Halos Heaven

Playing crowd sounds between innings, yeah.

Last year they did that all year, yesterday they played crowd sounds overlayed with the commercials. They’re still working things out. But probably there are no ads only because the game is not live on the radio.

Actually I like it...

…I HATE commercials so being able to hear the background sounds, sounds of the game, etc. is SO much better.

I imagine they will try and make $$$ at every chance so this won’t last.

Damn 5-0 already. I blame Reagins :P

Oh I love it, and I loved that they did it last year.

They were the only team who didn’t play ads between innings all last year (though IIRC they added them for the playoffs)

So how long is this service free?

I assume until the start of the season? I might subscribe since AM830 never streams live games.

Yeah, MLB won't let them stream the games live.

I find the MLB Gameday Audio to be WELL worth the price, even with ads.

It's only like $20 right?

For the whole season?

Yeah, and you can listen to any game live or archived.

Well, I'll sign up...

It’s great when I’m stuck somewhere with the laptop and need to get my fix.

Quality isn’t bad (you can tell they encode it down quite a bit) or they are using something like IIS smooth streaming and it’s adaptive to network conditions.

I’m at a Borders which doesn’t have the fastest public WiFi so maybe thats why it sounds a little cave-ish echo quality.

Either way, no buffering yet so nice service. NOW EFFING SCORE SOME DAMN RUNS!

4-0 Rockies, in first inning,

good thing we got Pinatta

Less than ideal start.

To say the least.

Technology at its best

“Talking” to someone in Australia about the Angels while the game is playing
Got to love it

Yeah bro.

To which part of the US of A am i currently corresponding?

Sorry, just got back brother

from Alice in Wnderland
I’m in LA—Lake Balboa

SOS gets a K

On to the bottom half of the 1st..

Thank God!

KubanKowbell19 - March 5, 2010 reply

O'Sullivan is SOOO BAD

Yeah it’s just Spring Training, and I don’t care. O’Sullivan hasn’t been an effective pitcher since Cedar Rapids, I was shocked the Angels promoted him last year. He’s in AAA this year, but in all honesty, he should probably be in Rancho lol.

he threw a no-no in AAA last year......

he cant be that bad…….even if it was against the A’s guys…….

norcaliangelsfan - March 5, 2010 reply

at least after that 1st inning

SOS is probably done, which means that Reckling ball should be in next inning! I’m kinda excited to see him pitch..

Yea, he's already thrown

a whole shitload of pitches

Angels set to bat, but in hole down 4-0 to start.

Greg Smith for the Rockies delivers ball 1 to Izzu.

Six people killed on I-10 outside of Phoenix.

Bus traveling from Central Mexico to LA. Jimenez was late because of the traffic resulting.

Yea Rory says 6 died so far

you mean Terry

:-(

??

You might want to re-think that.

Ouch..sorry about that

I guess I just have Rory on my mind now that the broadcasts have started

BB to Izzy

Abreu up

Great PO toss from Smith, Izzy gets back safe.

16 pickoffs from this guy last year.

3-1 to Abroo.

Baseball again

I’m a happy man

2 on for Torii as we get another BB

back to back walks

halofan1 - March 5, 2010 reply

BB Chupacabreu

Come on Torii

drive them in

BB to Abreu

Izzy on 2B, Chupa on 1B, Hunter batting.

Torii planning to play for the Harlem Globetrotters tonight in Phoenix

that is amazing

The Globetrotters attended the Angels team meeting this morning.

Terry just informed us that Torii is playing for the Harlem Globetrotters tonight...

LMAO

he would

I wanna see highlights

SOS is trying out for the Washington Generals

Quad Fin Rider - March 5, 2010 via mobile reply

Alan Falcon

We don’t need that many updates, seriously, cut it out. Maybe just the major events

0.o

hey halowood....

go eff yourself.

if u dont like it

u can GTFO

Fail

Seik1177 - March 5, 2010 reply

I like you less and less with every post you make

ABREU BOUGHT A TEAM CALLED THE PANTHERS

ZOMG!!!!!!

