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4-8 gameday thread II

Maicer Leather

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We hit two homers off this guy

in game 1

We could use a couple more
Let's score some damn runs!
suited and booted.
Wood and Napoli will save us
it'd be cool if aybar could reach base
LETS GO HALOS
This guy has to be Dennys Reyes cousin or something
ugh

bats flying out of guys hands now

i guess im expecting too much.
Is it too early to talk about next season?
judging a team after 1/40 of the season

is like judging an NFL team season after 24 minutes of play in the opener!
Relax!

It works for the Raiders every year.
there is always an exception
Are you taking Son of Dad of Vlad

to a Raiders game this year?

no

he is a 49er fan

I'm indifferent.

But they’re better than the Raiders. I hate the Raiders. So yeah.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
you can say that when the raiders have a QB and finish over .200
Oh screw the Raiders

I’m booing the Niners

really that coming from a Rams Fan

How many wins last season 1?

Hey

Last 10 years:

Rams: 84 wins
Niners: 72 wins

Plus, it doesn’t matter how good the Rams are in a given season. I still boo the 49ers.

This is the exception that confirm the rule!
Gubi won't last another season
I think he's 3rd in line anyway at 3B

so he might not even last that long

can he make the throw without a hop?
dude he can still throw 87 so uh yea!!!!!
He's better when we're winning

not much, but he is

Wow Mijares is dealin'
How come the chubby guys are always good pitchers?
Omg... I know

like Bartolo Colon and Vincente Padilla

...and Randy Johnson.
Kent Tekulve
Sabathia
...and Lincecum.
He does eat a lot of

Cheetos.

munchies brah
Dude, where's my car?
you coulda picked a fatass that didnt win a cy young.
Rick Reuschel

Big Daddy…

the season is long

but this team has some serious offense problems. HOW?

Check out how the Yanks started last year, then ask again.
too early to say "serious offense problems"
Over reacting....
yeah i guess

but seein basically the same team who led the league in RISP hitting last yr be this horrible is very surprising.

again, small sample size
The angels have the 5th highest BA in the AL thus far
not with RISP

which is what really counts

It's a 162 game season.

And this is only the fourth game. We need at least another week before we declare this season a total disaster.

If by "serious offensive problems"

You mean deep and talented but in a beginning season slump then yes. This is a ball club that gets very hot and very cold at the plate. We’ve never been consistent under Hatcher. Sometimes I think he shoulders too much blame/credit, sometimes, not nearly enough.

blame wood
Or lack of....

When Wood’s good, he can really effect the game. We haven’t seen Wood yet. Personally I think Hatcher and Scioscia have ruined him. Perhaps he was too fragile mentally to be a big leaguer, but they certainly haven’t helped it seems.

Agree with Halowood. Wood needs his AB's.

Or we’ll never know if he IS what we hope him to be. 3 games into the season and he’s already riding the pine?

One game without starting does not equate to "riding the pine" halolife.
Didn't mean to imply that it does.

And let me go on record as saying, I’m not too sure that B Wood will be the player he’s been hyped to be. But if he’s our 3rd baseman of the future, he needs his AB’s and PT. The entire line-up has sucked at the plate, it’s not like Brandon has been the weakest link. Again, I just think we need a lot of patience with Wood, not a every K or pop-up means he’s a bust.

bobby

looking a little better tonight. swing has more zip to it

Bobby can go opposite field all he wants here and he's never hitting a homer

like he did in Arizona

no opp field homer power :(
none but Hacker will give him props when he gets back to the dugout

he has Howie convinced LF doesn’t even exist

howie, when he does pull the ball to left

has some serious power.

yea his homeruns averaged the furthest distance last year

in the AL, not sure about both leagues.

Sigh

Another shitty game

The offense needs a spark

Is it too early to put in Robb “Emergency Catcher” Quinlan in?

this game could use some toe tappin
Is Bartolo Colon on a roster?
Are we that desperate?
Pitching isn't our problem, so no. I was just curious.
COWARDLY IMPOSTOR
This team couldn't get a hit if my dead grandma was lobbing them softballs.
nah they could

just no one can be on base

Sorry people.

