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UPDATE: Final Score in Tempe: Angels 13, Rangers 9

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Little concerned

Woody hasn’t found his groove yet thus far. It’s still early, but hopefully he picks it up in the enxt few games otherwise the pressure and doubts will only mount.

Wood's got an admittedly long swing

he said it takes him awhile to get it going and find a groove.
this is, what, game 4? we’ve got another month to go. no worries yet.

wasnt he working on shortening his swing?
For sure

I didn’t know what to expect this season, I mean last spring, Woody came in and ripped immediately. Outside of Aybar, no one had a better Spring than Woody.

Good Inning

Up 2-0 already.

who got the hits?
Izt, rivera, morales

isn’t this K-Mo’s first game and he gets and RBI

Aybar led off

with a walk, Maicer singles him over to 3B, Rivera singled to LF scoring Aybar, Morales singled to RF scoring Izzy, Naps flied out, Woody K’d and Evans flied out to LF.

Wood puts up a web gem

His defense isn’t questionable at least.

can you guys keep this updated on like who scored the runs at least and such cause I can't listen or watch it right now.

thanks

Vladdy up uh oh!

Oh Geez, Vladdy robbed of a HR. LOL

Thank you Terry Evans
and we can be happy about that now (especially when we face them)
Quinny the DH!

LOL you know it’s spring when Quinlan is the DH

def.
Yeah, when Maicer is a DH, you know it's the REGULAR season.

Remember that a couple years back? Crazy. But, in Mighty Mouse’s defense, he was the RISP-freak.

This was as recently as last July!
Saundo pitching?
Santana
got it thanks :)
Santana lol

alright I’m done.

sounds like a bunch of people at a Santana concert
What instrument does Ervin play?
Woodwind

Thank you, I’ll be here all week.

Quentin flied out.
Quinny makes it to 2B,

stranded by an Aybar K and a Maicer pop out

poor Q – gets on base and is just left there…

Izzy lowered his BA to .333 and Wood raised his to... well... .000

It’s early in ST but he’s going to have to make a better case :o

K-Mo still has a 1.000 BA

He’s kind of ridiculous.

Nevermind

:P

0.500 is nothing to shake a stick at.
LINEUPS

ANGELS

SS Erick Aybar

2B Maicer Izturis

LF Juan Rivera

1B Kendry Morales

C Mike Napoli

3B Brandon Wood

RF Terry Evans

DH Robb Quinlan

CF Reggie Willits

RHP Ervin Santana

RANGERS

CF Julio Borbon

3B Michael Young

LF Josh Hamilton

DH Vladimir Guerrero

2B Ian Kinsler

RF David Murphy

1B Chris Davis

C Taylor Teagarden

SS Elvis Andrus

RHP Brandon McCarthy

Home run

Naps!

NAPO SMASH!!!!!!!!

HR for Mike Napoli to dead-center field. DEEP

Woody clones Mike Napoli!!!

Hits it to straight away center, only 30 feet shorter lol and it’s an out.

3-0 Angels.

First time I've remembered to check in while the game

is on. Naturally, we are winning today. :-P

2nd HR this spring for nappi
Nice signature...

just watched that last night.

"Are you in this class?"

“I am today!”

its a favorite among us old surfers who never grow up
I watched

it last week, love that movie

Santana with 2 innings, how did he look?

Was his fastball zipping?

1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 SO's.
I know his line, but I'm wondering about fastball speed.
It topped out at about 93.
For this point in ST...

…and for Santana, that is really good. I don’t think velocity right now is a stat you can look at yet.

It was about 90 last spring when he was hurt IIRC. That's why I asked.
Nice! Awesome for a first start.

He could gain around 3 MPH, which means we’d be back to 96 MPH heat for Ervin.

he looked real strong today.

Was throwing in the 80’s to lower 90’s

JUST BACK

Great exercise. If Aybar pulls the ball lie Aybar pulls his leash it is going to be a looooong season.