PANTHER!

Well, obviously.

AAAND Abreu is the owner of a basketball team in Venezuela...

LMAO x 2

I personally like the updates…

Torii hits into DP to the mound.

darn

FAG

what is that about?

that’s a little harsh

about has interesting as your posts...

that's not appropriate brother

better explain yourself

You smell that?

It smells like a ban….. delicious

2-2 to Juan, still driving to drive in Izzy from third with two outs.

Announcer.

How is the new announcer working?

He's not announcing yet.

Later this Spring.

its terry smith and mota...

he doesn't start till April

Gubby said this morning...

…that they hope to do the Dodgers spring training games so near the end of March…

Guby*

Gubby sounds like a bad character out of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

oh really?

I thought they were waiting till April 1st against the Padres,

Rivera swings at ball four and Ks to end the inning.

SOS still picthing. 1-1 count.

SOS

is still in the game

Was that Rev in the crowd shot there

with the giant 64 oz beer?

Rivera makes a nice catch on the track, 1 away.

Hey people, I gotta admit, I like Mota...

he’s less distracting than Hud. I know there was a lot of love for him on here but man, over 162 games, that shit got kinda annoying.

I have to admit

I agree. He has been doing a great job from what I have heard these 2 days

I'm still on the fence. Ready to just enjoy the broadcasts though.

They’re describing what is happening in the game, which is more than I can say for Phyzz on the radio.

even the outs are getting hit HARD

yeah and that guy who smacked that was a 260 hitter in double A...

what the eff?

Full count homer.

5-0

HR...

SOS needs an SOS…

SOS is outta there. 1 out, none on.

O'Sullivan OUT...

Angel reliever tba

that’s enough for today in my opinion.

Mosenbach IN

The correct terminology..

I believe is “lit up”.

basically

First pitch strike.

Lets get two quick outs.

pitcher expected to follow SOS in today's game

lefties Trevor Reckling, closer Brian Fuentes and Andrew Taylor along with righty Tommy Mendoza. Angelsbaseball.com

But for now, its Mosebach..

SOS, Scioscia says you're supposed to eat meatballs not throw them.

I can't believe Jay Payton is still playing

Bobby with the K.

Early last year I caught a Triple A game...

Mosebach had to come in because Jepsen got lit up in one inning for five runs and two HR’s….

I thought for sure I wouldnt see Jepsen on the squad for the rest of the year. How wrong I was.

And out of the inning on the popout.

Time to score some runs!

HK Mathis and Wood need to ignite some thunder with their lumber.

And Mathis swings and misses a 2-2 pitch, two away.

Mathis K's swinging

on a breaking ball.

Full count on Wood, he takes ball four.

woah woah woah

…what? ;)

RACIST

when in rome...

that was a beautiful at-bat

Woody really worked the count on that one, fouling off a couple pitches and eventually drawing the walk..

Yes

I like that a lot.

He's walked 3 of the first 7 batters, but leads 5-0.

Q chops one to third, force at second, inning over.

Fuentes IN

Rawr!

that was a quick game :O

… :O

Well here's some comic relief

RAWR! One batter, one K.

BIG THANKS TO ALAN FALCON

Love being able to follow this while I am watching a guy doing yardwork – he brought a CD player and is playing Plastic Ono Band, he says it helps him work better.

Rev Halofan - March 5, 2010 reply

+1

Mucho thanks

agreed

i’m sitting at work with no other way to track the game.

thanks AlanFalcon!

+1

Agreed

Seik1177 - March 5, 2010 reply

It’s great especially with not being able to hear it.

Thanks Alan.

Agreed

Doing schoolwork and still following the angels, LOVE IT!

many thanks, Alan

Quad Fin Rider - March 5, 2010 via mobile reply

ahh baseball........

I can be distracted from the mess that is the Buffalo Bills……for a while.

norcaliangelsfan - March 5, 2010 reply

Ball four on a 3-2 pitch, Tulowitzki walks again.

