Jacob de Golish - Getty Images
"Hey Olive Oyl, where's me spinach?"
Angels enjoy satisfying series victory over Yankees - LA Daily News
Bobby Abreu got the Angels rolling in the third inning with a solo home run to right off Javier Vazquez to bring the Angels within 3-1, and Kendry Morales sealed the victory in the seventh with a two-out, three-run shot off of Damaso Marte on a 3-0 pitch. The switch-hitting Morales, who homered batting right-handed, reached base in all four at-bats. He went 3 for3 with two singles and a walk in concert with the homer, his sixth of the season. "With a right-hander coming up we knew that (the Yankees) were going to make a change no matter what," Scioscia said. "That's why we allowed Kendry to swing away in that situation. "His power has improved quite a bit from that side of the plate, even if it hasn't shown up in the stats so far."
Here's some video of Morales' home run. The first is the New York clip focusing on the decision not to intentionally walking Morales (Morales makes the Yanks regret a decision). This one (Morales blasts a three-run homer) has Angel broadcaster Victor Rojas' home run call..."Kendry Morales, the Cuban Missile, with a 3-run Jimmy-Jack!". Although I'm not quite sure what a Jimmy-Jack is, I like it.
Make Your PREGAME PICK before tonight's first pitch
Indians-Angels Preview - FOX Sports on MSN
Hitting a major league-worst .223 overall, Cleveland has been outscored 34-15 while losing four of six. The prospects for an offensive revival don't seem strong Monday against Angels starter Jered Weaver (2-0, 2.77 ERA), who has given up three runs or fewer in all four of his starts. Weaver is 2-1 with a 4.17 ERA in eight career starts against the Indians, with the most recent the most impressive. He notched his second career shutout Aug. 19 at Cleveland, scattering seven hits and one walk while striking out three. He'll be opposed by Cleveland's David Huff (1-2, 3.00), who has sandwiched a pair of losses this season around a complete-game effort of his own - a 3-2 win over Texas on April 15. The left-hander lost at Minnesota on Wednesday, giving up four runs and walking a career-high six in six innings as the Indians fell 6-0. Huff has faced the Angels once before - a 7-6 loss in Anaheim last July 28, when he yielded five runs in seven innings.
Weaver's record would be 3-0 had it not been for the blown save by Brian Fuentes against the Tigers last Wednesday.
Wood's big hit sparks rally for Angels - angelsbaseball.com
"I was excited," Wood said, having unloaded on Vazquez's first pitch to send Juan Rivera and Howard Kendrick home. "I wanted to be aggressive, look for something I could handle and hit it hard. It's the first time other than a defensive play I've done something to help the ballclub. "I don't know if I got a monkey off my back. I haven't felt there was one there. I've tried to keep my cool, keep things in perspective. I wanted to get off to a great start and prove to everybody I belong here, replacing a guy [Chone Figgins] who last year was an All-Star. "I've had slumps before in the Minor Leagues, but this is a big stage. Hitting a baseball's one of the toughest things to do in sports. That's one hit and two RBIs. I've got a lot of work to do to get me out of this."
Video of Wood's first RBIs of 2010 - Wood's double gives the Angels the lead - Not trying to rain on his parade, but Thames didn't make a very good play on Wood's hit, but who cares...hopefully this is the beginning of a more comfortable batting approach for Wood.
Angels' Hunter still conflicted about home-plate collision - LA Daily News
"Man, (Wilson) was right there next to the plate; the ball bounced up and made him go backward," Hunter said. "I don't know. The plate was open. You can look at the tape over and over and say the play was clean or it was not right. Baseball is baseball." A half inning after the collision, Hunter bumped Teixeira after beating out an infield single. Hunter was asked if that was his way of saying a little "hello, I know what you did" to his former teammate. "I can't tell you that. I'm running up the line, what was I supposed to do?" Hunter said, quickly wiping a wry smile from his face. "The ball bounced away from him and he fell forward into me." It was Hunter who got the worst of that exchange too, taking a shot to the jaw.
