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Tribe @ Tempe Spring Game Thread

1:05 PM ... The Cleveland Indians and Carlos Carrasco are scheduled to face Ervin Santana and the Angels assuming Ervin has not bumped his elbow on any more furniture.

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Lineups

Halos:
SS Aybar
RF Abreu
CF Hunter
DH Matsui
1B Morales
LF Rivera
2B Kendrick
C Napoli
3B Wood

SP Santana

Injuns:
CF Brantley
3B Grudzielanek
RF Choo
LF Kearns
1B LaPorta
DH Buscher
2B Rodriguez
C Marson
SS Hernandez

SP Carrasco

Alright so is this one on TV. or no
Damn Bultler

ruined my bracket

well I wanted them to win so I am all good with that

What is with Naps

Batting 8th, come on Sosh

This lineup is very probably to be a opening day roster
why Nap so low.
look at the roster.

Same situation as last year. We will have power thoughout the roster. I suspect that Nap. will be batting 7th and 8th most of the time he is in the lineup with Kendrick in the spot that Nap. is not in.

We have a slow line up now

No?

lineup continuity

If Soth bats Napoli 8th, he doesn’t have to change the order when Mathis starts instead.

Well not much anyway. I think Mathis will Bat 9th most of the time and then yea 8th the rest.
why can we not fuse the two catchers together?
Yes game is being Broadcasted on FSwest
Why is "Bobby Abreu"

so hard to say for Jose Mota?

About to start where is MMP
First pitch strike 1
2-2 count on Brantley
Flyout to RF

1 out.

Brantley flies out to center
Strike one to Marte
Great pace by Santana
two close pitches called ball
mota: urban santana
and Marte flies out to Rivera RF two outs
howdy doody all
What's up ladybug?

enjoy your weekend?

yup, it's been a nice weekend

and great weather. how’s yours?

It was pretty nice.

Last weekend of my last spring break ever. A little Vegas, a little UFC, and of course, Angels baseball. I’d say that makes for a good weekend. :-)

Choo strike on check swing
Choo chops it to 1st 3 outs going to bottom of 1st inning
anyone else have MLBTV?

is it freaking out for you too?

It was for me

but They’ve fixed it now

Choo chops softly to first.
Carrasco pitching
Aybar hits it though the game between 3rd and SS
Huh?

Maybe someone else should do play-by-play? If anybody even needs it today?

Well no one else has stepped up. I know there was at least one that didn’t have it idk though

You're fine yo.

Just proofread before you post.

2 bluff bunts 1 stike 1 ball
Aybar picked off
This is getting predictable
Torii walks on 4 straight
Matsui chops it to second 3 outs
going to top of the 2nd
mota is boring to listen too

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I think Terry Smith is annoyed by him to.
terry would be great alone

no need for mota

Kearns chops it to short and Aybar throws him out at 1st
LaPorta swings and bat flies to where the coaches normally sit at spring training
Kaoirta pops it up but Rivera losses it in the sun. It was in foul territory though
Morning All

TY TheAngelsColts for play-by-play.. Much appreciated

how the swans do?
Lost by 8 unfortunately

But not a bad result against the best team in the competition.

how was the party before and druing?
In 3 months when i'm drinking age for Australia, it will be a lot easier.
what is it over there?

18?

Yup
i had a few drinks last night

took the wife to a jazz bar (also fulfill school requirement). Drank a pint and a glas of wine. Got drunk not fun but slept great.

Drunk off a pint and a glass of wine?

Whoa. I wish I could do that, it’d make going out a lot cheaper..

i dont drink

can afford it

Neither can I.

But somehow I do it anyway. LOL.

lets just insult mota

the rest of the game

Laporta hits a liner but Abreu catches it making a nice play
Santana is pitching really well
Yea he is. And is getting right up and pitching wasting no time
Buscher out at first 3 outs

Now going to bottom of 2nd

Nice catch Bear-oo

Good pitching from our Voodoo

that is the only important thing

about this game. Abe Voodoo Lincoln pitching well … especially in a day game on the road…

Very important meaning Santana is healthy.

No problems with any of his parts.

What is his velocity like?
I don't know but I have read he is getting more speed on it than when he was

injured last year. Not as fast as ever but improved. Somewhere in low 90’s.