I cant wait to draft the f out of that guy

Tulo?

he’s overrated this year. be careful.

Hey

Does anybody know when Shields is expected to be ready to pitch again?

I think hes scheduled to blow a lead in Fenway in late April

you mean Lackey?

Ba-dum-chi!

Interesting that the Rockies strat against their former closer is to just watch a lot of pitches.

At least so far.

Base hit to right, T first to third. Two on, one out.

These Rockies are scoring a lot this Spring.

Fuentes 0-2 pitch popped foul, Q gave chase but it's about 10 rows up.

Just need a good pitch then any ball in play.

Bring in the rookies, we did better with the rookies yesterday.

We usually do in Spring.

They’re hungry and have something to prove. The vets just need to stretch some muscles.

They already played Q...

I think maybe because they play more in the off season

I’m just guessing.

The 3 yr old finally fell asleep watching penguins of madgascar

Now i get to watch baseball. 1st game of 2010 for me. WIN!

It's not like the Rockies might know how Fuentes pitches or anything here.

Couple of 2-2 pitches fouled back, working Fuentes.

Oh man.

High and deep to left, over Rivera’s head and off the wall. One run scores.

Juan needs to lose 13 more lbs. I guess.

Why didn't one of those other guys catch it???

yeah, what was up with that

It's Spring Training, nobody cares. :-)

Hahaha, Angels Pitchers jogging on the track distracted Juan.

Are you fecking kidding me?

Is Spring Training suppose to raise your blood pressure?

I don't think so....

but it is.

Who's leading off for us next inning?

Reggie Willits I think

I'm calling it now...

He will clear the infield…by 10 feet. You heard it here first!

I am going to go out on a limb..

He’s going deep, dead centre.

maybe in a little league park

I have full confidence in him.

Was Q up in the last inning?

He ended it yeah

yeah

he into a FC to 3rd base to end the inning..

*grounded

grr..

Yep and he did what he does best...

There's another K for Fuentes. And he's done.

We need a bright spot today...

Leave Bell in for all of next inning and see what he has.

Ding Dong Bell on the mound in Diablovision.

What up y'all?

Still plenty of time left for a comeback.

halofolife - March 5, 2010 reply

Nice work on the called 3rd strike, Bell.

Nice Pitch

from Bell to end the inning

RallyMonkey5 has been upgraded to author.

I should be upgraded to resident troll

Not that I troll

Becuase that would be not cool, man, not cool

I also dont talk to myself.

Willits

driving the ball to the center fielder. haha. 1 -out, Izzy up.

whoa

a basehit!

Izzy single to RF gap

Maicer gets the first hit, YAY!

Quinlan's Goofy Swing - March 5, 2010 reply

Q just about to hit his stride with the bat

Did Maicer get a hit yesterday?

I don’t think he got a hit or walk.

Just trying to think Maicer vs. Wood given you know it’s going to be a tally that Sosh looks at eventually unless he already has his mind made up.

Wood walked today but is hitless I think.

damn

took away a hit

Chupa flies out to RF

Good contact, but a great running play by the RF’er..

NICE! DRILLED! Off the wall!

Torii doubles, Izzy to third.

Toriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

Nice Contact!

Torii off the top of the wall!

runners on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs.. Johnny Rivers is up.

Sitting here @ the game...

and Torii was in his homerun trot on that double…till it hit the top
of the wall.

Angel Hawker - March 5, 2010 via mobile reply

Yeah, but he couldn't have gone any further with the lead runner anyway.

yeah, i saw it on TV

he definitely was in his trot.. at least he still got to 2nd..

Riverman gotta come through.

Almost popped out behind the plate.

But the ball hit the screen first.

sweat

Rivera takes a called strike on the 2-2 pitch with two runners on.

rusty eyes

boo :(

so many guys on the spring roster

they don’t all fit in the dugout.

They have to go sit on the warning track.

Rivers K's looking

end of the 3rd..

Bell still in.