It appears as if MAGIC CAT only works in extra innings and playoffs

awww
Yeah

Thought it might be different because it was a different cat…but no luck

no way their soft tossing closer gets another save tonight

not if it’s still a 2 run deficit

I think his neck tattoos intimidate us.
Is anyone elses

Commercial volume vs. Game volume WAAAAY off?

Its because the commercials are allowed to be as loud as the loudest part of the show
I get that

But it’s especially bad tonight

Yup. Commercials are 3-4 clicks higher.
i have a good reflex to the mute button
Angels outhitting the twins in this series

33 to 28.

HR's have hurt.

Along with missing offense.

bullpen is doing great at holding the deficit
Is this the guy we got for GMJ?
Does anyoen have any stats about runners LOB?

I’d be willing to bet that annually, the Angels probably have the most runners LOB every year.

Make a FP

About it

I don't have the stats on hand
The hamster wheel always turning in Halowood.
Didn't even notice it was him

But so many people have made complaining FP’s lately…

I don't know why.

At least he uses commas.

Teams with high OBP (the good ones offensively) are ALWAYS the ones with the biggest LOB numbers

Last year it was the Skanks!

My magic 8 ball told me we are going to win tonight...

so I am keeping my chin up!

Rojas: "got some giddyup on that fastball"

Please leave Texas! We don’t talk like that here.

IIRC, that's the same expression used by Drysdale.
yeah but he had a cool accent :)
Also

scary as shit

That pitch was faster than a hound dog on a hot tin roof with fleas by golly
WiHF,

If you’re reading this, we need a comic for tonights game. Need.

Wood and S-Rod

Wouldve had that.

God Thome still has it
stokes

speier 2.0

no

dont say that

Not yet.

G-d I hope not.

GAME, SET, THOME
That breaks our no-run bullpen streak
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH
Well

That’s all folks.

NO LONGER ALLOWED TO FACE LEFTIES
this is not good folks

not good at all
the season is lost

Stokes fail
ball and game.

Puh and thetic.

twins are impressing.

this team is good.

Eh...

Just because you can beat us…

nah, twins have a great club this year.

Plus, yes, the angels are pretty horrible… The offseason was a turd, no matter how anyone (disillusioned angel fans) tries to spin it.

Round-Round-

like a record, round baby

gee who would have ever guessed

that fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball fastball doesn’t work so well

Stokes

Welcome to the American League.

SERENITY NOW!!!!!!!
GMJ could pitch better than this bum.
Well, that kills it
Game

What a way to start the season.

Well the M's and Rangers are'nt doing any better, M's actually much worse.
chOakland shows up tomorrow

lets see a rebound from this team

funny how mixing in a slider helps out just a bit
I wish he had the mental capacity to figure that out sooner.
Drinking game

take a shot for every ERA point stokes has by the time he’s pulled.

BOTG = everyone on the lineup.
Sure it looks bleak right now....

Aw screw it, I ain’t got nothing.

Series Fail

See you all tomorrow

I heard people are going crazy in Fargo right now dontchaknow!
If only we still had Shea Hillenbrand

is he available?

Probably helping Jack

with the mini sirloin burgers…

You mean mini salmonella burgers!
I could have swore that I wrote that...
Didn't mean to steal anything, honest

I guess you’ve had food poisoning from Jack too!

It was a dual-fronted attack.

I’ll never be the same.

I've been there myself

As much as I like their ads, I’ll never eat there again.

I don't live in Jack country

But I’d probably only go right during lunch rush…the other times it just seems the food sits out too long.

I seem to recall losing 3 of 4 at home to the Royals at the start of 2004.

It’s a long, long season. Put Chicken Little to bed for now.

Was this a rally thread for the Twins?
Stokes is pressing now

pressing his hands against his temples.

