SB Nation - Login for mobile commenting

Halos Heaven

Weaver @ Lincecum Spring Thread

1:05 PM: Angels @ Giants - Jered Weaver Vs. Tim Lincecum. Word is Hideki Matsui will be playing the outfield.

0 recs  |  336 comments

Comments

Lineup

SS Erick Aybar

2B Howie Kendrick

CF Torii Hunter

LF Hideki Matsui

1B Kendry Morales

RF Juan Rivera

3B Brandon Wood

C Bobby Wilson

LHP Trevor Reckling

ok lets see how reckling will do
Weaver is pitching in a minor league game instead. Reckling pitching instead

ANGELS

SS Erick Aybar

2B Howie Kendrick

CF Torii Hunter

LF Hideki Matsui

1B Kendry Morales

RF Juan Rivera

3B Brandon Wood

C Bobby Wilson

LHP Trevor Reckling

GIANTS

CF Aaron Rowand

SS Edgar Renteria

RF Andres Torres

1B Aubrey Huff

LF Fred Lewis

2B Eugenio Velez

C Eli Whiteside

3B Ryan Rodriguez

RHP Tim Lincecum

Go Angels

No local day radio for the Giants (local team)

Any TV today?
I got Kings Vs Blues

for the third day in a row

Aybar gets a leadoff single
Aybar caught stealing 2nd. 1 out
Howie K's swingining. 2 outs
Torii gets a single
When are they cutting Q?
they aren't
Why?
Because first Sosh likes him to much.

he may be in the minors some this year but he wont be outright cut.

I hate Man cruches

Sosh just say no to Q

If they do, it won't be until the last minute.
Stan K's swinging. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the bottom of the 1st
TY in advance.
No problem
You are 1 of the 2 great people in this conversation.
Rowand gets a double over Torii's head
Renteria flys out to right. 1 out

Tried for a double play on the runner headed to 3rd, but the ball skipped off Wood’s glove

Gameday?
probably but it has been crapy latley
couldn't find it

the cursor won’t work on the link today

I had the same problem.

In the end of the day it would still be 3 innings behind.

God bless Gameday
MLB has better things to fix

Umpires for one.

What about PEDs

And….

No PED's, no fans
Torres grounds out to 3rd. 2 outs
JUST POSTED

my official Angels 2010 season preview

Nice preview Rev

Keep up the good work

$8 parking

Now i remember why i am a fan

Just read it, have a question

Fuentes option of finishing 55 games…..does this mean 55 saves? Or 55 appearances? or just 55 games in which he pitches in the final inning?

I'm guessing it means 55 games in which he records the final out
The only interpretation that makes sense

if the English language has any meaning, is that Fuentes must record the final out of the game.

Ok here's a question then

If it’s just “record the final out” what happens if he gives up a game losing HR? Technically he recorded the final out….

I'm guessing that would count
Well in that case...

We’re going to have a VERY expensive closer in 2011 lol

Walked the relief pitcher...

That’s Reck’s only weakness for now, tend to give up some unecessary walks. Works out of jams though.

What happens if we kick everyone ass'?
I would think 55 appearances.
Very good Rev, fun to read and right on pretty much.
Is it not Saturday Down Under?
Indeed
Does that mean

Aussie rule football Today?

SWANS V SAINTS OPENING ROUND

I Will be there and it will be HUGE

Huff grounds out to 1st. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the 2nd
Kendry gets a leadoff single
Rivera grounds out to the pitcher. Rivera out at 1st, Kendry safe at 2nd. 1 out
g'Afternoon all...and GO ANGELS!
Wood K's swinging. 2 outs
Lincecum is pitching good
Wilson walks
Calling it right now. Reckling K's looking.
walk on 4 pitches!
I'm late joining

What happened to Weaver?