Fly ball to Willits, one away.

Payton knocks one past the mound, Kendrick stops the ball but loses it.

Error.

error on the transfer

c’mon HK, get that defensive rust out of the way..

Howie had to go a long way to get that ball

And he did a nice backhand grabbing it. I think many a second baseman wouldn’t have even gotten to it, so don’t be too hard on him.

Angel Hawker - March 5, 2010 via mobile reply

Two games, two errors...

Howie, don’t make Sosh send you down again! (j/k!)

Payton in a rundown, Howkie tags him out!

Mathis with a strike to second to catch him.

*Howie

good throw to 2nd by mathis

the runner stopped half-way though..

Bell gets a groundout, quick inning!

Q has awesome skills.

Jose about to interview Soth during the next half inning.

Heh funny hearing them talk on MLB.com

Mota: “Shieldsy wants some air time”

Sounds like he is walking to talk to Sosh?

Haha, yeah you sometimes get to hear some behind the scenes when they don't mute the mics.

red floyd standing by

Can’t stream here, Gameday Sucks and there’s no radio (unless you want colon cleansing).

What’s the good word?

Down 6-0, Soth says it's early in the Spring.

Nothing.

Q still isn’t injured.

HA!

Sosh doesn’t even get a seat in the dugout. Tough crowd.

Soths likes the way Mathis moves.

Well he sure can't say anything about his hitting abilities.

We can blame the Globetrotters on the early game defecit.

Torii will play with them tonight, but Soth isn’t worried, says he’ll have fun.

1-2-3 innning

"Gonna play the game like it's 0-0."

That’s why he’s the Soth.

Yep yep.

Reckling coming in to pitch the 5th

Bobby Wilson to catch him.

Coon in for Rivera.
Evans in for Abreu.

Cool.

wishes I had DVR’d today’s game I’ve wanted to see him pitch.
Please tell us (me) how he does.

Jiminez just dominated Woody

ouch…

statues of the Fallen Angels?

apparently, according to this article on the Angel’s site, there will be bronze statues of both Preston Gomez and Nick Adenhart will be on display at Angels stadium. This is an awesome gesture by the organization, for sure!

That's fantastic.

Reckling ball is in!

along with Bobby Wilson at C, Brad Coon in LF, Terry Evans in RF..

Groundout, 1 away. Tulo up.

strong throw by Wood too

to get the speedy runner..

Tulowitzki gets a hit on the 0-2

Stuart with a double, Tulo to 3rd.

These Rockies have been hitting so far this Spring.

Nm, Tulo was taken out for a pinch runner. Still 2nd and 3rd. 1 out.

at least

Reckling is throwing strikes. I like this kid.

Reckling with a nice K!

nice pitch

Reckling K!

that was a nice pitch!

Reckling strikes out Miller too!

No runs on two hits, good work Trevor.

Another K!

that change-up is gonna be SICK. Can’t wait to see it on a regular basis!

kinda reminds me of young K-Rod.

Reck looks good!

Hiding the ball well, throwing harder that SOS or Bell, fantastic change and curve, good control. I’m impressed.

Bloop leadoff single for Q.

I guy at an Indians game once yelled at me and my friend.

“It’s called a flare!”

Awesome.

Q bloops lead off single.

Great...

…that means another 1 year extension for Q. I think he already met his incentives clause.

Minor league pitcher must be in for Colorado

Q got a hit.

Actually, Jimenez, the Rockies hard throwing Ace.

Even a broken clock, blah blah blah

Q and W reach.

If Izzy hits one out here I won't be totally surprised.

Mike and Mike is a radio show, Terry.

Ubaldo Jiménez throws ball three to Maicer.

bases juiced for Terry Evans!

any outs?

Nope!

Alex amarista replaces Izzy

Just like he will in 3 years

It's a hit!

One scores!

EVANS GOES DEEP!!!

WAY OUT PAST SS FOR A HIT

6-1

We got this game, EASY!