TYPO = "like"
any 5-0 activity today?
nah

mellow, that is how we like it.

nice inning

from Palmer

He's hitting the Bourbon...

;)

Feck, need to leave in 5 mins...

…and no game on the radio. Buh bai feel-good game. Hello withdrawls…!

do you have XM radio?
I used to... Cancelled it and now am thinking of getting it again.

But once the season starts, it’s all good again…

I cannot imagine paying for radio...

oh well. I guess we pay for television, why not radio as well?

Whelp, back to work for me. Go Angels!
and Aybar k's??
3 in a row maybe :(?
Innings over

Evans flied out
Q struck out
Willits struck out

oh thought maybe willits was the second out
Hamilton singles on a ground ball

Vladdy up now

Vladdy singles -- fly ball to right

Hamiton to 2B

Dang...

he has a hit in every game against the Angels since leaving the Angels. ;)

Kinsler doubles

2 runs score

Palmer starting to seriously suck

hasn’t thrown a single strike this inning

Murphy flies out
Aybar throws out Davis

Kinsler to 3B

Teagarden grounds out to Wood to end the inning
Another nice play by Woody

He’s looking like he should contend for a gold glove at 3B this year. I love it when shortstops become 3B.

Good think Nap got an HR so we still have the lead.
Yes, big game here.

;)

Aybar, Izzy & Rivera up next
Zachary Phillips replaces Colby Lewis to start the 5th
Hola all.

How goes the game thus far?

3-2 Halos
Thanks Quad.

Is there a telecast? Because if there is, I can’t find it.

The official Angels ST schedule leaflet...

says no TV today. 3/9, 3/10, 3/14, 3/15, 3/17, 3/24, 3/25, 3/27, 3/28, 3/30 are the only ST games remaining that have TV

Izzy

single runners at 1st and 3rd

and about to score more
singlr Rivera run in

and 2 on

make that a double from Rivera
See, I told you this was gonna be a big year for Number Juan
still nobody out:-)

4-2 Halos

Wood Homered also, no?

Or was somebody crackin’ wise earlier?

no....

that would be Nap that hit the HR.

He almost did
Ok thanks, way above I thought somebody said he followed Napoli's bomb
yeah, he followed it with an "almost" HR
According to Gameday's box score, he did
Right... at 1:24PM PST
Oops... in the 5th, not right after Nipples.
no homer from Wood
K-Mo rbi single
nice way to start ST K-Mo
yes and hope it continues the whole year
4 hits in a row!
I guess hitting is contagious.

Luminous!

WOOD HOMERS
Fool once...
*Fool ME once...
Ok MMP, it's been confirmed by others, I believe you

Rec’d

I want to see it on the box scores first...

hehehe

SEEN...

Way to go Brandon.

Awesome!

I am glad that my initial concerns have been temporarily relieved. He looked bad at the 3 BPs I saw Feb 25 to 27.

WOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
Opposite Field Blast!
Woody Homers OPPO!!

Power baby!

WOODY!!!

1st hit of the spring goes over the RF fence!

Just got here and just turned the game on...

I love it

you have it on TV?? or you mean teh radio
Keep it going, Mr. Wood.
Alright Richard, I mean Brandon!!!
Evans on due to error by Andrus
So it's 7-2 now?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_08_anamlb_texmlb_1

Thanks

Effin’ Gameday doesn’t work right in my office.

Do you have a link to gameday? I cannot find one.

No, I was just assuming it was on

It usually is and whenever I try it, it doesn’t work. Sorry.

Looks like the team finally showed up…

I’m loving this!!!

Those who are watching the game are you watching it on MLBTV?

Mathis in for Nap
Bulger in for Palmer
Andrus grounds out
Borbon pops out to Aybar
Hamiton grounds out to end the inning
Luis Mendoza replaces Zach Phillips
Willits grounds out to Andrus
Ryan in for the Admiral
red floyd standing by

Looks like Gameday isn’t totally lame today

you have a link?
Yeah

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2010_03_08_anamlb_texmlb_1

Thanks!
I can't find the GD links on mlb.com either.