Because of the No DH rule, he's pitching in a minor league game

I guess Sosh was hoping that SF would use a DH huh?

~~~~~~```````-----RECKLING HOME RUN----``````~~~~~
Hey Baseball Tool
He is a pitcher

how does that work?

Whoops, I mean, hey guys
I was right. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the bottom of the 2nd
Lewis grounds out to short. 1 out
Velez gets a single into right.
Whiteside K's looking. 2 outs
I guess Rolinger is playing 3rd, not Rodriguez like the lineups above say.
Rolinger grounds out to 3rd. 3 outs. 0-0 heading into the 3rd
So Trevor looking pretty good eh?
Where will he be sent to?
Ya, got himself into a little trouble in the 1st, but worked himself out of it.
Does anybody have a gameday thread? please
don't think there is one today

no cursor on the MLB.com link

Aybar gets a leadoff single
Howie grounds out to 2nd. Aybar safe at 2nd. 1 out
Torii walks
LOL bringing up Timmy's Pot filled offseason
Stan K's looking. 2 outs
Kendry flies out to center. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the bottom of the 3rd.
Gotta admit....

When Lincecum buckles down and decides to stop dicking around, he’s pretty unhittable

Stoner can sure pitch
It's going to be legal soon in CA so he can smoke in the clubhouse.
How long til they offer the "Lincecum Meal" at the stadium?

Mountain Dew and Doritos

they cant smoke legal stuff in the clubhouse
In the hallway then
Lincecum grounds out to short. 1 out
Rowand K's swinging. 2 outs
Stan makes the play
Renteria lines out to left. 3 outs. 0-0 headed into the 4th
First ball hit to Matsui too
Come on Juancho
Reckling's rollin......

I’d love to see that 20 year old lefty in Anaheim.

I think you will...

eventually

Rivera grounds out to short. 1 out
Wood gets a triple!
woohoo stand up triple for Wood
Woooooddd! Triple
Off of a damn good pitcher.

That should boost the confidence a bit.

Atta boy Woody!

Probably should have been a double but thankfully roward dove after the ball already bounced, we’ll take the extra base.

Woot, Sportin' Wood!!!
MLB Gameday Guy must have fridays off apparently.
They got the SEA Vs CIN game working

and a few more.

I was interested because my Flash Player updated and the MLB Scoreboard page became new looking

Bobby Wilson with a bloop
Wilson gets a RBI single. 1-0
Wilson needs a real chunky nickname
Reckling K's looking. 2 outs
My Audio keeps glitching

Wood got an extra base off of that emo kid?!

Lincecum, yes
I know his name, I just like calling him "that emo kid"

I was more awed by Wood – maybe he will erode my skepticism. I would love to eat crow on Wood.

He's a Hippie
Wood is seizing his moment.
He's smoked out in the back of the van!

Says he’s held up, with holdin’ on and on and on and on and on!

Aybar K's swinging and loses his grip on the bat. 1-0 headed into the bottom of the 4th
And hit's Arte's OTHER Mercedes?
I heard he put money down on a Holden.
Ford's are better.
Torres walks
Huff flys out to right. 1 out
Torres steals 2nd
Lewis walks
Did Lincecum end up winning his arbitration case?
They ended up avoiding arbitration. Signed a 2 year/23 million dollar deal
signed two year extension
Velez grounds into DP. 3 outs. 1-0 headed into the 5th
Joaquin pitching for the Giants now
How's Reckling looking???
Pretty good, gave up 2 walks last inning, but DP got him out of trouble.

He’s striked out a couple, and there’s only been a couple hits off him

pretty solid
what's his speed topping out at?
Are the Giants playing split-squad today?

For some reason that lineup looks even weaker than normal.

Kendrick grounds out to short. 1 out
Torii grounds out to short. 2 outs
The ESPN article of Lee being out 5 days and possible DL...

…makes my belly warm and tickly.

LL is talking six weeks to heal not including a possible couple rehab starts.
Stan grounds out to 2nd. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 5th
and who has the one run? I have been out
Angels, Wood scored on a Bobby Wilson single
Whiteside flies out to center. 1 out
Rolinger flies out to center. 2 outs
Joaquin walks
Walked the relief pitcher...

That’s Reck’s only weakness for now, tend to give up some unecessary walks. Works out of jams though.

good for a young guy
Rowand gets a RBI triple. 1-1
That's where walking the relief pitcher 9 hole hurts..
Michael Ryan is playing LF now btw
Renteria gets a RBI single. 2-1 Giants
Pitching change
Jeremy Hill pitching
Well, most predict the AL West to be close...

…and so far ST has shown just that.

