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Final Score in Echo Park: Angels 10, Dodgers 1
Crazy, but that's how it goes... Former National Leaguer Joel Pineiro showed how a pitcher batting can be of assistance to an offense, getting on base and scoring three times without his bat putting a ball into play even once. Oh and then there was his performance on the mound, which was a superb complete game effort. Only a James Loney homerun... which cleared the 375-ft away RF wall by a millimeter... that was the only hit of the 5 he allowed that hurt him, and how much can it hurt a guy when Joe Torre replaces any human being, let alone Chad Billingsley, with George Sherrill, possibly making his last major league appearance after looking as terrible as a human being with an intact face and limbs can manage. Sherrill walked Bobby Abreu with the bases loaded, failing the lefty-lefty matchup for which he was called in.
With no DH, the Angels benched Juan Rivera and started Hideki Matsui in Left Field. He hit a bases-loaded double in the 5th inning to break a 1-1 tie. Torii Hunter followed suit an inning later with his own bases clearing double. Later on as the crowd thinned out, Howie Kendrick was about to do the same, but the ball went over the wall and there was only one runner on. He settled for 2 ribbys.
For some reason, the Dodgers had Ozzy Osbourne come onto the field and encourage the crowd to scream loud. I was there and it was loud. It broke the record for the loudest scream by a crowd. Guinness Book folks certified it. Many Angels fans were at the game, as was I, wearing my 2010 All Star cap, but others had the cojones to wear the red. If any of them were at the Anaheim snuggie night in April, hey, they broke two world records in one season. I just plugged my ears. speaking of records, it was the first time an Angels pitcher scored 3 runs in a major league game since Ken McBride did it for the then-DH-free Halos back in 1962.
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Joel Panther.............
Scored 3 times as many runs as the boys in blue…………
norcaliangelsfan - June 11, 2010
I think it's simple
If the Pinata gets on base, he scores. FOR GODS’ SAKE…PUT THE PINATA ON BASE!!!!
adirondackangelfan - June 11, 2010
LOL / Nice Chris Farley-esque approach
Raaddad - June 12, 2010
Pineiro has said he is the one rotation pitcher that looks good batting.
Vin Scully was beside himself about Joel getting on base and scoring that much.
Sherrill must have gotten hit with the ugly stick or something. Even Randy Johnson looks good compared to him.
44FAN - June 12, 2010
Nitpick...
The solo shot by Loney the Doyer cleared Right Field (not LF) and the markings in RF state 375-ft
blast21dave - June 12, 2010
thanks – fixed.
Rev Halofan - June 12, 2010
watched the scully broadcast again tonight
my filipina wife asked for the second (or third?) year in a row; " why are you listening to this boring guy?"
she also asked why she hasn’t heard rex for a while
she learned the game that’s not that big-a-deal on her island for me (or maybe for tim salmon, a story for another time) so i give her a pardon for not caring about a local legend.
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a wonderful drubbing of our northern breatheren by the way
hittheg - June 12, 2010
i have cojones
i was wearing my angels jersey in pavilion no just kidding i was wearing it but i was in field level
Cougars 34 - June 12, 2010
glad you made it out alive.
norcaliangelsfan - June 12, 2010
field level
me too – nice box seat – lotsa red representing, man did ths one guy grumble about my hat … later he was whining miserably about George Sherril and left early…
Rev Halofan - June 12, 2010
did you tell him it was your Vladimir Shpunt rally deflector?
Funke5ive - June 12, 2010
I felt sorry for him, really, he was so crabby most of the game that he started blaming his dad sitting there with him for being a bad luck charm.
Rev Halofan - June 12, 2010
Aw, that's not right.
Poor Dad.
opiejeanne - June 12, 2010
I wore my Morales shirt
I was honestly a little scared… I guess MS 13 had a gang meeting tonight or something…
The Doyer fans were really quiet where I was sitting, no heckling or shouting at me… haha not as bad as that Celtics fan up in the nosebleeds.