Weird baseball contract clauses - CNN.com
4. Red Sox buy John Lackey insuranceIf Lackey misses any significant time due to surgery on a pre-existing elbow injury during the first five years of the contract, the Red Sox gain a club option for the 2015 season in which Lackey would have to pitch for the major league minimum salary.
April 26 - BR Bullpen
1941 - Wrigley Field becomes the first ballpark to install an organ to entertain fans, with Roy Nelson manning the keyboard. Q: What's better than roses on your piano? A: Tulips on your organ. {Insert rimshot}
1969 - The Baseball Records Committee decides to give Babe Ruth credit for one more home run during his career for a total of 715. The committee rules that one of Ruth's home runs had been incorrectly ruled a triple. The committee will later reverse its decision, returning Ruth to a total of 714 home runs.
1986 - The game between the California Angels and Minnesota Twins is delayed for nine minutes when strong winds tear a hole in the Metrodome roof, causing suspended lights and speakers to sag toward the field. The roof is reinflated and California rallies for six runs in the ninth inning to win 7 - 6. The roof, the roof, the roof is fire. Wait, no that just a big frickin' hole. WTF?
2005 - At Yankee Stadium, Alex Rodriguez slugs his way to the best performance of his career, hitting three home runs in his first three at-bats off Angels pitcher Bartolo Colón. Come on, it was off of Colon. Should it really count?
Happy b-day to the man who created on of the best baseball books (The Natural) and to the PTBNL:
1914 - Bernard Malamud, writer (d. 1986)
1985 - Sean Rodriguez, infielder
The Cuban Missile goes 3-for-3:
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0 recs | 94 comments
A couple points about Victor Rojas:
1. I like how when he mentioned the Yanks were coming to town that it was payback time.
Physioc would never have said that. He would have hyped up the Yankees telling us all how great they are. I love Rojas’ enthusiasm.
2. I love when a pitcher leaves the game with runners on, how he says they are leaving with property at 1st and 2nd for example.
Again Phys never said anything cool or quotable. That is my new favorite saying for runners inherited. Property. You’ve got to love it.
So I am very happy with Mr. Rojas. The guy is professional and very smooth on the mic.
Monkeyspanked - April 26, 2010
I'm digging Victor...
I cannot express how much better he is than Phys…
I’m not a fan of Gubie but he’s more entertaining this year than last and I credit Victor for this…
I still miss Hud…
Jietoh - April 26, 2010
A Victor Hud combo would be, by far, the best Announcers possible
PhiSlamma - April 26, 2010
Yes...
I like this. Someone get PhiSlamma’s people in touch with Arte’s people so they can work this out.
thetooth - April 26, 2010
Got's to be the quote of the year so far
LINK
eyespy - April 26, 2010
Thames play on Wood's double was pretty bad
but that’s exactly what he needs to regain his confidence. He has hit the ball hard a few times right to outfielders so maybe if a couple of those balls start falling he can turn things around.
Epic Dean - April 26, 2010
Yeah, Victor's (possibly unintentional) comment on the MFY zone was better than anything Phys ever said in all his years.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
Still not sure about Victor.
I do think he strikes a good balance between homerism (*cough*whitesox*cough*) and sheer balance(*cough*Scully*cough*), but he’s still erratic.
I think that with time, he’ll be good.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
You can't compare anyone to Scully.
There is ONLY ONE Vin Scully. And it’s unfair to Rojas to do so.
halofan4life - April 26, 2010
I wasn't comparing him to Scully as an announcer.
I was using Scully as one end of the homer-ism spectrum.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
As for "Jimmy-Jack",
Google for “Aggrolites” and “Jimmy Jack”
red floyd - April 26, 2010
Urban Dictionary...
Jimmy Jacked… Something that’s F…ed up… (didn’t want to blow my f-bomb on this)
Jimmy Jack… To waste a salesman’s time with no intention of buying anything…
Jietoh - April 26, 2010
I liked Gubi's FAIL on that call
“the three-run Jimmy … JOHN”
eyespy - April 26, 2010
This might need it's own Fanshot just so everyone can be properly educated...
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
If any of us try jacking our jimmies in public...
we go to jail.