Q will get at least one more at bat. :P

It looked like that was headed to the gap at first

halofan1 - March 5, 2010 reply

Michael Ryan coming in for Torii.

And Ryan hits a liner to score two!

You see, we do better in ST with the rookies.

RALLY TIME!

AMARISTA!!!

Way to read that ball and score, Michael Ryan, nice swing.

Amarista's aggressive running pays off when the catcher can't handle the throw.

A hit and an error, one RBI for Ryan. Bobby Wilson up to bat.

good, hard running.

take that, PECOTA!

OMG damn public WiFi just went out and I missed it.

Maybe I should leave it off and not jinx anything.

Rally

Rally, rally, rally

Wilson chases a bad ball and strikes out. One away. Runners at 2nd and 3rd for HK47

Now introducing Halos Heaven's own Play-by-Play announcer... AlanFalcon!

We need something when we can’t even hear the game on the radio.

Thanks Alan

Happy to share.

Howie

Howie, Howie

Kendrick with an RBI grounder.

6-4 looking a lot better than 6-0.

nice

wooohooo

I feel like a GEEK listening to the game on the internet...

…typing into a blog board with random internet people doing the same, probably nekkid drinking pink zinfandel out of an old Spagetti Factory glass.

But hey, it’s fun. 6-4. C’mon!!!!

HOW THE HELL DID YOU KNOW I WAS NAKED DRINKING PINK ZINFIN?

Don't you know?

It’s the red scare.

Those of us with “red” in our names know EVERYTHING you do on the internet.

Heh I don't even know what my handle means...

I hate making something up and probably was foggy outside or something when I signed up. Makes no sense.

Oh, and...

Stop doing that. You don’t know where that finger’s been.

=0

Chat Roulette.

Are you out of Doritos?

I wish I had some...

…but I am eating some BIG bag of those Kettle Chips I got at Costco. Cheddar and Sour Cream.

Didn’t sound good when I bought it but not like I had many choices at Costco. But they are addictive. If I keep it up, I should be constipated by 9pm.

drool...

Do they have Costco's out in OC? I assume they are everywhere...

Do they ever carry Angel tix discount thingies?

I’ve seen some Dodger ones from time to time in the LA area. Wish they would bring back those Starbucks 20% off ones. I have to settle for Coffee Bean now.

Dunno

I’m in Upstate NY. Closest Costco that I know of is on Long Island.

Good pickups for the Angels

Michael Ryan and Cory Aldridge, check out their minor league stats online, these guys are no joke, they can play. If Pettit can’t make it back, no doubt these guys will be in the mix for a bench spot if there’s an injury.

Brad Coon misses a 3-2 pitch and strikes out, but 4 runs is still a good inning.

Especially when you’re talking about Q leading things off.

yeahhh for Q.

Did he run like Fred Flintstone/

Sounds like the Angels dugout was really impressed with Reck's changeup

I know I was. I look forward to seeing him in the rotation in a year or two. It’s somewhat unfortunate for him each of our pitchers are under contract for another 2-3 years, he may be stuck in AAA for a great deal of time. The Brandon Wood treatment.

Reckling gets a K looking!

Three Ks in a row!

GODDAMIT

I wish I could watch this game.

Recking Ball is our Ace...

He will probably switch over to BorASS tomorrow.

Reckling freezes him ANOTHER K

3 straight

Brad Coon tries to make a catch at the wall and fails, Cole gets to third base.

Shallow pop prevents a run!

Thanks brad coon

Rivera makes that a routine catch, Coon almost deflects it over the wall.

Coon, I guess white boys can't jump. Needs some pointers from Torii Hunter.

And there's a base hit to knock in a run.

7-4 now.

Sigh...

Trade Reckling. :P

Grounder to Sandoval at third, Trumbo made a crowd "ahhh"ing play to take the high throw and get the out.

Yup, Reck's the real deal

Trumbo moves pretty good

for such a big guy.

Peter Gorgeous pitching now.

You're kiding, right?

Is that his real name?

