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about 2 years ago: ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 28: Howie Kendrick #47 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim lays down a bunt with two out in the ninth inning to score Torii Hunter from third base with the winning run against the Cleveland Indians on April 28, 2010 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The Angels won 4-3. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
Final Score in Anaheim: Angels 4, Indians 3 ...In a game that neither team seemed to be able to give away late, Howie Kendrick sent the first pitch from Cleveland reliever Chris Perez in between the pitcher and the 1Bman and Torii Hunter jogged home to break a 3-3 tie with 2 out in the bottom of the 9th. Ervin Santana had pitched a quality start but was behind 3-0 until Hunter launched a 3-Run bomb in the 6th.
Angels manager Mike Scioscia was tossed in the 2nd inning for arguing a called check swing strike on Hideki Matsui, perhaps the most ridiculous call of the young season. On the postgame radio show, Scioscia compared it to swinging while the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher and was still insistent that there was no intent on the part of Matsui to swing at the pitch in question. Left to their own devices, the Angels hacked and hawed but Howie's mad scientist magic in the bottom of the 9th with a man on 3rd was the best call of 2010 so far.
Wow.
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HK 47 wins
because Torii should have been out. (not that I mind that we won when he should have been out.) Game winning hit > 3rbi’s, HR, 3-4
angels all star 2010 - April 28, 2010
Torii wins because HK47 doesn't get a chance to be Panther without the Jimmy-Jack and the (questionable) double.
red floyd - April 28, 2010
Exactly, Torii wins!
Halo Hurricane - April 28, 2010
But Howie performed a miracle perfecto bunt that won the game.
Torii was really just doing his job as “power hitter in the meat of the order.” Good for Torii to start working his way back offensively.
44FAN - April 28, 2010
This final move of the game also rocked and horrified the fan members at Let's Go Tribe.
Torii’s homer only dismayed and disappointed Let’s Go Tribe.
44FAN - April 28, 2010
Wow, Indeed!
With 2 outs, that blew my mind!
Halo Hurricane - April 28, 2010
HK 47 FTW
Definitely the Panther! He made that decision to bunt all solo and surprised the hell outta the tribe.
Hey Rev, ^^^SEEMED and CLEVELAND need a fix. :o)
maze88 - April 28, 2010 via mobile
fixed. thanks!
Rev Halofan - April 28, 2010
Torii was out! Yeah Torii was out! No man Torii was safe!
Ah. The irony…
angels all star 2010 - April 28, 2010
Bravo to the Bullpen Great Job Today.
Especially Fuentes,now it wasn’t pretty but he got the job done to keep the game 3-3 .
deejayelleseven - April 28, 2010 via mobile
Oh,and the Angels won because I was there :D
2-0 Thus far (2 Walkoff Wins How about that)
deejayelleseven - April 28, 2010 via mobile
♫Dewww wii ♪what's up with that♪ what's up with that♫
angels all star 2010 - April 28, 2010
YES!
rec’d for amazing song/sketch
NW angels Fan - April 28, 2010
just got home from the game
holy crap, that was so much fun. HK47 was brilliant with that bunt, but Torii hit that homer at the most perfect time. love the walkoff win!
daze - April 28, 2010
Torii has been not hitting like he used t-
AND THERE IT GOES IT"S NOW TIED 3-3 my goodness.
I have never seen a walkoff bunt.
angels all star 2010 - April 28, 2010
Nevermind just being a walkoff bunt...
But the fact there were TWO outs is awesome and hilarious. I could see that easily happening with 0 or 1 out. But 2 outs… Kendrick is probably going to get yelled at then hugged by Scoscia
haloduck - April 29, 2010
Yeah, I've seen the Angels walk off on a suicide squeeze before... But this was unique!
AlanFalcon - April 29, 2010 via mobile
Heck of a road trip upcomming;
- 3 in Detroit
- 4 in Boston
- 3 in Seattle
sothball - April 28, 2010
Looks like
a bunch of .500 teams to me. We can take them. Please tell me we get to face Lackey?
RallyMonkey5 - April 28, 2010
we get
to face his Lackness
Rev Halofan - April 28, 2010
His Lame Lackness vs. Voodoo( I think)?
Raaddad - April 28, 2010
One .500 team to 3 others.
Detroit started hot, but has cooled off a bit. Still, we split 4 games last week.
Seattle and Boston have both played much better this past week. It should be a challenging roads trip.
sothball - April 28, 2010
time to do the three D's
Destroy
Dominate
Dance
DAD OF VLAD - April 28, 2010
We shall crush our enemies, see them driven before us, and hear the lamentation of their women.
red floyd - April 28, 2010
yes laminate their women
what ever that means
PS: Angel players watch your wallets around the Red Sux wives (gold diggers)
HORSE FACE LACKEY
DAD OF VLAD - April 28, 2010
I'm laughing
maybe it’s just me (another crazy dad (of raad))…
the whole thing is a strange chaotic riot
Raaddad - April 28, 2010
Rec'd
for inspired word play. “Laminate their women”—I wish I’d thought of that!
rspencer - April 29, 2010
Uh... aren't most women in south OC laminated anyways?
