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abreu having himself a good start to 2010
let's do this thing
Calm down Kitties
I'm read to spray the whole room...
Come on Palmer.
how about this Soth

bring in your worst relievers when you are 4 runs down, not up…

I just tune in to see the Arson Squad has been throwing gas on the fire again
LETS GO HALOS
Abreu numbers wouldn't be even close to last years .
I'm confused

Are you talking about the past, present or future?

The 'hold them' threads never work
Four walks in one inning never works.
Worked well enough.
i would say it worked
Stop walking people!
Wow

didn’t think the pen would blow a 6 run lead

i didnt think they could ever be that shitty
If Palmer starts the inning this is so not a big deal

how the heck can you watch a guy struggle in his last outing……….. throw some to the backstop, and then let him walk 3 guys,.

have you not mike scioscia?

pitcher, hitter, it don’t matter, if you are a veteran he rides you until the GM releases or trades him

"Nightmare on Katella Street " supposed to open in MAY . Not tonite .
Well crap

at least we got 5 rockin starters right now!

Palmer is not good either
I recall having similar problems with the bullpen in the early part of last season, too.
Yeah, and this season we were supposed to have that problem licked.
bulger looks like the grand slam guy we had last year

shields looks like the same shitty shields from last year.
jepsen hasn’t been as sharp as he was from the asb last year.
stokes, palmer, aren’t supposed to be the go to guys.
can’t wait for fuentes to come back, as much as i dont like his style, he isn’t habitually shitty like some of the meat we have been throwing out there so far.

rodney has been filthy though, now that his 1st few outings are over and the velocity has picked up

Yea, thank the Gods for Rodney

Who’d a thunk it?

Thank ****ing God.
haha Palmer never so excited for a popup before.
*clap*clap*clap*clap*

we survived…barely

Time to get some more runs baby

we’re gonna need em I’m thinkin’

So who comes in for the 8th?

Jespen again??!?

Stokes, maybe? I think Jepsen's our only option.
More runs, offense.
Like I said RODNEY , RODNEY RODNEY.....
Damn--you called it
not really that hard . Shields was the key .
Yea and Fat Chick, Stoked, Palmer, etc....
Surprised Torii didn't call everyone off on the Inge pop-up
He's been lazy everywhere tonight.
Bullpen-needs work.
Shields needs work

Bulger and Palmer I’m not worried.

This blows

I want the 6 run lead back.

Torii is making me so f'ing sick too

he’s jogging after EVERYTHING…………

Thanks Soth.

Still following Lasorda’s “Ultra Slim Fast” diet:

A shake for the first 3 innings.
A shake for the next 3 innings.
Then diarrhea for the rest of the time.

I love all the anti scoscia sentiment when this guy has brung us back from the abyss and without him would be nowhere
with Moreno we'd be nowhere

first year he he went out and got us the best 2 hitters and 2 pitchers on the market.

Colon, Escobar, Guillen and Vlad all in the same offseason.

what year did mareno

buy the angels?

You mean Dan?
I think I mean Arte Mareno,

the guy who bought the Angels….

I know, I'm being a smartass with all this nervous tension...

Well, it is 420 day. BRB…

I know you are being

a SA….I am bugs mummy, you know…LOL she is queen of the SA’s

the same year that coincides with all the Division Titles you referenced.
and the year was?

I didn’t reference any titles…and the season is just in it’s infancy…

well you knew this was coming

what year did we win the whole enchilada????

We'd still have a title.

Which is more than we had pre-Sosh.

No kidding

We haven’t won 5 of the last 6 division titles or anything

Big picture? Yes.

But right now? I don’t like the bullpen blowing it.

I totally respect most everything that scioscia does

But it doesn’t mean I can’t criticize what seem to me like bonehead moves.

im just saying i have seen several posts slamming sosh it just not cool
that pitcher looks like Rivera is bunting
^picture

got the baseball on the mind

Bonderman vs. Weave tomorrow

B-man got bombed bigtime last outing

Kendry is going deep this inning... Bereev it!

((I should have posted this in the last thread before it moved here so when I’m wrong, no one will see it anymore))

Halo just won't let us have a blow-out yet this season
good job Torii swinging at ball 4......

I hope Howie gives you a good talking tooo

got to be pleased with HK willing to take a walk
wtf

Jepsen is warming up NOW? Where the fuck was he when the bases were juiced with their best hitter up at the plate……….. damn can anyone defend that ineptitude?

Soth---experimenting?

It’s NOT alive!!!

