she hated Exene.
C'mon

Exene vs Debbie Harry?

I love both bands equally… And both of their voices are so distinct, beautiful, and iconic.

Lady Gaga?

Once I had a love and it was a gas...
During that era, she looked amazing
Dam! Hard to believe she's nearly 65.

I must be really old.

Efren Navarro batting for Aybar
This is still Bottom 7, right?
Navarro gets a RBI single. Izturis scores, unknown batter moves to 3rd. 9-4
OK, that makes no sense.

Izzy was batting 9, Aybar/Navarro is batting 1.

I have no idea
My bad. Gameday sucks. Romine was in for Mathis in the 9-slot.
I really wish I could post a pic here to show how f-ed up Gameday is.

ScottN

Still getting a kick out it.

“And the ‘other runner’ goes 1st-to-3rd on a single!”

Lets all guess who the mystery is!

Andrew Romine

The mystery runner.

Arte's godson
flipping reply FAIL
Unknown batter is Andrew Romine. He's wearing a new number
He's played a few games this spring

Terry couldn’t recognize him?

I guess not haha

wearing a different number today…

Sure

but the kid has been there all spring. Do they not get monitors in their booth?

Big lizards are kinnda scary
What about Godzilla?
They keep him outside.

Prone to breaking windows

Lettuce was up.

No?

Sounds like the Halos are

cloning Dino.

What, they're knocking over strangers and licking their faces?
this site

needs more Flinstones references.

More Gazoo, I agree! ;)

Well, then Q needs to play more often
That makes Rev Mr. Slate

Right away Mr. Slate.

Sounds good, but I don't get it.

Please explain. It will add to you total post count.

Dino the dinosaur. From the Flintstones.
thank you

was in japan during that time.Didn’t see many movies

What movie?

’60s TV, my man, ’60s TV.

JOhn Goodman and Rosie O'donld

Movie

I saw the (bad) movie, but my reference was to the TV show
ya-ba-da-ba-doooo
You could have very easily made that five posts

D’ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

closing in on 1000
Dummy me

thought you pun was on the cloning. Awwwwwwwww Shyuks

And it's been on in reruns forever.
You were in Japan in the prehistoric era?
Evans flys out to 2nd. 3 outs
Heading into the 8th
Evans seems a little frustrated with himself.
I'm a little frustrated with himself too..
McKiernan pitching, Wilson catching, Statia, Navarro and Romine all staying in the game
Details

1B Navarro
DH Aldridge
C Wilson
2B Statia
SS Romine
P McKiernan

Murphy gets a leadoff double.
Misty-May Treanor's husband gets a 2 run HR
Who is Misty May?
Beach Volleyball chick
funny I knew that from when I was in Highschool...

She was at the opposing school… Newport Harbor.

Amazon women of my dreams
Definitely. I'd do her.
she does you

you dont do her

Ya, well Matt over there beat you to it.
I have a strange thing with tall women

would never actually be with her.

I <3 tall women
women over 6 feet

oh my

i married in my height range

Andrus hit by pitch
McKearnon Is not impressing the Soth
Not impressing me either.
At least before today, he was doing decent.
Gentry, hitting for Bourbon, K's swinging. 1 out
Andrus steals 2nd
Oh, come on guys.
Hey it's Matt Brown!
Brown K's swinging. 2 outs
We're very used to this. ;)
German K's swinging. 3 outs.
all Germans or just one?
Should have had Rommel batting instead.
Rough start for McKiernan, but he rebounded nicely
Kazmir-like performance?
First 3 runners got on base, and then he struck out the next 3 swinging
Fred, would you like steakasaurus tonight?
I can't. I'm having Cactus Cola with Joe Rockhead.
At Del Rock-o?
^ Win ^
You saw what I did; Arizona. Spring training.
Bourjos flies out to right. 1 out

Pretty nice diving catch

Aldridge gets a triple off the wall, which was almost a HR
inch away
Seriously though.

