Halos Heaven

Well I am here since class was canceled. Now sitting at a school comp so it isn't very good

i hope Matusi does not start in the outfield during the season

If it is anything like last time it could be a good thing as no balls go his way lol

Do you think wood will move up in the batting order

during the season.
He is Kennedy’s spot, and he no Adam

I would imagine he'll spend most of the time batting 8 or 9

I agree and say mostly 9th. Idk that it will matter how much power he shows when it comes to where he bats.

I agree, no way Soth is going to reward Wood with a higher spot in the batting order.

Unless one of the higher guys gets injured sometime during the season.

If he is producing maybe but where would he go?

I mean sosh won’t but him 8th because he wants a guy with some speed 9th that is why catchers are normally 8th for him. Also I don’t see him taking kendricks spot wise it doesn’t accomplish anything more.

Weeks gets a RBI double. 1-0

Fielder lines into double play. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 1st

I guess the fat man did not run

line out

runner at 2nd was going

Salty - March 30, 2010 reply

Got to see this

Scarface school play

faked

the kids would have to be Otaku to be that good. But to not say the actual script, and cuss instead of fudge, was talented.

Aybar walks

he had been a great lead off hitter this spring

Aybar steals 2nd

Abreu K's swinging. 1 out

Aybar steals 3rd

Torii pops out to short. 2 outs

Matsui grounds out to 1st. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the 2nd

Poor Aybar. All that dirt in the crotch for nothing.

Good to see him snaggin' those bags though

Figgy 2.0

well

at least he’s stealing bases… I like seeing that in the leadoff guy.

Yea, and they've been working extra on that with him apparently

He stole a s**t load in AAA

he will be better thn figgins this year

in what way?

range, arm, walks, hits, stolen bases, with the ladies

should i say more

walks i doubt it...

he has seemed to get a few extra walks this spring

Figgy had over 100 walks last year,

and has kept up that trend this spring as well

yea and probably not More stolen bases but as long as he is in that area.

i bet he will have more attemps then Figgins

I don't want more attempts if he is not getting the steals

He's gonna get more xtra base hits I predict--he can drive the ball deep

Yes he does have that on Figgy.

My worry about him is this though.

Think back to last ST, If you recall he hit well and was spectacular even better than this ST hitting wise. However how did he do the first part of the season? Yea he did bad. I will wait and see what happens but I do hope he does great from the start.

McGehee grounds out to short. 1 out

Hart K's swinging. 2 outs

Is there a radio broadcast today?

Stern K's swinging. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 2nd

Pretty quick inning for Kaz there

good day all!!!

Go Angels

Kendry grounds out to short. 1 out

Is it just me or does Kendry look bigger?

Epic Dean - March 30, 2010 reply

Maybe a little bit

big good or bad way

Not sure yet. He looks a little chunkier than last year

Epic Dean - March 30, 2010 reply

so have i but my manager (wife) does not mind

You also don't play a proffesionall sprot.

anyway Epic I wouldn’t worry about it unless it becomes a trend.

Welcome to married with kids life

i have gained more then 20 in the past year

I think I gained 15 just on the honeymoon.

so now you're becoming Dad of Flab

It took me awhile to come up with that one

Raaddad - March 31, 2010 reply

Rivera K's swinging. 2 outs

just noticed that Matt Welch got added as an official author for this site

I have to say that he’s got the most interesting articles I’ve read hear.

Is that what that means? "offical author of site"?

I asked about that in another post but got nothing (too late..)
Exactly what do you need to “author?”

I agree he's an excellent sports writer

but I thougth it meant he’s AN “author”, and published on the internet, if not anything else…

down there you can use what ever names you want to discribe it.

Basically he is now going to be able to write his stories and posts and put them on the front page

I dunno...

I just noticed the other day that Rally Monkey 5 was listed as an “author” and was wondering why Welch wasn’t listed too… Today I scrolled down and saw that Welch was added to the list… I’m guessing that you have special powers to post on thee front page instead of the fan post section.

correct you are able to put your posts on the front page now.

he can still post in Fanposts but he will also be putting things on front page. That can also apply for editors if Rev wants to.

great, he's got the best stuff...

no offense to the others… I love everyones particular style and subjects…

Ok, so it has nothing to do with being a published "author?", so to speak

No

Ah...no offense...but I'd like to hear from a HH vet on this

no

maybe Halowood should be an author. :)

what happened to his Mariners fanpost I wonder.