If we can consistently throw in that range, I think we'll see good things this year
Morales strikes out 1 out
Rivera almost hit by first pitch
Rivera stirkes out: 2 outs
Kendrick bounces one in infield. 3 outs heading to the top of the 4th
Rodriguez hits it into right field on 1st base now
Marson pops it up in shallow right field and Kendrick makes nice play 1 out
We got some wind today
Nap almost picks off Rodriguez
2 strikes on Hernandez
Hernadez breaks bat. Kendrick gets lead runner out
Ball gets a little way from Nap no advancement
Indians third base coach is on amazing race idk that lol
2-2 count on Brantley
Brantely flies out to center sun affecting torii
heading to bottom of third now
from the top of the 4th

to the bottom of the 3rd?

This is Dr who now.

We are travelling through time, try to keep up.

Ah crap.

I must’ve missed the black hole everybody else jumped into.

Colt

whats with your thing above your name?
co-leader? did you win?

Actually could change it to leader. I organized an ran the Mock draft
foootball or baseball? basketball?
Nap Pops up to very shallow center
Wood has 2-1 count
Chill with the amount of play-by-play

Each batter should be sufficient. No need to post after every pitch. Not that I have any authority on the matter, so continue if you wish. Just hard enough to get through everything.

alright ill just do hits and outs

thanks!

great job and much appreciated!

haven't done it before so wasn't sure how much I should do lol

I felt that way too yesterday when I did it for a few innings.

Wood Strikes out 2 outs
Jose Mota interviewing Sosh in his field chair:

“We are down here with MaSosha” ….“Migh, tell us how does it feel to have so mayopshons with Micedistudis in the infiel and with Va-lody gone in the DHrolo-debench?”
Migh? Migh? I am down here……." whacanyoutelltodafansMigh?"

At least I can understand what he says unlike your commentary of it lol
Shutup Mota
If you listen on the radio...

you better get used to it

Aybar walks on 4 pitches
ok ....so...lets sea ....whata theya learneda

shut pu mota

Abreu hits a 2 out single to center and Aybar scores from 1ST WOW
colt should replace mota
Bear-oo steals some bacon.
Hunter strikes out after a full count.3 outs Now going to top of the 4th
has anyone heard if there will be a john lackey bobble horse head giveaway
no but they will have john lackeys wife

god digger day
If he signed with the Yanks, horse head day was an option when he lost

Choo hits a double off the wall in Left field.
bless you
Yes im going to call him aaaChoo from now on
players on 2nd and 3rd.
score is 1-0 Angels
Kearns stikes out as Santana makes him look horrible
1 out still person on 2nd and 3rd
LaPorta hits a liner to left field. Rivera catches it but one runner scores player on 2nd
Buscher chops it back to the pitcher 3outs going to bottom of the 4th
Santana did a good job limiting the damage there for sure
i hate the indians

they use to gave the angels hell. Troy Percival had the hardest time closing the door.

Matsui walks on 4 pitches
i rather listen to my free jazz homework then

mota. like a cat dying on a frying pan

I don't find it that horrible
Different but not horrible to me
i just turned on my SAP button so I dont have to listen to mota.

and i dont even understand spanish

Ha ha

that is kinda funny

watch out he does spanish cast too
try this

i think i wish i was dead
this

Bitch once

then offer a solution. Don’t bitch twice, it’s alright.

Morales walks now players on both 1st and 2nd via walks
Wrestlemania 26 tonight
Mainevent?
Don't quote me on this but it is either

Shawn Michaels/Undertaker or John Cena/Batista

it should be mota vs any big guy that will beat him
According to the SBNation main site

it’s Michaels/Undertaker. If Undertaker wins, Michaels has to retire.

In other news, WWE is useless. Give me more UFC!

wee is fake
gasp!

The Hell you say…

it is i watched

“the wrestler”

Read the article about it on the main site.

It’s like going to a show on Broadway or watching a movie in the theater. Nobody sits around reminding everyone else how the movie is fake. Same difference, WWE is basically high impact choreography.

Rivera homer now maybe??
Kendrick hits a gaper and doubles in a pair :)
mota sucks

Solution: Write a letter every day to arte complaining

please im already on day 20
Nice solution.