That ball hit the VERY top of the fence.

nice job aldridge.
Wilson pops out to 2nd. 2 outs
that fan in the outfield looked like a dork trying to catch that ball
I was noticing that too.
Oh no! GMJ has returned?
I think he mixed up 2003 and the early '90s and was trying to "Do the Bartman"
Thanks red floyd

Another pop culture reference I hadn’t thought about in years.

Now you know why I "Lost at Jeopardy!" baby....

I know all sorts of useless trivia.

Now if I only knew more useful stuff (like basebasll trivia)….

The Bartman pic is my fantasy logo

For my team, “Mass Interference”

Ryan grounds out to short. 3 outs. 9-6 headed into the 9th.
Who's pitching now (please not McK)
Ryan Aldridge
He's a combination of 2 outfielders!
Just like the Orlando Magic was the team named for 2 former Lakers?
Gameday Sucks.

It says “Cory”, not “Ryan”.

Oh, have I mentioned that Gameday sucks?
Ryan Adridge

1st appearance of spring

sp? Aldridge

no witty Flintstones name name here

Woah, that one went way over the batter's head
wow... just a bit inside
Toby Hall K's looking. 1 out
k3yersoooout...

pitch before didnt’ miss by much either…just looking

nice strategy...

throw one way over his head, then strike him out looking

Max Ramirez flies out to center. 2 outs
Are players not named Quentin allowed to do that?
Gorgeous Catch
I see what you did there.

And I think I like it. +1

I thought Aldridge was an outfielder?

Different guy, same last name
gameday says Cory.... I got really confused.
This is Aldridge-B
ryan and matt

related?

only if one of them was adopted
cant rally telll

by radio
they dont say Black Aldrigde and white aldridge

Tomlin reaches 2nd on throwing error by the 3rd basemen
woohooo WE WIN!!!
Swinging K to end the game!
"Light up the cactus"

(credit: ladybug)

Srsly?
It's his first ST on HH

For all he knows, credit does go to ladybug.

Real credit seems to go to..

scareduck, on March 8, 2006 @ 2:22 PM.

I feel like I haven’t seen that guy post in way to long!

I'm an ignorant cuss.

Thanks for the set-straight.

Typically, I’m no more than 2 years behind the group…

Don't worry.

Even I had to look up who started that. It’s been around for a while though, so it’s kind of just a community term at this point. Use it as you please. :-)

True, and its not like we’ve won a ton of games for the newbies to get used to it by now.

Light up the Cactus!

Just another Halo Victory!!!

Woohoo...

just another Halo ST victory…

Nice job MMP…you crazyyyyy

We have more wins now this week then the whole of

the past month of ST

Wir haben gewonnen!

Ich bin sehr glucklich!

Seriously though, I am.

Finally won two Spring Training games in a row!

…and to think it’s only March 25th!

700+ comments for a practice game.

This season is gonna be epic around here.

Somehow fitting that you wrap it up

Maybe you should “wrap things up” during the regular season

Each game during the regular and post season WILL have a wrap up.

It is standard fare. The active mod present here always does it. They do a great job, and don’t need my interference. But thanks for offering!

Ok. (maybe the philosophical wrap-up...:)

Last year in the summer I just sort of blundered upon the site, and then I read some of the posts on a daily basis, but I never read the game threads. My loss. Now I know.

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.

Ambrose Pierce

I know you meant Bierce--probably just testing me

I like: “Absurdity: a statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.”

Typos are my charm.
Bierce

one of my all time favorites.

Occurence at Owl Creek is such a cool story
Good thing you've read it, or you would be a friggin' twerp.
short film version isn't too shabby either

btw, reply fail is NOT my charm….

(That last post of mine was a Vonnegut reference)

Look up “A Man Without a Country”

gotta a copy around somewhere

what did you think?
give me Breakfast of Champions, Slaughterhoue, and Rosewater

yes

and it counts

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