LOL

no, its not

its Bourjos, but it’s pronounced like Gorgeous, with a B.

But he's not a pitcher.

oh crap

i didn’t even notice the “pitching now” part. my bad..

So wha' happen?

Clutch - March 5, 2010 reply

i actually don't know

there was nobody pitching with that name tho. I think he might have been talking about Bourjos, but accidentally said pitching instead of hitting? idk..

Yep. See 44's comment immediately below

*batter

Bourjos up to bat..

lots of top prospects getting reps, and we actually get to see them on TeeVee! Too bad Trout didn’t get an invite to ST. :-p

Did we win yet?

Stolen base!

Wild pitch gets the runner to third with none out!

Bourjos is freakin' fast.

And now he’s on 3rd on a wild pitch..

yessss!

ALucky22 - March 5, 2010 reply

Another walk, runners at the corners.

Time for some small ball? Or some POWER BALL?!

That's worth $139Million.

You could sign some serious payroll with that

who is at bat?

Trumbo.

Trumbo up to bat.

Let’s see some of this power I’ve been hearing so much about..

who is phone?

Your momma.

Trumbo works a full count with some fouled balls.

oh boy

this is a good at-bat.. let’s see some good results!

Agreed.

so much for that

Agreed.

Sandoval running, another foul though.

update????

I've never seen anyone

Foul off as many pitches as high, hard or as often as Trumbo, it’s a good and bad thing.

Grounded to short for a double play, one run scores.

Amarista hits one past first for a single.

what inning is the game in?

bottom 6

thanks

wow

he smoked that ball, bummer on the DP, and Amarista, yeah he’s good.

Amarista steals second with Evans batting and two outs.

Amarista the Angels Minor leaguer of the year with good reason. Wears number 9 too.

interesting....

Team seamstress just used an old Amezaga jersey.

no one noticed.

Evans with a blooper caught by the third baseman. Ah well.

damn..

almost dumped it in there..

Well there are still 3 more innings for us to score in and if we score 1 run per and not allow any more – we win.

Good thinking.

That’s what we’ll do.

LOL

Chatwood pitching now..

isn't this the kid from

Redlands High School here is SoCal?

*in

yes that is him

we took him with our first pick (2nd round) in 2008

that was a B-E-A-U-tiful play

by Amarista! and a great turn by Statia for the 4-6-3 DP!

Amarista made

a nice play at 2B

not sure where Alan went

Liner to Trumbo for out #3. Going to the bottom of the 7th..

Chatwood's

control doesnt look to bad either

heres to hoping Reckling and Chatwood have learned how to throw strikes

i wanna see Ryan Chaffee and Will Smith

anyone know if there gonna pitch today?

Not sure about Chaffee, but you can always rent "Independence Day"

Or Hitch.

+1

lol.

they're not scheduled to.

it was supposed to be SOS, Reckling, Fuentes, Andrew Taylor, and Tommy Mendoza.

so far, we’ve seen SOS, Mosebach, Feuntes, Bell, Reckling, Chatwood.

i dont get the independence day

and i want to see Taylor and Mendoza too

ment to reply

do you really not get the reference?

Will Smith? Independence day? Anything?

hmm..

ohhhhh ok

im slow

Only the corniest Sci-Fi movie ever.

What, hacking an alien computer with a Mac isn't realistic?

Oh yes of course, it's so simple.

I thought that was the most awesome thing evar

Clutch - March 5, 2010 reply

and most realistic

Clutch - March 5, 2010 reply

This line is the most awesome ever:

If I had known I was gonna meet the president I would’ve worn a tie. Look at me, I look like a schliemiel.

I love everything about this movie.

But mostly Jeff Goldblum and his dad.

It's a brilliant movie.

But, ridiculously corny.

Perfect for a 12 year old!

And anyone who first saw it as a 12 year old, of course.