Now quit bitching about it. We all know Mota isn’t a great announcer, but I don’t need to read it 200 times in the same game thread.

And he isn't as bad as beeple make it seem
color guy needs to add to the games

not ruin it

Honestly though.

I’d rather listen to Mota than hear you bitch about him constantly.

your giving him to mush credit
No we are saying he isn't the worst thing ever so if you can't handle it don't listen to it on the radio
but i really like the play-by-play guy
*too much

I don’t know what’s worse, your constant bitching, or your complete disregard to using the english language properly.

thank America
Thank America?

I grew up in a drug infested home with no money, and I’m graduating with a doctorate next year. How about taking some responsibility for yourself?

A doctorate in what? (Out of curiosity, not part of the argument)
Physical Therapy

not exactly a PhD, but better than nothing.

Is that like rehabbing
Yep.

As a simple definition. I’ve been enjoying it thoroughly though.

We call it occupational therapy over here.

One of the career paths I am considering taking.

OT and PT

are related but not the same.

it’s like saying ER nurse and OB nurse….same umbrella, different specialities

Occupational Therapy

Is it’s own career over here. Physical Therapy is geared towards strengthening and getting a patient back to functional health.

OT is actually teaching the functional skills for living in everyday life.

I do take responsibility for

my fat fingers which makes it hard to type and my lack of proofreading.

Congrats on the doctorate

Try it sometime.

It makes a world of difference when interacting with people on the internet. No disrespect to you, btw. Just like to be able to read people’s comments on here.

not to offend you

but for me my crazy messed up ADHD head and bad eyes lot of times cant see written errors because it compensates for errors because the world is full of them.

I have ADD.

It makes it hard to sit and focus, but I’ve never experienced this in ability to read properly.

strange but true

i read better with the book upside down
helps me concentrate

Greetings

It sounds like you have a form of dyslexia.
I work with a lot of people like you with various reading and writing difficulties: a skill many of us take for granted

only have been

diagnostic with ADHD
stopped taking med because i felt a lost of control all my life
finally feel like me.

good move

ever see Garden State?

cant stand actor

no

It's about a dude who stops taking that sort of medication too
Luminous.

What were you taking? Adderall or ritalin?

I take Strattera (non-stimulant), and it has worked wonders for me so far..

ritalian since i was 6

heart problems in family cant take alot. also rit is the weakest

Strattera

is not a stimulant like Adderall and Ritalin. No significant effects on the heart. You should ask about it.

dont need it anymore

life is better without it

i guess i am spoiled listening to Giants games

Only one i get on normal radio

Napoli Walks while kendrick steals 3rd base only 1 out
Indians warming a pitcher up
Come on Richard Wood!
Wood smashes a base hit by third and Kendrick scores
Players on 1st and 2nd still 1 out and a score of 4-1 Angels
Who is scheduled to pitch after Voodoo?
Aybar strikes out
Abreu walks and bases are loaded 2 outs with hunter coming up
Pitching change coming
so not very many people today hey
only the one who matter

of course

New indian pitcher is smith
looks like he could walk a batter in
Hunter gets a ground ball single one run in and the other thrown out
Nice try Wood - I like to at least see him trying.
i see good things for that kid this year
Rodriguez gets a leadoff hit
ok guys got to go eat and take care of my pool so ill be back if someone else wants to do play by play
Rodriguez scores on a hit down the right field line but hitter out trying to go to third
Runner actually missed home plate.

But Napoli threw to 3rd to get the out there. 1 out. 5-2 Good guys.

yea but score counted
Yeah, it did.

Just saying, if Naps had noticed, he could’ve gotten the out at the plate.

That took skill to trip over the bat and miss tagging home late. Silly Indians.
That is the most awesome grounds crew attendant

of all time

once i saw them dressed like monkeys

at a san jose giants single A game

you must know one of them.
NICE job Santana
the voodoo spell will continue
Voodoo is dealin today, eh?
hells to the ya
All these missed balls in the sun sort of reminds me of the 2009 ALCS the way the Angels played.
Wild Man Coon
Its Bachanov.

But I did see that thing say Coon was in the bullpen.

Crap I leave for a couple min. and look what you guys allow gee :)
That got kinda ugly
bachanov molotav cocktail

I do think Santana should have been allowed to get himself out of the inning. But he was probably at the pitch count for the day.