Seattle is only half a game behind the Angels, with Texas trailing Seattle by just one game…at the very bottom of the pile :o

Oakland fans must be enjoying themselves right now, since there won’t be any during the season!

Recking went 4 2/3 innings, 4 hits, 3 walks, 2 Ks, 2 ER
Torres gets a single.
Huff grounds out to 1st. 3 outs. 2-1 Giants headed into the 6th
Howdy

Still a pretty good outing for Recking Ball
He outdueled Lincecum for 3 innings anyway…

Kendry flies out to left. 1 out
Well, hard to complain about going toe-to-toe with a reigning cy young.

Good job T-Recks

Yea--his best work this spring I believe

He was pretty wild the 1st 2 outings

SOS did it last year in his regular season debut game if I remember correctly.
"T-Rex" is a nice coinage.
Was Woody's 3-bagger to the opposite field?
Right center if memory serves
Cool--the more of that the better

You can’t pull everything and he’s got excellent power to right center

Rivera flies out to left. 2 outs
Sheriff Woody K's swinging. 3 outs. 2-1 Giants headed into the bottom of the 6th
Bulger pitching, Jeremy Moore in CF, Aldridge in RF
Lewis K's swinging. 1 out
Velez grounds out. 2 outs
What is the score?

Stupid work

2-1, fellow dad

Howz the family? I wasn’t able to return your message yesterday—
we’re all good

Ya me too

My family good. I think my son is teething or me has night terrors.

Hows the dog?

Rad Pup is a gorgeous plush canine creation

and an Angel fan
Singing works the best with teething grumpy babies, bra
Your daughter dance?

I sing to him alot but he stares like i am crazy

she was amazing, had a solo. Her Solo

I use the flip to video tape alot of her dances

opps

this is her solo

The Dad's are just so darn cute.
thanks buddy

that’s what she said

Sweet

How old?
Mine is 11 and dances in a performing troupe here in the valley
My mom danced so I am really stoked about it; a lot of the dads don’t get it

She is 9.

She has only been irish dancing for one year.
Natural.
What kind do they do?

I love Irish dancing

She does ballet and “jazz”

I get so proud when she does great
Sarah has had to sit through

hundreds of her brother’s baseball, soccer, waterpolo games,
so now it’s her turn to shine

I always tell my daughter to follow the 3D of dance

Destroy
Dominate
Dance ass off

Ha!

You are a riot dude
Don’t care what those salty vets here say about you…;)
I’m gonna use the 3 D’s now—thanks

We can be the

Congregation of Dads

^^this^^

and there are a bunch of HH vet dads here, like WiHalofan, etc. We tend to piss off the youngsters I believe—which is funny in itself

Even that i am only 23

i feel like i am 35.
thinking to myself, damn kids get off my lawn

Wow--good for you

Let me rephrase that: “Young gentleman and ladies without kids”

Whiteside flies out to center. 3 outs. 2-1 headed into the 7th
Fat Chick's been solid lately
thats what he said.
Wilson flies out to center. 1 out
Aldridge batting for Bulger
Or at least the 9 spot
Aldridge gets a double
Big A (Aldridge) has been slammin!

He and Von Ryan are both hittin close to .400 in ST

Aybar gets a RBI triple! 2-2
Admiral Akbar for the tie.
This is the kind of thing we'll see from the lil' Admiral

out of the leadoff slot—much more than Figgy

Tied up...

woohoo

Howie gets a RBI single. 3-2!
Q batting for Bulger
NOOOOOOOO

He sucks, release him

No.
It's got to be a lower case "n". And no period.
sothball

he gots it

Q grounds into fielder's choice. Howie out at 2nd, Q safe at first. 2 outs
Ryan gets a single. Runners at 1st and 2nd.
Q is on base!!!

That settles it—-He’s made the team

no
Soth: "Yes"

“I love my Q baby…”

Quaaludes?

Sothball you need to just say no

I believe Raaddad was refering to our manager, not this humble internet poster.

But if it WAS aimed at me, then…

….

……
no

that was my mistake

sorry to offend you s-ball

That's a Big 10-4 SOTHBALL

Rad Dad of Vlad—pay attention dammit!

it is hard to work (sit on my ass and wait to leave)

and follow a slow boring baseball game

Kendry grounds out to 2nd. 3 outs. 3-2 heading into the bottom of the 7th
I was just realizing, very little rhymes with Quinlan
"Garbage can?"

poetic license

Benchlan

just add “lan” and it rhymes

Ha! "Benchland"

Where he will reside if he does make the team!

Quit-taking-up-someone-else's-roster-spot-lan
best one yet

your a great rhymer

Yup. Me and LeAnn...
I figured it out

“Quinlan is the QuinMan!”

I’m putting this on a t-shirt

i would not waste a shirt

Put “Quinlan + bench + Sosh = Seat warmer”

Kohn is pitching, Budde catching, Q at 1st, Amarista at 2nd, Patchett at SS