Better to find out now when we have time to work on things.
IMO Soth needs to trust Bulger for more than one out

He’s not a lefty or situational specialist. It’s a waste of an appearance. Granted he has struggled so far in 2010. But he was the best Angels bullpen arm last year

yea and everytime he changes pitchers

he runs the risk of one of them crapping the bed with absolutely no control like Shields had tonight

I just think 1/3 inning is a waste

Why not bring him out for the 7th? He wouldn’t have done worse than Shields. Easy to second guess now

Bulger is under utilized at this point

Needs a chance to throw an inning or two. He’s not Jesse Orosco

lets face it...

baseball can be a crapshoot…

101, holy crap.
Wow.

I go to pick up my kid from his friends house and it’s a 6-5 ballgame? WTF?

That's what you get for interrupting their fun.

Should have let him sleep over.

No kidding.

Lesson learned. If it’s later than the 4th inning, and you’re at your friends house, you’re spending the night.

the joys of parent hood
Ump is taking a beating back there.
man, that poor ump :o
Zumaya reminds me of the Un-Cola dude.
does anyone else think that it is weird that umpires, on occasion, where blazers?
accessorizing is not a crime.
There blazers. There castle.
no

i wear my blazer all the time
in the mall
at church
at raves
in the park
spying on neighbors
wrapping dead bodies in foil
gift wrapping
peeing
and taking the kids to the pool

thank god for the comment minimizer function
there is one?
To quote sarah palin, "you betcha!"
where?
You just click on this bold heading
also a button on the top so you can have that formatting from the start
I never knew you could do that.

Til now. Thank you for saving my sanity good sir. Oh, and happy 4:20. Hopefully Rex gave you your stash back for a day to celebrate.

I use garbage bags and duct tape ...

for the gift wrapping

Dexter is that you?
Soth bringing in Jepsen to face

“the bottom of their order”.

Someone you'd rather see in the bottom of the 8th?
no of course not

it’s just horrible managing getting our main setup guy going against the bottom of their order with our worst relievers being forced to pitch against their best hitters.

Past is the Past

get over it.

Load up, Kowbell.

Nail him.

Way to go Kowbell.
KMO

Having a hell of a game

Taking a 100MPH fastball back into the field.
Up to Juan.

Time for some revenge Juan. 100 MPH goes a LONG way…

Not quite long enough though...
I might as well go but and put on a pair of...

Calvin Klein Pro Stretch Hip Brief Underwear that fits so tightly, it will cause my short and curlies to die and fall off due to suffocation.

This way it will physically feel similar to the mental feeling I have right now.

Hope Hunter was watching that.
yea but the problem is

he would have been watching it if he was defense too….. let Bobby handle that one

BTW.....Kate Gosselin sent home in Dancing with the stars .

kids need thier mom .

That update should be worth -20 Panther points.
Thank god

Kate Gosselin is awful at everything

I know of one thing she's good at
parenting?
close

having 8 kids is where i was going

actually

I was thinking that it was Bitching

Buying Ed Farty cloths?
Not using protection?
it was intro fert

that would have been funny. “Hey Doc. Before we begin. Do you have one?”

...OK, nice try Juan.

Wish our outfield had done that vs. Cabrera.

I look forward to Borjous doing that to other people in a year.
Thats how its done, Bobby
torii never would have caught that one
dial up the hot tub time machine

at least 3 years and he might catch it.

what the fudge

how did this happen

One minute, felt like this (_!_) Next minute: (_O_)
How come you have such a big scar and don't just look like (_._)

Did some time in the pokie?

From last year's bullpen meltdowns
You know this from experience?
Are YOU the goatse guy?
Halos Heaven is always good for laughs .....LAA baseball and SNL combine .

AWESOME .

no SNL - Yes MAD TV
C'mon PsyKo, get him
go george Jepsen
What a great Fantasy team pick up

in your stupid face mooses

Someone is getting beaned tomorrow if...

…we pull this one out. Hopefully Mike will play Q for an inning and time it juuuuust right.

I'm sending this to the Soth

so he can brush up….

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=leverage

I was just forced to watch an advertisement for Hepatitis C medication.

Seriously. Gheye.

not if you have Hep C
it is gods way of saying

“just warning you about that itch, it is not jock itch.”

great more stats for sosh to

think about

He only looks at CERA

Nothing more, Nothing less

is she hot?
it's a dude

it’s the guy from Superbad

Micheal Cera?

arrested development

the same baseball prospectus that said the angels would only win 78 games
Okay, nothing to do there.
that was wacky
Damon did the same thing to first
thanks, what quentin do?
Dont know. I think he might have flied out to center, but I'm not sure.
K him for the Sombrero
Aybar wtf you had plenty of time?!?