I thought maybe it dissapered like last time and it was being put on the front page but seems it was just deleted.

IDK why cause it was good. Also unique but whatever.

Who keeps taking down posts?

i see them up then down the next second

You can delete your own fanpost.

why would you post and then

delete it. It just seems like a waste.

did that post start getting nasty??

Read it this morning but didn’t notice anything… Maybe a little repetitive.

nope it was in no way like that. seemed to have good feedback and I don't recall seeing anything like it but maybe he deleted it cause he wanted to do the one up now more? idk he may just not have wanted two and liked that one more.

got it, Yeah he took a whooping for having too many posts up at one time...

shoulda kept it up just for the feed back..

I left him a comment about what he said about the Mariners overpaying

Cliff Lee last night and then went to look today to see if he had an explanation but the post was gone.

that got answered by someone....

said that he is only getting 9 million, and gave up 3 so-so minor leaguers… All replaceable… Said that Lackey is overpayed and that better to give Lee 9, than Piniero 8.

i hate the Fanpost that should be Fanshots

yep saw that

AUTHOR

it means they can post straight to the front page but cannot ban people. Welch the libertarian would never ban anyone anyway, RM5 might ban someone if the bashed Brian Downing who he named his cat after.

Rev Halofan - March 30, 2010 reply

glad he's on board!!!

can i get the ablitity to ban people?

start with yourself! lol

no

i am going to start with this smart ass that has a dog and considers himself raad.
Not something to self proclaim. Trust me, i dont know

I'm banned for faulty nickname?

Wow! You’re tough!

i should be named Dad of Vlad w/ hammer

i bring it down to the law

hahaha waiting for Rev. predictable response in this situation lol

Thanks for the clarification

The other commenters here were right bascially

cool I took it that is how it was for your site.

I know each site is able to make there own it seems to some extent. Also there are different lables as you decide them as I know.

Howie K's swinging. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the 3rd

Lawrie flies out to center. 1 out

Kottaras gets a single over Howie's head

Good afternoon everybody!

Any gameday threads?

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_30_milmlb_anamlb_1

sure

Thanks!

Gomez flies out to center. 2 outs

Kottaras steals 2nd

Escobar grounds out to 3rd. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 3rd

Geeze 18 pitches-17 Strikes!

yea crazy. Well if that is accurate which it may not be

I just saw that too.

Pretty crazy

Kaz and Butcher--a winning combination

Btw, I bet Admiral Aybar could beat figgy from home to first

possible as figgy has lost a couple steps

Mathis gets a leadoff single

Now time for Wood

Wood gets a single, Mathis advances to 2nd

Wood has been on fire as of late

PhiSlamma - March 30, 2010 reply

Yea

and hitting the ball to the opposite field beautifully

hit city baby

Aybar bunts, but safe at first. Bases loaded

WOW beautiful bunt and safe at first

Abreu K's swinging. 1 out

Aboooooooo?

whata thea hecka?

Torii grounds into forceout, Mathis out at home. 2 outs Bases still loaded

Not scoring with bases loaded no outs is so gross

PhiSlamma - March 30, 2010 reply

especially when it's the middle of the order at the plate...

Matsui K's swinging. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the 4th

Wow! lookin' good!

the pitcher yes the rest no not that inning

Lol I was being sarcastic...

kind of hard to tell oer the internet

Yep that is why you do this

that was great yea it is becoming the code on many sites for sarcasm lol

And how do perform that task? lol

what you want to say </ code> (no spaces exept between words.

shoot part of it got cut off before the want you have to put < code>

how sad

At least Woody got a base knock!

Week grounds out to short. 1 out

Fielder grounds out to short. 2 outs

Kaz must have a slider

Working. So many GOs

LAASurfin - March 30, 2010 via mobile reply

Hopefully it's the "new" one

How is the sore ankle today RevHalofan?

Any better?

McGehee flies out to right. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 4th

Manny Parra pitching

Kendry grounds out to short. 1 out

Rivera gets a double off the wall

Howie grounds out to short, Rivera moves to 3rd. 2 outs

Mathis grounds out to 2nd. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the 5th

c'mon Mathis

oops too late

Hart safe at first, Kendry dropped the ball.