I took the link posted for ST game 1 and just modified the gid field

Thanks
You're welcome!

Stay on target!

I wonder why I can’t find it on my own. Is it something you have to pay for now?

Not when we can access it via that link "red floyd" provided

I just think that MLB.com is tinkering and maybe they forgot to link them today????

Like I said, I can't find it either... I just edit the game 1 link
pretty sneaky of you...

;)

genius!
That's "Sheer Genius!"

Signed,

Wile. E. Coyote, Super Genius

Sandoval in for Izzy
Sandoval singles to CF
Sandoval single up the middle
Trumbo replaces Rivera
and flies out to left to end the inning
Trumbo flies out to LF
Damn, that's a lot of substitutions.

RF Ryan
3B Sandoval
1B Trumbo
SS Romine (batting for KMo)
2B Amarista (batting for Wood)
LF Jeremy Moore (batting for Evans)
P Stokes

(For TEX: Toby Hall bats for Vlad)

7-3

single followed by a triple by David Murphy

Richardson flie out to end the inning
Richardson imitated Quentin.

Flew out to CF

Good morning everybody, from Bangkok Thailand

a little jet lag this morning

Yo, Moondoggy!!!!

What’s shakin’?

living the dream
good man

can’t wait for another Yankees game

got tockets for you
tickets even
awesome-ness

why jet lagged?

got here on Monday

after wrapping up the move

great.

school is crazy. new junior paper. new research project.

how many junior years do you get?

crazy Ivy Leagues

well 2 junior papers

each semester has a new one. last year was on Plague in Spain. This semester will be on Gradual Emancipation of Slavery in Pennsylvania in 1780.

send me your plague paper

sounds very interesting

yea sure

il email it to you when i get time.

warning.
it is pretty raw

At a food allergy conference in DC last year the keynote speaker was some guy who had that as his tagline
at a food allergy conference?

there’s a dream for everyone

Yeah, the guy had some serious allergies.
thats nothin'

i just got back from the Self Storage Convention

you making it down to AZ this spring?
Yep. 3/27 and 3/28.

Goin’ with my buddy again. We’re making it an annual tradition.

Just in time to see a Halo victory
timing is everything
Romine singles, steals 2nd
Shotgun at bat
Romine out at home
Mathis with the doubles

and Romine heads back to the farm

Mathis looked great in the three BP sessions I saw in ST
as much as I crapped on him last year

I can change on a dime

Damn. Gameday's lagging again.
There we go.

Romine was out on a 9-4-1

Oops. 9-4-2
slow break by Romine cost us a run
Did Dino send him?

Or was he on his own?

I think he went on his own
yeah, but

how do you NOT score from second on a double

idk you would think he could hesitate and still make it
No

but that’s the point…he who hesitates is OUT

Watch Dino Rook

right

on a double if you hesitate you can still make it if you have good speed unlike if you do it on a single. Not saying it happens every time

You're right

I dont read so good

Amarista

wasn’t he on “The Apprentice?”

I thought he was the former dictator of Cuba ;)
What's the frequency Kenneth?

It’s not on the mighty AM830. Is it MLB TV/Radio exclusive today?

dunno

I only have access to MLB/Radio

I refuse to believe that more people...

are interested in cleaning their colons than listening to Angels baseball. “Follow the money” they always say…

I always use a semcolon. ;
Why can't you do both?

I know I do…just a second…ahhh

Frequency FTW!
Moore

runs that is

Heck, if Mattress can score from second on a SINGLE...

Romine should be able to score from second on a double. Wonder what the heck happened there.

Mathis makin' his case
Aldridge in for Q
Aldridge grounds out to end the inning
Amarista K, Moore Singled.

Aldridge now batting for Q.

Who the heck is Kevin Nabors?

Was he on rghan’s list?