Downing Rules - April 28, 2010
Victor is awesome
He has a snarky side that I appreciate, the little digs he makes at opposing fans when we’re on the road…
The_Legend_Of_Wilfong - April 26, 2010
Not a fan of the Jimmy Jack nor the Big A as a "baby" ...
but he is growing on me slowly but surely.
Downing Rules - April 26, 2010
Yea not a fan at all of "Light that baby UP!!"
I liked classy Rory and I know Rojas is trying to put his on take on it, but screaming that into the mic after the final out just sounds bad. Probably too late now, but I’d like it if he came up with something different.
The OC Disorder - April 26, 2010
My bad, "light up the halo" was Fizz not Rory
I still liked Rory’s “just another angels victory”
The OC Disorder - April 26, 2010
And Rory said it with so much irony.
opiejeanne - April 26, 2010
Maybe he’s talking about a joint?
firebird81 - April 26, 2010
He needs to stop calling K-Mo the Cuban Missile
Everyone knows the Cuban Missile is Alexei Ramirez. I guess it is hard to think up nicknames that are cuban related besides The Cuban Cigar or The Cuban Sandwich. Someone should tell him to use his actual nicknames. Kowbell, K-Mo, Bam-Bam and whatever else there is.
SalmonStream - April 26, 2010
Abreu's HR was a moonshot!
I was sitting two sections over from the tunnel towards the back and it came down almost directly in line with or a little behind my row. If only he’d been a tad later on that swing, I might have had a shot at the ball.
Also, thank you Torii for the new quote.
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
Torii quote?
What? “Baseball is baseball”?
Jietoh - April 26, 2010
Nah, the "Coming around 3rd..." one. It's in the article Wi posted about the U-Haul-Wilson incident
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
I picked other...
my reason being sometimes him and Gooby play footsies together and giggle and chuckle just a little to much. But, my two favorite calls by him, which Fizz the Whiz would’ve never made, are
1. “Ervin Santana just won the battle of the handlebar mustaches”
2. In regards to a pitcher lobbing the ball to first base Rojas said, “Looked like the was throwing a grenade to first base.”
That is the kind of stuff I love to hear out of an announcer. Keep it up.
angelskid2210 - April 26, 2010
Almost
Santana “won the battle of the chin-strap beards.”
George Kaplan - April 26, 2010
Oh yeah....whoops.
Great call no matter what.
angelskid2210 - April 26, 2010
Although your quote is more awesome.
Picture Santana with a handlebar ’stache.
WiHaloFan - April 26, 2010
Rollie Ervin
Rev Halofan - April 26, 2010
The_Legend_Of_Wilfong - April 26, 2010
OMG
Ervin needs to grow this mustache NOW.
foxpaw - April 26, 2010
Seconded
jjackflash - April 26, 2010
There is no way a hitter could concentrate when faced with this.
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
omg.
funniest thing all day.
this needs to be a WIN pic.
lightupthehalo - April 26, 2010
Oh dear Lord... that is AWESOME.
Panther for The Legend of Wilfong!
red floyd - April 26, 2010
Is that a little purple tint in there??
angelskid2210 - April 26, 2010
+1
Gubi and Rojos spend half the broadcast time giggling and chuckling to each other at their own little jokes that are funny maybe 2% of the time. I have to mute them and turn on the radio by the second inning. I am developing a wonderful rapport with Manny Mota.
44FAN - April 26, 2010
"With" him?
Or because of what his name signifies and reminds you about doing?
Raaddad - April 26, 2010
Raaddad you are quietly surpassing figgi4life as the weirdest commenter on HH.
44FAN - April 26, 2010
Oh well...
Couldn’t resist the “Mota” joke
I suppose it’s getting stale…
Maybe someone should weed out my comments…
hoho
Raaddad - April 26, 2010
You do realize it's *JOSE* Mota, not Manny, on the radio.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
Jose*
Thanks red floyd for standing by….. that comment was made in error and I am duly corrected.
44FAN - April 26, 2010
It was Manny Mota pinch-hitting for Jose
George Kaplan - April 27, 2010
I thought Manny was pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon!
red floyd - April 27, 2010
Stryker, you're coming in too fast!