Will Smith

Actor, rapper. Starred in “Independence Day” and “Hitch”, as well as many many others.

nice swing Statia

Did Alan drop out? No more play by play, huh?

looks like it

i’ll try to keep up for you guys

Chatwood back out for a 2nd inning

Double against the wall

0 outs, runner at 2nd.

i apologize

for not having any idea who is hitting for Colorado. haha.

Flyout to LF

caught by Coon, 2 outs.

hmm, I forgot to mention the 1st out, which was a broken bat pop-up to Sandoval at 3rd..

does anyone know who

that guy on the bench was yesturday, he looked like Estaban Yan

i dont think they showed him today. if its Yan our bullpen will be lights out

Don't know about that, but if it's Yan, the post-game buffet will be awesome, because...

[wait for it….]

Yan Can Cook

i think he was wearing number 93 jersey

not 100% sure though

Line-out to CF Bourjos.

3 outs, on to the bottom of the 8th.

did anyone's MLB at bat audio fail?

I can’t get any audio right now.

mjhsieh - March 5, 2010 reply

audio back, nvm

mjhsieh - March 5, 2010 reply

Preeez

Need a feel good 9th inning rally today… Les’ go!

lets take this one

inning at a time

Let's Go Angels!

THUMP-THUMP, THUMP-THUMP-THUMP

Duh-duh-duh-duh duh-DUHHHH!

CHARGE!!!!!!

If you make noise, HE WILL COME!!!...

Is the score still 5-7?

yes

damn

left for 2 min, and we have 2 outs.

Sandoval up with 2 outs, still 7-5 in the 8th..

What's the current situation gentlemen?

Sandoval ground out for out #3

going to the 9th down 7-5

Andrew Taylor now pitching, Alberto Rosario catching.

hey, you're back.

now I can rest and enjoy watching this Taylor kid..

From rghan:

He’s a power lefty. Cedar Rapids’ manager Bill Mosiello raved about his fastball/slider arsenal to Baseball America, prompting BA’s Jim Callis to label Taylor a sleeper in ‘10. He’s left-handed. Taylor’s 2009 stat line was stellar, capped by a ridiculous 14.6 K’s per nine innings in the Midwest League. He’s left-handed. You get the picture.

Not bad for a 34th round pick.

14.6?!

That’s wicked.

Wait, he's ambidexterous?

Damn! We get the sheriff of Maybury pitching?

Our system is deep.

[whistles]
duh-duh duh duh duh-duh-duh duh-duh-duh-duh-duh duh-dh

High drive deep to center, Gorgeous makes the catch.

Who's our lucky leadoff for our game winning 9th inning rally?

trumbo

he got a double!

Thanks for spoiling it! Geez

My video keeps bogging down...

anyone else having that problem?

Back to back walks puts two on with one out.

Taylor walks himself into a little trouble.

Snap throw to first picks off the runner!!

Alberto Rosario, NICE!

Such a Soth move.

pick off play

woohoo...

picks him off first…by catcher! very nice!

what's up K3?

haven’t seen you much lately. how was your offseason?

can't complain too much...

good to be back. wanting to get down to Az if possible. Been rehabbing a torn achilles from last Summer…played ball again for the first time in 8 months last weekend! What a great feeling!

wow, they really teach that pickoff well

to our catchers. That was an awesome throw..

Gorgeous can fly! Nice running catch above the shoetops!

Fantastic defense to close out the top of the 9th!

Bourjos can play CF...

nice play

Gorgeous catch Gorgeous.

Some Teenage Wasteland to get the rally started.

Some... Baba O'Riley

That's OK... We're all Wasted!!!

[guitar riff]

Baba O'Reilly.

Trumbo to lead off... Drops in right feild!

The big guy runs to third but gets sent back to second.

Why?

got stuck under the OF wall..

ground-rule variety.

Oh, thanks

The ball got stuck in the outfield and Ground Rule double was called.

Ground rule double

Ball went under the fence

they need to fix that hole.

If you make noise, HE WILL COME!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ooooooooooooohh-WAH-AH-AH-AH!!!!!!

No pics in game... thr... what the hell am I saying?

First rally monkey sighting of the season…. it’s good to see him back.