I hope Howie calls out Torii in the newspaper tomorrow

Looks like he’s playing scared.

the family becons

go angels and every one have a great day

I hate 3-0 strikes

anything the catcher catches off the ground is a strike, what is the point of that

Kendry hits into double play :( 2 outs
man Juan looks LOST
And Rivera flies out ending the inning
The Bad News Bears have returned
Dude Bring back GMJ........ and have him pitch.
yea seriously this guy is horrble
Suckee Rodney, they warned us about him.
well you know what is soooooooo absurd

One guy had a WHIP of 1.48 last year and we released him a multi-year million dollar contract.

One guy had a WHIP of 1.47 last year and we sign him to a multi-year million dollar contract.

I sure hope Soth has a short leash with Rodney this year

he looks like a guy you can tell pretty quickly if he has it or not. At no point did he throw with any consistency there, I’d hope if the game had actually counted he would have been out after 3 batters max

since he is a reliever, there are other options in the game if he sucks throwing to three batters.

not like they are going to be forced to leave him in for more than an inning.

OH

MY

GAWWWD

Walked another in damn it
Still can't base anything on ST folks

He’ll be fine

oh well at least Santana did well.

//has to find a plus as we just lost

This game is no longer worth watching

see ya guys

agree I am going back to tennis
Is there any website you guys know of, that would take bets

on Rodney having one blown save or less this year too? I would so take that bet even at -1000.

Oh and just in case you guys didn't know

Justin Speier is dominating the heck out of Rodney this spring. Not that I’m saying the Angels should have kept Speier but essentially replacing him with Rodney? WTH does that accomplish.

ST doesn't really mean much for the vets

Let’s wait until the All-Star break at least before we make these judgements
Rockin Rodney has pitched fairly well in ST up to this point

Hey Raaddad where in Cal. did you say you live earlier?
San Fernando Valley -- Van Nuys

In Redfog and Red Floyd’s neck of the woods
I work in Lancaster

Oh I knew you said Lancaster something before.

I live and go to school there.

Avc?
yes, assume that is where you work?
Too funny

It’s a small world some times…
Like we ran into Paul McCartney today hiking.
he was so cool it was unbelievable—our whole family are HUGE Beatles fans
write me scovell@avc.edu

I will some time.

What level do you teach?

All...

16-60, as we say
Did you take Fresh comp?

huh.....

BEFORE today he had recorded 12 outs while giving up 11 baserunners………….

Pitched a 1-2-3 9th the other day I believe
well wood gets a hit
We can score nine or ten runs easy still.
Not in ST where our starters are going to be getting pulled
The rooks have been hitting very well though lately.
Q and Gorgeous to the rescue.
If Q makes the 25 man

and goes and hoists the divisional flag on Opening Night………. again………….
then I will cease being a fan.

I do not think he will make it. Willits may also not be on it if he is still hurt
you'd stop being a fan over that? wow
nah

but I’d certainly be upset hehe

shewww ok.

I like Q – I don’t mind if he makes the team

what does he do that Freddy Sandoval can't do?

but better?

wow I was going to say
If Q makes the team that's just funny

I mean, isn’t it?
It’s life—don’t we need to pull for the Q’s of the world?

in case anyone cares…
Duke 51 Baylor 51 (in the 2nd with about 9 minutes left to play)

Want Baylor to win
that would be crazy

and it would signify the end of life in my brackets.

well ill let your bracket have one more breath if Bulter is going to win it all

I guess everyone left.

Let's Go Angels!
How bad is it, btw?

I’m working

14-5 Indians
Ouch! How many charged to Voodoo?
hey just sent you an email
I want to say 4 but I could be wrong.

He was pulled with bases loaded 2 outs.

Rodney and the Russian dude for the other 10?
Started out good.

Then imploded for a couple innings. Went from 5-0 to 5-14 pretty quick..

Duke wins
Baylor sure played a lot better - I think Duke woke up and realized it was slipping away.
You know it's a bad game when

Dad of Vlad disappears

it's been patheti-sad
haha

we gotta laugh at somethin’…

is it over?
What the Basketball game :) yes it is over Duke won but that is the only game I know anything about.
Who has Duke to win it all?
I want Butler to take it all

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