HH company excepted, of course.
red floyd - April 29, 2010
Wipe them out... all of them.
angels all star 2010 - April 29, 2010
Howie Do it!
Halowood - April 28, 2010
Great comeback win. Now the challenge begins.
Beginning on April 30th and ending on June 20th, the Angels will play 49 games of which:
Fan Since 1981 - April 28, 2010
Bahhh, they play better on the road anyway...
What, me worry?! ;)
K3YEROUT - April 28, 2010
Ever read Mad anymore?
Raaddad - April 28, 2010
Not for 40 years!
rspencer - April 29, 2010
Only the Soth LA Halos of Anaheim
would have a walk-off bunt
brilliant
For those who appreciate the little things in the game
and for those who can execute them
good job Howie—you get it
Raaddad - April 28, 2010
I think this counts as one of those ways the Halos mess with the BP forecasts each season...
…it’s the little stuff…
K3YEROUT - April 28, 2010
3rd Echelon - April 28, 2010
No, the "other Howard"
;)
K3YEROUT - April 28, 2010
I think something is going on
between Kendrick and that one female reporter at the press conferences.
She says a lot of weird stuff to him.
Robviously - April 28, 2010
Well, she *does* have all his stuff
red floyd - April 28, 2010
Chris Perez apparently wasn't as impressed by it as we were.
“It was a bad baseball play that happened to work out,” Perez said. “I don’t want to say it was bush league. But you never see that. Ninety-nine percent of hitters in that situation would rather win the game with a hit, not a bunt. It was a stupid play that just happened to work.”
~MMP~ - April 28, 2010
I'm pretty sure bunts count as "hits"...
…when the runner reaches.
Also pretty sure it “happened to work” because the Indians were completely unprepared for it. The same way Chris Perez would have been unprepared for it.
Robviously - April 28, 2010
Also pretty sure there is nothing preventing you from bunting at that time. No rule or unwritten one. Seems he is just upset it worked lol. IDK pretty stupid
TheAngelsColts - April 28, 2010
Chris Perez = Sour Grapes Bitch
Was bunting in that situation risky? Yes. Was it stupid? If it didn’t work, perhaps. But Howie saw an opportunity with the position of the defense, and he knew SGB was going to throw him a first-pitch strike.
That’s gamesmanship, SGB, and even if your claim is true — that 99% of hitters in that situation would rather hit than bunt — I would counter that 100% of hard-nosed ballplayers would find any way they could to get the run across — even by bunting.
You got outsmarted, SGB. Take your licks and go home.
yeswecan - April 28, 2010
Beautifully stated
Perez is obviously being an idiot here.. He’s one of those who don’t appreciate the beautiful nuances of “Soth Ball,” “little ball,” “smart ball,” or whatever you want to call it.
The bunt is a time-honored component of baseball play (at all levels) but always under-rated because it’s not as “sexy” as the home run, the power swing, the mega hit.
Raaddad - April 28, 2010
It's called Angels baseball.
44FAN - April 29, 2010
Doing what we must... because we can!
red floyd - April 29, 2010
Well wasn't in the thread but listened on the radio for most of this. Close game
TheAngelsColts - April 28, 2010
HK47 for Panther
Tori admitted that he didn’t even see the HR ball because of the shadows.
muddybox - April 29, 2010
actually
There is something awesome about a guy who hits a three run homer with his eyes closed.
Rev Halofan - April 29, 2010
Confucious says
Home run with eyes closed worthy of Pantherism.
haloduck - April 29, 2010
Pretty awesome
HK reads the defense. :D
Slyintine - April 29, 2010
I learned somthing neat yesterday...
If you click on an ongoing game score at the top of the game thread you will be taken to a SBN page for that game.
On this page is a summary of the game and also the game threads for both teams from their respecitive SBN blog pages. These game threads are shown in reverse order so last comment is on top and older comments are below.
I found it extreamly entertaining to watch both the Indian and the Angels game threads simultainously. When somthing happened in the game, like the Torii hunter home run the opposing reaction from the fans is hilarious.
Jietoh - April 29, 2010
Thanks for the tip...
i never knew of that feature either.
Downing Rules - April 29, 2010
Howie do that?!
Funke5ive - April 29, 2010
You and Halowood are on the same train of thought, just 13 hours apart...
http://www.halosheaven.com/2010/4/28/1449942/walkoff-squeeze-bunt-is-angels#36304795
Downing Rules - April 29, 2010
Did you see Howie won...
Now that’s Howie do it !
Funke5ive - April 29, 2010
No...
This is Howie Do It!
red floyd - April 29, 2010
Results?
Would be nice to see a running toatal before making the next days picks.
Funke5ive - April 30, 2010
you lost all your panther points.
44FAN - April 30, 2010
STOP
Funke5ive - April 30, 2010
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