Ahh, when we start slow we end up with a great season. It’s like a tradition…

Win

for positive thinking!

Aybar:

DOWN to come up. Geez.

Got to take care of the wife

and watch some fringe
comeback time
you all have a good night

Give it to her good, old man!
trolls can start chanting "PECOTA was right!" now
I got a broken clock for them.
everyone in the crowd should throw their Soth busts

onto the field in disgust.

Stokes wants to remind you all spring training does'nt matter.
Well, Oakland comes in tomorrow

we should sweep them to make us feel better

yea

they beat the mariners 3 out of 4

The Mariners are awful
They're probably saying

the same thing about the Angels right now.

let's throw their white shoes in the mud
Again, only the 4th game.

We’re still cool. If we still suck in May, them i’m worried.

*THEN*

Not THEM.

*THEN*

Not THEM.

last year the bullpen was a problem from day 1 to the last game

this year, i have a feeling the offense is going to be a little limp.
Still good enough to win the west

One good thing about this offensive slump

everyone is involved, and everyone is going to get out of it

Quick tell Mickey that we are playing hide and go seek. Have him hide and don’t look for him.

I'm sure Q would find him on accident

that’s all he’s good for

So true

this would have to be a total team effort, and Q is on the team. Correct me if I’m wrong please.

Then Q can take over!

Brilliant!!!

Our bats are going to wake up. Let's not forget the 1st game.

We need to take it out on Oakland

I sure am glad no one can blame this one on Woody...

;-)

if Wood hadn't have taken away the starts from Izzy the first 3 games

then Izzy would have been more prepared for this game.

...

you’re serious.

nah

just wanted to rile you guys up

And riled we got
im still stuck in apathy land.
you can't see the tags after the page is formated

here thats what they would look like

Were's that kid,

and if you see him . Tell him to stay off my lawn.

rally time

let’s do this!

4.70 is a good ERA Gubi?
Matsui almost killed Harris
Wow, no joke.
Wood would have caught that
the thing I know now about Matsui

all of his double last year had to have been legit. and if he got a triple, someone fell down TWICE en route to the ball

nice pitch
usually they pitch people hard in and soft away

but the Twins are obv. of the mindset of throwing him breaking balls in, they’ve thrown him a ton this series

Cmon Howie hit a flyball to the RFC warning track

and make Uncle Hacker proud

This offense

is offensive right now. The devil came down to Georgia, and she wants to go to bed. Good night all.

please don't hit our best hitter
he's going to get pitched inside a ton

until he starts turning on some of the inside fastballs

i find myself wondering what the F rojas and gubi are talking about

quite often.

This is true

And it’s Gubi’s fault

oh snap, i thought that was the end of the game
I wish it was
should be so lucky
Jesse Crain

just struck out three guys in a row

some heads are gonna roll
hopefully they'll start Q for 2 games and when he goes 1-8

then he can be their scapegoat and all the Angels will get worried that they might be next…. and that’s the story they’ll tell when the Angels barely win the west with a 81-81 record

William Shatner's character on Boston Legal pitches for the Twins?
I think our guys just want to go home
Jesse Crain...this years Cy Young winner?
Kevin Slowey who the hell is that? Is the offense really this bad?
little league bullshit
Hudson is down
i wouldnt mind stu lantz calling the game.
thome's HR = 3-point play
he doesn't look good
they're going to light up Hat-Rod
Tomorrow is a new day, and a new series

Go Halos!

that's why you dont go for a double

when leading 6-1

…and the single scores the runner…

Actually what he demonstrated is why you don’t slide headfirst!

Thats what happens when you play hard,,,,,,

now 7-1 because of the hustle…..Angels arent going to get hurt walking back to the dugout

WTF is going on here?!?!!!!!!