Hahah. Kidding.

Seriously, we have got to learn how to bounce **** off the plate like that.

It’s the one weapon we seem to be missing.

I seem to remember Erstad doing it quite a bit
Eck too, but no ones done it since.
23 pitches and been pitching a bunch lately...

…this ain’t good.

25 :/
Yeah, it wasn't looking too positive
All of a sudden it just hit me ....with Rivera Torii and Bobby in the outfield

we have the _______outfield in baseball . fastest ?

AARP eligible?
CMON

HOLD THEM DAMMIT!

Come on Jep.

Get this guy.

Hell of an AB for Jackson
Are you trying to show up Brandon Wood by saying that?

I see what you did there, don’t think I didn’t.

even with Jepsen's wicked arsenal, his WHIP is atrocious
not throwing as hard as he was last year

or they lowered the guns by 4mph

WTF

Rodriguez?

it's the Tony LaRussa bullpen management
bring in Rodney for four outs
that's not how the Soth operates.
Rodney has been plain nasty his last four apps
damon up too this is not good
F-Rod II has looked nasty lately
4 more outs

we can do this

Keep on target
Stay on target.
Very good throw my ass
Oh shit

Napoli throwing to 2nd…

that throw was not "very good"

rojas fail

"very good throw"????

what game is he watching????

I love this UMP!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a good throw.

In a bizarro world.

it was a good throw

in that Torii didn’t have something else to go jog after.

Well played Mauer.
I love the Show

I’m working Trout through the minors…. gave him a righthanded Ethier swing.

Much better ad than the Pedroia one last year
Pyscho bitch thank u
Thank You Blue!
It was never in doubt.

K’d.

You lie. Haha
another close call

goin’ the angels way

san jose wins
This is a baseball only, angels baseball treand

How, what is the score?

What is a "treand?"
it is new and exciting

you should try it
google it

San Jose never wins in the playoffs
That's not even a fair pitch to Damon.

How is he supposed to reach that with his noodle arms?

It's like I am super excited ! ! ! !

that I was just nut kicked and had my hair torn out but I wasn’t fully raped so it’s a great evening…

Celebration!

Who do you think you are... Mark Whicker?
((starts Google and hopes to not see hairy, slight muscular men...with pirate blouses))
search HH history
I thought he was referring to Seinfeld. ;)
My man Rodney ....up next .....
Kazmir REALLY deserves this win

Keep it together guys.

All this just makes Kazmir look even better.

It’s not like these guys suck, he just outpitched them (like Piñata last night)

Is it bad that Angels baseball puts me through more stress

than major college tests and Essays?

What you say makes sense. You have control over studying for your tests.

But you have no control what the Angels will do.

And yet it somehow affects us more greatly... what these guys whom we have no control over do.
Hence my sig. :)
too long

can’t keep interested after “the”

Nice sig.

But try dumbing it down.

More weirdness than usual on the island
made that exciting

K-Rod esque

Man, pitches don't get any better than that.

GD says legit strike, nailed the outside bottom corner.

Certainly you can't take a pitch like that with 2 strikes.
Absolutely.

Unless you wear pinstripes.

(Abreu still occasionally suffers from this "Hey that never used to be a strike!" syndrome)
Red Sox too

Remember the Fuentes game last year?

When we swept them out of the playoffs?

I kid, of course I remember.

Good memories

Sweeping the sox, that is

5 strikes for a walk
This will be a chance for Rodney to really put the pressure on Fuentes to deliver when he gets back in...
if the Angels had any sense

they would just automatically make Fuentes their loogy. The guy owned lefties last year, and he’s our ONLY lefty in the pen. On any other team it would be a no brainer.

Someone please explain this to me

With the off center camera shot from the outfield. How come when a ball it on the left side of the plate is actually farther left then it really seems.
And a ball on the right side is farther right. E=Mc2 or dark matter?

I was under the impression that there would be no math questions.
My bad. Physics.
there is more math in physics

than in a math class

Quit the slapstick and answer my question
No idea

It might be the k-zone that’s screwed up. A pitch should look to be more to the left than it truly is

Even throwing 101, they throw HK breaking balls. :P
Actually,

His 101 pitch was 100.7

that station rocks \m/
starts HK with two curves
Thought that was interesting.

Only Angel he did that too. They know better than to give Howie a fastball.