Gomer's cousin
When my wife worked in a hospital, she told me that

GOMER stood for “Get Out of My E.R.”

non-roster invitee
And whoever he is, he just threw 4 straight balls
Apparently Butch's visit didn't help.

now 6 straight

7 in a row before a strike
Wow...he moved from Louisiana to Alabama

…one step back

If a couple get married in Mississippi and divorced in Alabama, are they still brother and sister?
now he got a strike -- the boy's a quick learner
2 walks.

Buh-bye, Nabors. I hope you had fun in your one and only outing.

10 pitches 9 balls

this kids falling apart

looks like he started apart
13 pitches, 2 strikes.

Both called. Would you swing on this guy?

More importantly, would you be his Nabor?
only in Make Believe Land
Let me put on my sweater and my sneakers!
it's weird how many of us weirdos think alike
Way to walk them loaded.

15 pitches, 3 strikes.

who does he think he is

Rick Vaughn?

And yet another ball to Tracy.

C’mon Soth, how much more do you need to see?

You waiting for him to walk in a run?

It's getting hard to love thy Nabor
Shockingly, Tracy actually swung at one of this guys pitches.
RBI single.

Walking the bases loaded will do that to you.

8-6

Scioscia is going out to the mound

I gotta feel bad for Nabors

This was just the worst outing I’ve seen in quite a while.

ah give the kid a break

o never mind

Yet another first pitch ball followed by an RBI double.

8-6 Angels.

Get the hook already!

Cool, we might actually lose this game
Fernando Rodriguez in.

Nabors has an infinite ERA.

0+ innings pitched, 3 runs (and 2 more his responsibility)

*potentially* his responsibility
I think I found a graphical representation of Nabors' ERA

Here

Forbidden -- you do not have permission to access this page.

This is just crazy…

Ramirez: 5-2 FC.
Woopwoop

Rodriguez to the rescue

F-Rod

kickin ass.

Replacement for Fuentes?

oe set-up? or both?

not there yet

too young. Looks more like a set up guy

Really?

F Rod is too young?
Doesn’t he have experience?

Are you experienced?
better believe it

never been to Thailand, though

This place will get you there
what could be cooler than talking to an Angel fan in Thailand

during a Halo game
and while I’m in Lancaster, Ca?

talking to a halo fan in NJ

the happiest place on earth

the Boss thinks so
really you don't say
'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky
he was in the club a few times

but he mainly pitched for AA. 26 years old. wait a bit longer.

You are talking Thompson, eh?

Me—Rodney

oh woops

i thought we were talking rodriguez. mi mal.
i doubt rodney will replace fuentes.

And Rodriguez gets out of it by forcing Richardson into yet another Quentin impression!
After that, I never want to see Nabors again.

At least not pitching for the Angels.

What about on Hee-Haw?
just spring

cut the kid a break

unles he continues to stink

yea, a severe case of 1st spring game jitters
True, I guess I was a little hard on him.
careful

you’re turning me on

I love listening to the announcer in between innings

now I know what the winning raffle number is

Fernando Rod....

SHUTS UM DOWN. Can’t wait to see this kid, Kohn, Raf Rod and Thompson up in the Angels pen, they’ll all be successful major leaguers.

Rich has problems with finding the plate as well
So did Bulger....

He dominated AAA last year, in the same fashion that Bulger did. All Bulger needed was a shot. He flourished last season.

Both are 30, late for prospects, both are hard throwers with lots of movement on their offspeed pitches.

Started the season in a pretty shaky manner

like Jepsen
gotta be patient with the young talent (Ie, Woody)

Holland in

gotta hope he does miserably

so far...your wish

is his command

or lack thereof....

haha get it?

Ryan singles, Coon to 3B
1st to 3rd. Soth has got them running

not sure we will see quite as much of that this season…got some older legs in that OF and DH

Checkin' in...

nice to see 15 hits and some runs! Keep it up guys!

Sandoval working Holland
hope he can do it in the reg season

did Vlade play today?