Rolinger K's swinging. 1 out
MMP (btw) you da man!

great work again!

Thanks
I hope to be able to supplement you in the future

with some (off) color commentary (when I can see the games), or at least some vivid description
if the vets approve, of course

It could be a color commentary Duo

The Dads with Color

That will probably go over about as well

as my reply fails…

We could replace

Hudler and Physco

Well, I got the psycho part nailed...

I forget, but not much PBP during the reg season I don’t think—maybe during day games

Ishikawa gets a single
Bowker flies out to right. 2 outs
Crawford K's swinging. 3 outs. 3-2 heading into the 8th
Wrath of Kohn

K3yersoout

Kohn has been looking pretty sweet too--

I mean, his pitching…
Jeez, you don’t want to give PhiSlamma a chance to nail ya—so to speak…

Should we call him "Star Trek II"?
Ricardo MontalKohn
His glove is made from rich corrrrrrrrrrrrrrinthian leather...
Beldar

as in SNL “Coneheads”…

I had suggested Montalban.
I llike Wrath of Kohn
How about

Koooooooooooooooooooooooooohn?

Spoken with Scotty's accent?

khan

excellent!

i have to credit someone else

they found that and i saved to for that moment.

Moore K's swinging. 1 out
Wood pops out to center. 2 outs
Budde grounds out to 1st. 3-2 headed into the bottom of the 8th
K-Rod 2 pitching, Sandoval at 3rd
Torres reaches first on a bunt
Torres reaches third. Budde airmailed it
Mathis' gremlin transferred to Budde?
I guess so, that also explains Mathis throwing 2 runners out yesterday
Ummmm, who forgot how to field?

…all of a sudden…everybody?

Posey gets a RBI double. 3-3

Thanks Budde!

Budde is airmailing himself

back to Triple A tonight

He has options left?

this is just insane.

Downs batting for Lewis
Downs walks
Shoulda left Wrath man in...

this sucks!

Francisco has been really good this spring too

Not getting any love from his fielders from the sound of things…

Velez gets a single. Bases loaded
Holme gets a 2 RBI single. 5-3

I just don’t get it…

Baaahhhhhhh...........

humbug!

Buddie be less like mike
Rollinger out at 1st. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. 1 out
Ishikawa fouls out to Sandoval. 2 outs
Bowker flies out to left on a sliding catch by Ryan. 3 outs. 5-3 heading into the 9th
Ryan and Aldridge gladiator battling for the 25th spot.
You're not including Q, Evans or Willits in the 25?
I assume WIllits starts the season on the DL.

Q and Evans might be in the mix, but neither have done anything to deserve it this spring.

Ryan and Aldridge are the only two “battling” for it.

Q can be sent to the minors

As can Aldridge and Ryan, whereas Evans is out of options.

I wonder how heavilly that will weigh in his "favor" so to speak

Evans has been ouplayed this spring

That hasn't stopped the Halos from dropping a player before.

Aldridge is prepared to take a AAA assignment, but Ryan?

absolutely no shot!

why do you say that sir?

Wilson and Evans are out of options.
Backup corner IF needed…ie, prob Q
Last OF is likely battle between Evans and Willits…Reggie prob starts season on DL so we can keep Evans

Well Ryan has been working on playing the IF corners I believe

Q, Ryan, Aldridge have options.

I maintain that Wilson and Evans will stay unless last second trade is arranged.

Heard and read that too

Plus, Woody can play 1st, and Izzy 3rd

Gotta do the math…I do not believe they will leave Az with only 5 IF"s

Just cause he's out of options

doesn’t mean they say: Oh, that’s the guy we keep!"
How much do they “owe” Evans afterall—he didn’t come through this organization originally

NOT VIEWED AS AN "OWE"

Viewed as an investment.

Right--that's the word I was looking for

He IS an investment, but not as much a one as say Willits, or Gorgeous. Or am I wrong?

Aldridge gets to first!
Patchett K's swinging. 1 out
Amarista flies out to 2nd. 2 outs
COME ON Q!
We've got to rely on Q??????
Q lines out to right. And that's the game.
I'm betting on this losing the game in the last few innings trend

to come to a crashing halt when the season begins

I hope so.

This is like the 5th ST game of snatching defeat from the jaws of…Rosie O’Donnell (or equally unattractive monster).

Me too

(Did you actually use “snatch” and “Rosie O’Donnell” in the same sentence? Ouch…)

meaning when the regulars dont get pulled after the 6th?

The Angels arent losing in the last few innings, these guys are gonna end up on the bees at best.

You must Login with your SB Nation account and be a member of Halos Heaven to post a comment.