I’m not liking what I’ve been seeing from my halos so far

Apparently the Angels cant hit anymore because they look like dear in the headlights
No shit. I know the season is young

But I don’t like losing streaks.

i was concurring with you not critizing

Sorry I’ve been working and just saw the score.

wish this game was on tv in vegas
It is...

in any sportsbook/bar in town

Or on mlb.tv
for details

go to Angelsbaseball.com

Angels game is blacked out in vegas unless its on fsn west
It is on fsn west
no its not the hockey game is on
no sportsbars?
not with the halos game on don't get it
Hm...

I’m watching an FSN broadcast….

wells it not fsn west because the kings game is on
Kings are affiliated with FSN Prime Ticket

FSN West is the Ducks

wasn't on directv tonight either...

thought maybe it was on ch 13 down there…

Really?

Here in Pasadena we’re watching 13. The Kings are on FSN.

Crazy....

mlb.tv lies. Calls channel 13 FSN

well tat is your local channel
?

Not quite. Channel 13 is MyLA or some such. But I guess they’re owned by Fox.

yeah but its you local channel in Vegas its called MyLv
I see now...

I never knew Vegas got FSN west.

And holy crap...

there are 6 teams who call Vegas their “local market” and are thus blacked out…. ridiculous

yeah its really gay it pisses me off and what really pisses me off is when they call away games somehow in market
Do the sports books not even get them?

Somehow I see many angered tourists in Caesar’s Palace

They never get the game because it would be blacked out on MLB extra innings
He was out.....
Ouch!

He’s gonna feel that in the morning.

hudson didnt slow down

but tori likely never sped up.

Moral to the story, hustle gets you hurt.

Whatever...

Don’t even care anymore

That's alright.

We just need a TD and XP.

Fernando Rodney is the reason

I have absolutely no faith in Reagins talent evaluation……. Just like Stoneman liked Bottenfield because of his fluke W-L record one year, Reagins signed Rodney because of his Save %. The guy just flat out sucks

Expect flameage from blind reagins supporters.

all this dunce has ever done was give hunter a check signed by moreno.

Angels want to be a big market team, well, drop the small market GM.

It's funny how you guys forget that the Halos' last year April record was 9-13

Stop freakin’ out!

do you enjoy watching the angels play terrible baseball?

who cares what their record was last year, nobody is ever happy when they lose

I'm not sayin' to be happy when they lose but statin' that this season is over is simply stupid!
True but to think they are just as good as last years or better is also

DUMB!

Why not?

Matsui is a better hitter that Vladdy was last year. The young players (Aybar, Kendrick…) will get more seasoned and the payroll is flexible: They can always make trades

And quit frankly, the opposition is not scary in the AL West!
If they are making trades would that be a sign of needing to get better?

I also notice you failed to mentioned Figgy and that doucher Lackey

Look

This team ain’t better that last year’s: But 2009 Lackey is not better than Piniero AND Kazmir and there’s no way that Figgins could repeat last year 6.1 WAR. But look at the competition: It’s gonna be harder than last year for sure but when compare the true talent level of this team, it is still better than the rest of the division!

Exactly
This

coming from Julio Lugo

oh shizzle

fernandizzle is pitchn.
didnt realize until i saw the crookd hizzzzzat

wait who left the game?
all of the Angels, apparently
so

im guessing its been a crappy game? Cant watch it.

come back tomorrow
Hudson

he wanted to be first in the shower

Why is Napoli on the top of the ticket?

Something wrong with Hunter for Pres and Napoli for VP?

nothing

Napolis my favorite

fernandizzle looks like a great signing
LOL

His hat is only half as crooked as it was the other night. I’ll bet my left nut Scioscia told him to straighten his cizzzap.

U sure its the hat that is crooked?

I always thought it was his head!

Free Napoli

Looks like a team can have him cheap. I hope he goes on to have a nice career.

More like unleash Napoli

on every team that faces the Angels

Yeah, I thought his fat head stretched hat out so wide it couldn’t curve…

Good Ole Fashion AZZ WHIPPING!
LOL

TWIST THE CAP MORE FERNANDIZZLE

Wow

Give up all the runs now

Fucking horrible!
BTW F-bomb deserved

and after 10pm that rule should not apply. Put ur kids asleep so they won’t read that shit.