Yeah. Evans robbed him.
Standin O from Moondoggy
Ya he played

2 AB’s
1 hit
1 run

Good AB. 9 pitches so far
hey...they're in regular season form
Speaking of working counts

Doesn’t Aybar already have 3 walks this ST?
A good sign

Good AB

E6. Coon scores, Ryan to 3rd.

Looked like Chupa at the plate
9-6?

what inning?

oh thanks lol. if your right?
Trumbo comes through
Stokes; how hard was he throwing today?
93-95 fastball
Stokes has looked lights out so far
Thanks for the update.

He was amongst the hardest throwing relief pitchers in the NL last year. I’m hoping the Angels can harness his raw talent.

I like his work ethic too

he came in ready to wheel and deal
Early, but top spring performer thus far

I hope he makes the club

i like good relievers.

Terry Smith is doing it by himself

where’s Mota?

shhh maybe he forgot he's supposed to be there....
Oops.
nice first comment lol
there you are

poll has you as number #1 HH play-by-play dude
lol

It's that hard hitting analysis, obviously.
Put a tent on that Ranger circus
mid-season form

goodbye Holland

Holland doing his Nabors imitation...

glad we aren’t relying on Nabors! ;)

Angels are winning and hitting?

Swell

Is Holland related to brad Holland?

former Bruin/Laker

Geoff gets Jeff.
*Well, force at second, I guess Jeff is on base.
Amaristaaaaahhhhhhh

nice triple

Bring 'em home!

I love speedy guys.

now thats what im looking for

Amarista has that speeeed.

k3yerout

oooohhh, my first one of the year… :(

its ok

the damage has been done

What inning is it?
bot 8
Thanks princeton11,

I can’t really follow the game today, only periodically. Sucks to be me.

Navarro in for Trumbo, Gary Patchet in for Nieves
Patchett
it ain't punctured... why do I need to patch it?
it's ST, I will let you go on that one

definitely not regular season form DR

Besides, it's Monday. MS patches on Patch Tuesday
Patches?

We dohn-need no steeenking patches!

Not to forget Santana's really nice 2 scoreless innings to start

and I’m outa here

take care Raaddad
stay warm in Jersey bro

another storm comin for ya

you are right

damn it. it was so pretty today.

What a great game to not be televised or on the radio even.
Luckily for us there showing soccer on FSW.

I know some of you like soccer. I don’t. i’d rather watch a colon cleansing infomercial than watch soccer.

BLAH i love soccer but even if i didn't I would never watch colon cleansing.
Should we order our 2010 Western Division Champion T-Shirts now?
I thought the M's were printing those up
Make sure they get the right shade of red.
M's shirts will say ...

2010 Cactus League Champions … I smell another “statement game” coming from them this spring … (yawn)

And F*&%$ the Rangers!
They should "get the f*** off!!" their own field
Arias singles to CF
any relation to George Arias?
K3YEROUT

AHHHH….my 2nd one

Any updates on Fernando Rodney?

Is he still having problems with his legs?

Nice stop FRod, good DP
Is this FRod as in Fernando Rodney?
Femando Rodriguez
Nay

Fernando Rodriguez

We're going to have to come up with a nickname for him

too many FRods

He said as much himself to me during my visit to Tempe...

“I check the roster every year and hope that there aren’t other “F. Rodriguez’s” … and look what happened!"

hahah, he made me chuckle … which is not hard to do.

I like the nickname "FUR-ROD"
pitcher's best friend
In this case the pitcher is his own best friend.
FRod with the comebacker DP

Nice job for him today!

German GIDP

Didn’t invade France.

The Failed Solution?
OUTTTTTTA HEEEEEEREEE!!!!
Aldridge homered
HR...Aldridge

Nice 1

*********HOMERUN******Cory Aldridge********
whoa there... that's copyright infringement...

the askterisks + homerun + asterisks + player name + asterisks has been copyrighted by 44fan.

like you expect RF to be original?

been a long off-season, huh?

I was just trying to be helpful....