George Kaplan - April 27, 2010
Ted, have you ever been face down in the mud, and been kicked in the head with an iron boot? Of course you haven't! No one has! It's a stupid question! Forget I even asked!
It’s amazing how everything always comes back to Airplane!, isn’t it?
red floyd - April 27, 2010
Rojas is great
I didn’t realize how much I disliked Fizz until Victor started calling games.
Vic and Gooby have a nice rapport with a similar sense of humor that I dig
Higz - April 26, 2010
It's okay, we all knew long before you how bad Phiz was.
You’re welcome.
snowhor - April 26, 2010 via mobile
Rojas is probably fine...
but I still miss Rory Markis, which is why I picked ‘other’. I ’m glad to read the different comments highlighting the good things about Rojas- that makes it a easier to make the transition from Markis to Rojas.
agent_99 - April 26, 2010
Understandable, we all miss Rory Markas
I feel it is best not to try to compare them, just because it is so strange not to hear Rory anymore.
ryanfea - April 26, 2010
Lackey that horse face bitch
DAD OF VLAD - April 26, 2010
Okay, but why don't you tell us how you really feel about Lackey?
~MMP~ - April 26, 2010
opps forgot to mention how he is phycially unable to close his mouth.
DAD OF VLAD - April 26, 2010
Both him and Texiera
ryanfea - April 26, 2010
Teixeira
seems like the dude has three sets of teeth in his mouth. And that Play at first with Torii was an asshat play by him as well. He walked back into the path of the Torii, and Torii had no other option but to bump the clown to stop.
eyespy - April 26, 2010
Gubicza needs to stop trying to be Rex
His bogus, jivey enthusiasm on the Coors’ Cold Blast spots is just embarrassing.
He needs to go back to being his normal, boring, vanilla self.
George Kaplan - April 26, 2010
WIHALOFAN
You missed the lick about Fuentes on deadspin.com
DAD OF VLAD - April 26, 2010
Suggestion
Rev,
With the advent of Youtube, etc. it would be nice to see a video archive section for all of our favorite Angels moments over the years. Or does this already exist?
That video of Morales belting the three-run Jimmy-Jack and Girardi scratching his head is priceless. It must be immortalized, lest we forget.
This is the manager of a “supposed” World Champion team. Showing visible signs of distress. Now compare that to the poker-face of the Soth and you’ll see what I mean.
3rd Echelon - April 26, 2010
We need a Skeletor video for the whole KMo AB.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
MLB copyright
they bust your balls when you tae the ti=me to use their copyright as collage material.
Rev Halofan - April 26, 2010
No, I just meant to link to the content.
Doesn’t MLB archive all of this stuff?
3rd Echelon - April 26, 2010
MLB would be all over that like stink on shit
It’s hard to do anything nice like that because of the copyrights on all things MLB. The only way you might be able to get away with it is you film it yourself with some 2 mega pixel video camera tilted like and old Batman episode. Even then if it gets to many hits you risk the chance of it getting taken down.
eyespy - April 26, 2010
went to the stadium with a small video camera
security gave me a rehearsed explication that I was not to record any of the copyright in-game action.
Rev Halofan - April 26, 2010
Weaver should be 4-0
but fuentes blew last weeks game and shields blew the oakland game for him! Im thinking Weav gets his all star vote this year and starts the game in front of his home town!!!
J WEAV Express - April 26, 2010
MY feelings on Victor are that it is great to have someone who actually knows the game. Phys was HORRIBLE about quoting bad stats or saying stupid stuff. Victor gets heat for talking about other teams sometimes, but I think that’s because of where he just came from. He seems to be trying to fit in and doesn’t have any history of calling Angels games, so he has to talk about the accomplishments of other teams to make a point sometimes. I like him. I REALLY wish Rory was here. Rory was the PERFECT man for the job, but Victor is a professional, is good and a HUGE upgrade of Phys.
firebird81 - April 26, 2010
*I* would be a huge upgrade over Phys, and I've never done *any* broadcasting of any sort.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
yeah
when people talk about Rojas speaking too much about other teams you have to remember that he just left the MLB Network where he was required to talk about and be concerned with every team
ryanfea - April 26, 2010
Talking is one thing
PRAISING is another. And Phyzz could sure PRAISE the Sucks, and Skanks, like he was in an interview for a new job.
eyespy - April 26, 2010
I am wondering about something
Maybe I’m remembering wrong, but I could swear that I heard last year that Moralles had more power from the right side of the plate but was a better hitter left-handed, which was the reason he sat against lefties so much last year.