It doesn't get deleted tomorrow though

but no one re-reads game threads

Wow...

epic Rodney FAIL

Well since Rodney signed a two year deal he can give up as many runs as he wants

until at least August…….

This is the most pathetic shit I've ever seen
that was a TERRIBLE PITCH
hanger and missed location

hanger and banger

Shit Rodney... you're truly shit
on the plus side,

i think im doing pretty good at my pre game picks.

I hope

Kubel hits a HR for my fantasy team.

Ok, even I will admit that shit looks bad,

Right about now. Time to look forward to the A’s.

Justin Fernando Mathews Jr
That's a zing and a burn!
Comeback time!
Ultimate comeback!
Yo mama is so fat...

Oh wait…not that type of comeback, huh?

At some point the Angels are going to have to stop giving out ridonkulous contracts right?
Twins

will win the Central

because they scored off of Fernando Rodney??

The Angels should have scored far more runs than they have, and the Angels good pitchers have held the Twins down for the most part.

all i need is a miracle

what was that terrible band with that song?

what we need now

Mike & the Mechanics

You're right.

Mike & the Mechanics.

You cheated

you asked yourself the answer to your own question

i'm a faster googler than you
Fail

didn’t try

Can't remember the name of the band.

But now I can’t get that damn song outta my head.

i sincerely apologize
It's better than "She Blinded Me With Science." ;)
i would actually prefer that song

but it has no meaning here.

the science of hitting

what we need to master yet

it's poetry in motion
Say it loud, say it clear

You can listen as well as you hear

Piss on Rodney
just 9 little runs and we take this to extra innings
Lets see if the Twins can hold us down one more time

LETS GO HALOS

Let's put in all our reserves

See what they can do

good job Maicer you went with it

you’ll get 2 Hacker points when you get back to the dugout

napoli sighting
Q on deck

Break out the rally monkey

this team is so ass fucking backwards.......

put Napoli into the game down 10-1………………

rojas cant tell the difference between a mendoza and a nipple
Napoli will hit a ten run homerun----I'm calling it.
Did Rojas just call him Mathis?
No
You sure?

On the foul-tipped pitch

Scrap time = Nap time
Napoli you also went with the pitch

and since you made the warning track, you’ll get 5 Hacker points

YES YES YES

Q is in!!!!

Why not

the 3 guys in the 8th were FAIL! Token AB’s get in line……….weeeeeeee

Love that swing
In comes the Q to save the day

ten run home run time

Watch Q get a HR
Q looks like Brian Downing and Ron Cey

with none of the upside.

Cy Young Jr. strikes again
Honest to god

Q is the worst player in baseball.

+1

What does he do other than run like a duck? And catch balls in the area he can fall down in????

just once

I want to hear Scioscia slip up and say “he can STAND at 8 different positions”, instead of the usual bullshit of him being able to competently play all these different positions.

k3yerout=Q

Just another Halo loss…

congrats you struck out Robb Quinlan

you have successfully mastered AAAA.

Q should just turn around and beat the crap out of Mauer and go down in baseball history.
I like Mauer

but that was funny

he does hit lefties well

ha

lol..............

but he’d have to go into his Hot Tub Time Machine at least 4 years though when he did hit lefties well

Thanks for the beat down Twins......

Thank you sir may I have another?

Turn your head and cough…

Bend over and put your hands on the table…this may feel a little cold…

Ugh

Terrible game overall. I’d say Pineiro shouldn’t get the blame. He pitched well.

why does Q exist
hey look on the bright side

at least we won’t be embarrassed ever again by him hoisting a divisional champion banner…..

Well, there's the game.

Please drive home safely.

No good
Light up that bag of dog crap!
ouch

Its only the fourth game..theres 158 more…We will be playing them again

Considering what happened a year ago

not surprised it was a flat performance.

Time to feast on the A’s

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