Filling in for 44FAN

It's all good... or Aldridge in this case...
You are supposed to put an exclamation point after the player's name.
in play, runs
Nap - Wood - Aldridge

3 HR day!

K3YEROUT = Coon
sure glad my name is not Anel

damn!

translation:

Anel de los Santos = “the rear end of the saints”

must smell sweet

I rest my case…still glad my name isn’t Anel! :D

All 3 Angels catchers have hits today...

BWilson singles…nice!

19 for the team!
Reminds me of a game I went to...

I sat in front of this girl I called “Janice” — after Janice from “Friends”

Every time Bobby Wilson came up to bat, she went ’Oh My GOD!!!!! Bobby Wilson!!!!"

(ball flies over head)

never saw an episode of Friends. I’m not very friendly, I guess.

You're lucky.

Mrs. red floyd loved it. That’s how come I know about it.

not possible, did you live in a cave?
I'm with DR

Never seen an episode either. Don’t want to either.

I tried to............but I couldn't make it through a full episode.
wow

There are just some shows, M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, Friends, Simpsons, etc. that end up being such a part of our culture. References that become part of the languate/idioms that it surprises me that everyone hasn’t seen at least one episode.

I saw ONE EPISODE of Seinfeld.

can I have that half hour back, please? ;)

M*A*S*H is the best on that list but i only watched a couple of those and none of the others on the list.
I ranked it with Ally McBeal

looked more annoying than funny

not a fan of shit-coms.

If the TV is on in my home, it is ONLY ON for sports. Oh, and now that I have the HD-digital deal going on, I watch some movies now and then.

agree i hate shit-coms
I think what turns me off to them...

Is the ones that were filmed in a studio with cued laughter from the audience. I’ll admit I watched some of these growing up, but today they bug me. I don’t need the show pre-programmed to tell me something is funny, I can figure out funny when I see it.

What you’d call sitcoms today that I do like, are The Office, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, South Park, Family Guy, The League, etc. All outrageously funny, no cues from an audience.

Never saw it also

don’t feel like I missed anything either

This is spring training for Texas to once again learn to be LAA's bitches.
Hey 44FAN

Hope you didn’t mine me filling in for you earlier on Aldridge’s HR.

No problemo. I was out all day figuring there would not be much of a thread today

with it not being on the radio or FSN

good inning

13-6

Toss up for my fav plays of the game thus far...

Dick Wood HR’s and Vlad robbed by Evans…hmmmmmm

Was Vlad's shot a laser?

Gameday describes it as a lineout.

Wood HR followed very very close to Vlad being robbed
They are doing highlights of the game on AM830 now.

LAME

Come on... We all know you'd rather be listening to a colon cleansing infomercial!

no… the Drive is on.

RIP RORY

“JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY!”

Ummm, game is still on and Rangers are scoring...

unearned runs 13-8 Halos

Annnnnd 13-9 on a base hit up the middle.
Dadgum...

with the announcement by 44fan that they were playing highlights on AM830, I ASSumed that it was done. Trying to multi-task and it ain’t working! :(

Wow

Great to see the long ball… got in here just to hear some of the play by play from Jeff Biggs on AM830. Why no broadcast?

Come on Arte Moreno, buy the rights to stream the games online.

You are supposed to own shit.

MLB owns those rights and isn't selling.

That said, you can listen live on MLB.com / MLB At Bat.

I listened online via mlb audio
Good to get the first "win" out of the way
It will be, yes.
Oops. Game not over yet?
I know DR's comment was... confusing.
Ummm.... 13-9 and counting...

Mosebach not missing many bats either

That's okay, that ball found two bags.
5--4-3 DP...

and that wraps it up…Just another Halo victory…spring style

Just Another Halo Victory
Light up the Halo!

do they light it up after spring victories???

Nega-Torii.

I see what you did there! ;)

LIGHT UP THE CACTII!
Oh my

That’s Racist, nevermind I got what you did there.

Just Another Halo Victory

Sorry for all the confusion...

je suis tout confus maintenant.

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