Am I remembering this wrong, or does anyone else remember this.
billhune - April 26, 2010
I think you're remembering it wrong
For his career Kendry has 44 HRs from the left side, and 8 HRs from the right side. His career BA from the left side is .291, from the right side .272.
foxpaw - April 26, 2010
Yea
but he has 3 times more at bats left-handed than he does right handed, so of course he is going to hit a lot more home runs left handed.
billhune - April 26, 2010
True
His HR/AB ratio is still higher from the left side though. Likewise his SLG, .534 lefty and .445 righty.
foxpaw - April 26, 2010
Anytimy you are unsure about Vicotr
just read what I write about Phyz. and I don’t have to put links here because my articles about Steve Physioc are right at the top of his google search terms when you type in his name. BAMMO.
Rev Halofan - April 26, 2010
What is this Phyzz you write about?
eyespy - April 26, 2010
I like any commentator b/c it means i'm actually watching the game live..
and not alone in my room in the dark on gamecast, next to a huge pile of swanson frozen dinner trays.
RexTookMyStash - April 26, 2010
The best commentator is the stadium announcer, accompanied by the crunch of peanuts as you watch from your seat in the 400 level.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
I prefer the crunch of old cheetos under my socks at my desk
RexTookMyStash - April 26, 2010
You mean they haven't yet ...
rubberized. Over here it only takes a matter of minutes to go through the Plastination process.
eyespy - April 26, 2010
I'd be offended if I were any smarter
RexTookMyStash - April 26, 2010
I really enjoy having a portable radio in one ear when at games, I like being in on all the minutia I’d miss otherwise.
AlanFalcon - April 26, 2010
The thing I like the most about Rojas isn't necessarily his announcing abilities
but that he is very available to communicate with fans and other people, usually via facebook or twitter or whatever. In fact, Rev could probably easily arrange a chat with him here.
ryanfea - April 26, 2010
good idea
Raaddad - April 26, 2010
Funny comments about Halo Heaven over in Pinstripe Alley
One commentor asking for a banning of a apparent troll on the “Limping out of Anaheim” post, got this reply:
“And turn into Halo Heaven? Keep it [the commentor] around. Harmless as the gnat it is and It’ll be fun to swat in October.”
Raaddad - April 26, 2010
Rev runs a tight ship compared to some places
Why, over at D-Rays Bay they post pictures in game threads for example, among other atrocities outside of HH! I don’t know about you guys, but I don’t want us to turn into a bunch of undisciplined, godless socialists like them. They can keep their free-spirited dreamland away from our perfect order…
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
"Tight ship"
Translates to: All idiots are banned within 2 hours of their outbursts of idiocy
(or maybe its 99%; after all, I’m still here…)
Apparently, Pinstripper’s Alley likes to keep the yoyo’s around to “swat”, ridicule and swear at—kind of like DOV here at HH (lol)
Raaddad - April 26, 2010
Lots of blog post pictures with game threads.
HH is the exception, not the rule. And DRB is a great blog.
Figgi4life - April 26, 2010 via mobile
Check your sarcasm detector again...
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
Ooooh.... a Sarcasm Detector.
Now there’s a real useful invention.
red floyd - April 26, 2010
Useful, but complicated
Believe me, I KNOW.
Commander_Nate - April 26, 2010
Obviously yours just failed! ^_^
red floyd - April 26, 2010
simpsons reference FTW
RexTookMyStash - April 26, 2010
Pinstripe Alley
needs all the hits they can get, Over here on an average day hit’s are like red hot lava flowing from
KrakatoaEyjafjallajokull.eyespy - April 26, 2010
A vote for "other"
I would say quite good, but the choices were between "great "and “okay.”
BP Scanner - April 26, 2010
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