Error is on Wood actually

Stern lines out to center. 1 out

Lawrie out trying to advance on a pitch in the dirt. 2 outs

Ahh Hart

looked safe

The Limey - March 30, 2010 reply

Lawrie gets a double

Any impressions of Lawrie?

I’m listening and not watching.

Salty - March 30, 2010 reply

Kottaras pops out to left. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 5th

Matsui looks extremely awkward jogging...

…he should be banned from playing the outfield in any game where Pineiro isn’t pitching

The Limey - March 30, 2010 reply

he is VLAD 2.0

Bad runner no need to playout field

25 pitches with 23 strikes for Kaz... is that right?

I don't think so, that seems way too low a pitch count

It has to be in the 50's at least

No way can that be correct. it is way off we are through 5 innings alredy

Wood walks

he is 3 for 3 plus 2 BB in last 5 at bats

me likey

SoCalWine - March 30, 2010 reply

I love it

Aybar liness out to short. 1 out

OT: Afternoon fellas... Anyone using Android OS?

Just moved off of WinMobile till 7 comes out and grabbed a Droid. Dig the changes so far and the community.

Anyone recommend a scores app? I know there are many but don’t want to install a ton.

Also does the mlb.com app cut out on anyone?

Lastly does SB nation have an app that facilitates the AJAX functionality for mobile? Don’t see one…

Thanks

RedFog - March 30, 2010 via mobile reply

Is this English language?

;)

Have it

I use it.

don’t want to jam up the thread here so email me if you want to find out more, and how I’ve been using it outside of HaloVille
eyespy95523atyahoodotcom

Abreu lines out to left. 2 outs

Torii out on a called 3rd strike. 3 outs. 1-0 headed into the 6th

Ump apparently has a date after the game

strike 2 and 3 were very borderline……

MH252525 - March 30, 2010 reply

Is Narveson really that good?

wtf?

Parra has been pitching for the 4th and 5th

Bulger pitching

Kaz got his typical run support...

LOL

chairmanofthebar - March 30, 2010 reply

Matt Palmer

FTW!

MH252525 - March 30, 2010 reply

Gomez bunts and reaches first safely

Escobar grounds into fielder's choice, Gomez out at 2nd. 1 out

Escobar steals 2nd

Weeks walks

Escobar out trying to steal 3rd. 2 outs

Fielder K's swinging. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 6th

Come on Angels we got to score

LaTroy Hawkins pitching

Matsui gets a bloop single

Kendry grounds into DP. 2 outs

Wow

chairmanofthebar - March 30, 2010 reply

What's with all the first pitch swinging?

chairmanofthebar - March 30, 2010 reply

Rivera grounds out to short. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the 7th

Travis Chick pitching, Terry Evans playing CF

"Fat chick" followed by "just chick"

Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick-chick.

Old MacSothster had a club, e-yu-e-yi-o

McGehee gets a single

off Aybar's glove

Go Angels.

Hart flies out to right. 1 out

Stern walks

Lawrie K's swinging. 2 outs

Kottaras pops out to 3rd. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 7th

Let's Go Angels!

I can’t believe we have’nt even scored a run yet. Kendry Morales is kind of pissing me off, and Torii too today.

Vargas pitching

Howie gets a leadoff single

cool now lets score

Statia PR for Howie

No runs--Time to play our magic card

Q Force!

Mathis HBP

Ugh...

that had to hurt…got a lot of left hand

K3YEROUT - March 30, 2010 reply

leaving game for pinch runner

K3YEROUT - March 30, 2010 reply

right on the knuckles

Sandoval PR for Mathis

Just as long as they don't bring in Wilson or Q to pinch run

Wood bunts, runners at 2nd and 3rd. 1 out

O yeah

he made Soth a happy dude

thats what I wanted to see now get them in

Quick Dry had a great day today

Nice to see that.

Who is Quick Dry?

My nickname for Kazmir

“Cement Mixer Slider”

Ridicule away if you want.

Ahhh

Aaaah...I like your Numero Juan better...

As do I

For some reason Quick Dry makes me laugh, though.

Yea, it's like today

He shoveled a s**tload a Quick Dry on ’em

Exactly!