Glee over

means I’m back, meaning the angels luck will turn around

Zumaya is dealin'

100MPH

to ron washington?
Holmies in Anahiem won't like that
no way in hell

Hunter makes that catch

Holy crap.

That wasn’t even fair. 2 wicked benders, followed by a fastball at 101 mph.

More robbery by Jackson. That is really irritating.
Not liking that Austin Jackson guy.
imagine if he was a yankee

that woulda sucked

Granderson?

i heard hes is available

But we could have gotten Granderson

He was available, remember?

So was Halladay if I recall correctly.
Man that 2B umpire moved faster getting into good position

than I’ve seen Torii move all night.

Oakland is pretty much done so if we hold on...

We’re one game out of 1st!

Zumaya impressive as heck tonight
I remember him pitching against the yankees in the playoffs.

he smoked their whole lineup

smoked ours tonight
and yet if they didn't have Jackson in CF

the Angels would have scored

Buckle your seat belts.
1-2-3

 come on’ Rod

Woo-Hoo! I sure hope we get to Light Up the Halo!
Time for the Rockin Rodney show!!! O yeah!!!
Don't f-ing jinx it, Gubi
Are really taxing your bullpen if your bullpen sucks?
Gday says that was a good call.

1 down.

wood does not make that play i don't think

believe it or not, everyone has made a throwing error in their careers.

Mighty Mouse bobbles but makes the play
No bobble. He double-clutched to make sure he had a good grip
after watching Rodney walk so many guys last year

I was really expecting to see Mags take all the way there on 3-1

Jesus

that’s gone if it’s a fastball

Let's go Rodney-O

Get that sizave

2 down. Swing looked scary for a second.
So have we decided that Rodney is awesome now?
Quite a change from opening night when he was booed
How can your wrong with a guy with two first names
but you can never trust him
almost looked like it was out for a second
There's out number 2.

C’mon Fernando.

Did Torrii catch a ball?
No, but Torii did
That's what she said....

Wait, what were we talking about?

U da man RODNEY ,,,
remember when rodney sucked?

think it was his 2nd appearance

i like fernandizzle

this is not history class

we do not need to remember the past.

Doubleplus good

damn that pitch was not in a good spot....

but it was 95 so you can make some mistakes

Our starters and Rodney are nuts!!!
jepsen is doing fine
just a bit outside
Light up that halo

Happy 4:20!!!!!

Not yet
Shit I'm late

Barely checking in 9th inning

if they lose blaming u
Put that in your pipe (or bong) and smoke it
guillen must be wondering when

the change is coming

It came and he pulled it
fernando

your beard is weird.

Your 'stache is trash
no play for Mr. Gray
Emmitt beard?
There goes the 14 in a row (?)
Nice try Aybar.
Wat a play but it is still a hit
Erick can't quite pop back to his feet.
Man, oh Man

lets close this

what the hill is wrong with him

a man on base

I fear inge
and his .238 career BA?
Excellent fastball hitter.
When did B. Inge get do many tats?
anyone like that song by ABBA, "Fernando"?
LIGHT UP THE HALO

Just another Halos Victory

LIGHT IT UP ( the Halo, that is)

JUST ANOTHER HALO VICTORY

That SOTH is such a sly manager . Bringing Shields so he can use him as an excuse to use Rodney in the 9th .
Wants to keep us underestimated.
Scot did that for K-Rod

The best set up man ever

Now I can light this bowl
LIGHT THAT BABY UP
Rodney is a stud but sad day Fuentes coming back
Light up the Halo

not a lot of drama for rodney
love it

OWNED!

Light ’er up, over .500 and 5 straight awesome starts!

So awesome!!!!!

I had the Tigers +1.5 so this is the best possible scenario for me.!!!

EXHALE MR. FURLEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EXHALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did not inhale
Jesus loves us

over .500

Light it up!!!!!

Halos win. Light up the Halo!!!!!

LIGHT UP 420
WWWoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rodney 5 for 5
Kaz gets the first win

LIGHT UP THE HALO!!!

Just Another Halo Victory!

Aside from the heartburn...

Great game by kaz and put up another W in the win column.

That was scary

Go Halos!

Light it up Boys!!!

  The Halo is lit!

Howie....

“our bullpen has been shutting it down for us????”

Translation:

Rodney is a fantastic closer.

the jokester
Taking lessons from Hula Dula
RODNEY!

Fuentes Panther
Halo Lit on 4/20? YES!

HK seems to have gotten more articulate compared to a few years back :o
HK should be up for panther as well, he 3 ribbys
I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.
Who's going tomorrow?

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