If you look

You’ll see that Number Juan lent him 13 pounds over the winter

Sorry,,,

I know it’s spring training, but no pictures in the game threads.

Racist

Creationist

Hall monitor

Philanthropish

Sorry, only my 2nd game thread

But it IS Teh Monkey…

No worries.

It is a good picture.

Full count to Amarista, struck out.

Terry Evans time.

Trumbo taking a healthy lead at second. Remember, this is a 0-0 game.

EVAN with a BASE HIT!

Trumbo held at third.

He's really that slow?

It was a solid hit.

1 out.

Nahh

he coulda scored…Ebel being conservative down 2

but... but... 0-0?

It looked to me like Col was conceding that run if he went...

…depending on arm in LF there would have been a play at the plate in a 0-0 game…

Did he at least Cali Roll through the stop sign

And try to draw a throw?

1st n 3rd

1 away

Michael Ryan time.

Fouling off a lot of 1-2 pitches.

Now would be a good time

For a Napsmash off the bench

Don't make me beg

Ooooooooooooohh-WAH-AH-AH-AH!!!!!!

Rally Monkey cheers as Ryan walks on the 3-2 pitch to load the bases and put the winning run on first!

Evans draws snap throw at 1b...

alas, he gets back….hahahahaha

bbyeron

Rally Time!

Bummmm, Bump-Bump-BUMMMMMMM

Get out’cho seat an’ jump around!

Great AB by Ryan!

AlphaAngel - March 5, 2010 reply

Fantastic at bat! Saw a ton of pitches and layed off some close balls.

LET'S GO ANGELS!

thump-thump thump-thump-thump

Rosario chops into a double play to blow the game.

Are you fecking kidding me?

Nice DEAD to me.

We lose 7-5 to half of the Colorodo Rockies.

Oh well.

Thaaaat's all folks!

BOTG: SOS

Rosario with a chance to be an early hero...

alas…not to be….6-4-3 on first bleepin’ pitch…back to the minors for you!

Looked like a BMo play to end the game! Bahhhh

Unbelievable.

Was that Tim Salmon?

i'm pretty sure it was.

I saw him too..

That's pretty cool

I wonder what he’s doing there.

Walking out of the NAngels dugout at the end of the game?

I'm used to Rivera doing that...

Rosario, Rivera. Same thing.

damn

i guess Rosario isn’t going to be hopping Napoli and Mathis on the depth chart. biggest disappointment of ST so far. haha. jk. Time to go back to the minors buddy. :-p

Missed the first 4 innings

Wha’ happened? SOS got shelled?

Gave up 5 runs.

yep

even the outs were hit pretty damn hard. Reckling and Chatwood looked pretty good and under control today tho!

Bleh.

Good game, we saw some great things, some bad things.

In short, we saw a lot of things.

Well, shit on a stick!

That was a little harsh after the great AB preceding...

oh well…so it goes! Adios from Diablo Vision on Fox Sports…

*** Who gets best performance of the game?

On the Angels side, since I couldn’t watch it, I’d have to say from hearing things…

Pitcher: Reckling
Hitter: ???

Definitely Q

hitter = Evans or Ryan

Evans was 2 – 3 with an RBI

Ryan was 1 -2 with a BB and 2 RBI..

What was Maicer's final line? Can't get box scores here.

1-1 with 2 BB

and defensively

it was certainly Amarista. The start to that double play was pretty slick..

This one was predictable

SOS gets rocked just like last season, Fuentes struggles, just like last season, Maicer keeps getting base, Reckling shines, Bell does well, Talyor has some high points and low points and Rosario fails as usual and the Angels threaten but come up inches short.

LOL it’s like a 1 game recap of 2009

I was going to say Maicer and now hearing Mota talk, I guess it goes to Mighty M!

yeah mouse gets the panther

walks deserve panthers?

what did he even do?

Agreed to be a utility man when he should be starting somewhere else, haha

Yeah I guess you could say we kinda owe him lol