Quickcrete

Not a bad variation

Consult Nate's new moniker post

(I don’t know either)

Get those runs across Angels!

Zu Long - March 30, 2010 reply

Aldridge walks, bases loaded

Great...keep it off the ground guys!

Is it A-Brew at bat?

Or did they PH for him?

It was Ryan

no ground ball guys

maybe a grounder that reaches the OF would be OK

I don't want it that close though

Come on got to get at least one in

With poor Kaz out

we should score some runs

Ryan flies out to right. Statia scores. 1-1

Really nice catch by the RF

Ryan stays!

he will be gone soon in my opinion. I just don't see him sticking up here on teh 25

clap, clap...

productive out, good job, Ryan.

ball was smoked. RF made a great catch!

K3YEROUT - March 30, 2010 reply

cool and we scored which is good

Evans PH for Torii

Yay Michael Ryan!

it takes a rookie to get us a run.

Evans flies out to center. 3 outs. 1-1 headed to the 8th

Does the ball fly better in Diablo, or

at Angel Stadium?

I would think Diablo with the hot dry air.

Cool, thanks

I would tend to say that the "Devil's" ballpark is a pitchers (fork) ballpark.

Robot Devil?

Seems like the ball just dies

Which way does the wind normally blow?

In all seriousness, I think 44 is right...

it should carry further since the air is drier.

As to the wind question, as with all ballparks, the wind blows from west to east, due to the prevailing westerlies and the fact that most parks face east-northeast. If a lefty is standing on the mound, his arm is on the “south side” of the mound and thus emerged the nickname “southpaw.”

(sorry if you knew this already)

Kinna did, but being reminded is great

I only get to see diamonds at the city parks. They build them where they fit, and the other stadiums in Hawaii are mostly built with homeplate towards the mountains. That’s where the wind, and rain, originate from. They want to keep the elements out of the fans faces.

Mahalo

Also, the CF fence is 420 feet from home

and has a really tall fence/batter’s eye in dead CF

Angels Stadium's deepest part is 400'

Pretty big difference between parks.

404' actually (sorry to nitpick)

punk ;-p

Hmm...

looking on-line, it appears you are right. Although, I swear there is 404 somewheres on that fence. Maybe just to the right of dead center??

might have a quirk in the wall

It's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

Aldridge in LF, Evans in CF, some minor leaguer in RF, Quinlan at 1st, Statia at 2nd, Patchett at SS, Sandoval at 3rd

Mathis still catching?

SoCalWine - March 30, 2010 reply

NVM, he can't be they PR for him.

So who is catching?

SoCalWine - March 30, 2010 reply

It's Wilson

I don't think so, I think it's Budde now

Inglett flies out to right. 1 out

Counsell grounds out to 1st. 1 out

2 out you mean?

Yep

Miller walks

Greene walks

Oh hope we win or just don't lose

anyway class is calling unless I get there and that class is also canceled

Stang K's swinging. 3 outs. 1-0 headed to the bottom of the 8th

1-1*

Let's Go Q!

Mitch Stetter pitching, Q batting

c'mon Q

Q walks

better than a K

and as good as a single

and a HBP

and a "reached by error"

or a strikeout on a wild pitch reaching first.

or a strikeout on a passed ball, batter reaches first.

Or Lou Pinella taking first because it's his and not the umpire's

win

Nice Quinny

c'mon Bobby

Wilson gets a single, Q moves to 2nd

Aybar would have scored from 1st...

Patchett bunts, Q out at 3rd. Runners at 1st and 2nd. 1 out

dang

FAIL

I don’t understand a bunt with a runner on 2nd. Q had to go what else could he have done.

Nor do I

Unless he bunted it to the right, but still.

Uh, if it succeeds ...

you have a runner at 3rd with ONE OUT. A weak grounder wins the game.

Well did he bunt towards 1st or 3rd?

If he bunted towards 3rd, it was a bad idea.

I agree.

Maybe he was told to bunt towards first and it just didn’t work correctly.

In internetz i cannot haz direkshuns

huh?

translation:

While solely “watching” a game thread here at Halos Heaven, I am at the mercy of MMP’s play by play calling. Hence, I am unaware of the trajectory of said baseball on the previous play.