Neekohlai - June 12, 2010
I was up in that section too last night
hardly any heckling from doyer fans last night of course Im with my dodger-fan girlfriend so i get a pass some nights…I had lots of fun starting the Boston-sucks chant to that idiot wearing the Rondo shirt.
DM_RMBRS '95 - June 12, 2010
Last Halos pitcher with 3 runs in a game was Ken McBride on June 10, 1962
McBride had 3 hits in 4 AB, including an RBI double in 14-6 win over the Kansas City Athletics.
Quad Fin Rider - June 12, 2010
thanks
it helps if the angels kick ass and give the dodger fans nothing to talk crap about
Cougars 34 - June 12, 2010
Another nitpick
Chavez Latrine is in Elysian Park.
rspencer - June 12, 2010
that one was dig on purpose
f’k em.
Rev Halofan - June 12, 2010
Ha!
A co-worker today was telling me how much he hates the Dodgers from living in a shithole area with a bunch of Dodger fans, and I asked if he was in Echo Park.
I guess that’s why places like it exist…because we all need somewhere else to laugh at.
Caseys Kiss of Death - June 12, 2010
There are million dollar homes in Echo Park believe it or not.
44FAN - June 12, 2010
that's just the cost of the security system
LosAngel - June 12, 2010
Oppo-Taco
44FAN - June 12, 2010
Echo Park is great
I lived nearby in Silver Lake; I’ll take that whole area over 90% of the Southland.
mattwelch - June 12, 2010
agreed
rjcicc - June 12, 2010
Did Victor honestly say that...
I just watched the little video recaps on the Angels website… I’m down for the Jimmy-Jacks… but “OPPO-TACO”…
Come on Victor….
http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8922247&c_id=ana&topic_id=8878992
Neekohlai - June 12, 2010
He's been saying that since the beginning of the year
it’s not news.
Caseys Kiss of Death - June 12, 2010
Yeah, that one’s pretty terrible. I don’t mind jimmy jack, but oppo taco? What the heck?
Gorbachav5 - June 12, 2010
makes me hungry
firebird81 - June 12, 2010
Wrong is wrong...
…and “Oppo Taco” is wrong.
Jonathan Werner - June 12, 2010
I've watched the majority of the games on TV this year...
I’ve never heard “Oppo-Taco”.
I want it to die however.
Neekohlai - June 12, 2010
There's even a Facebook group for it:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123485477682939&v=wall
Caseys Kiss of Death - June 12, 2010
I want "Jimmy Jack" to die FOREVER.
(just my opinion)
wumbug - June 12, 2010
Regardless...
Oppo-Taco is taking it too far…. just too far…
On the other hand, Vin Scully looked surprisingly more alive than Larry King did tonight.
Neekohlai - June 12, 2010
The reply button is your friend
Gorbachav5 - June 12, 2010
pwned.
brokenyard - June 12, 2010
The stats for Lackey and Pineiro are up
after yesterday’s games.
wumbug - June 12, 2010
impressive
RexTookMyStash - June 12, 2010
yikes, Lackey can't strike anyone out anymore.
that doesn’t bode well for his future
LosAngel - June 12, 2010
I really would have never guessed the strikeouts
mattwelch - June 12, 2010
Ya, he's been worse at just about everything this year
~MMP~ - June 12, 2010
'07 was his peak year.
Lots of things seen to have deteriorated since then
wumbug - June 12, 2010
Well, hell!.................
If anybody’s interested, here’s the rest of the guys as of yesterday (Friday).
wumbug - June 12, 2010
It keeps updating each morning after...........
wumbug - June 12, 2010
Seriously, oppo taco needs to die
please go away you god forsaken taco
RexTookMyStash - June 12, 2010
Setback for Mathis...
I was at graduation last night so I was out of the loop…did everyone catch this (no pun intended):
LINKIE
K3YEROUT - June 12, 2010
Maybe Mathis should use two gloves when catching.
44FAN - June 12, 2010
Sounds like this was another ball in the dirt he was trying with both hands to smother...
I have noticed that both Mathis and Naps do not hold their right hand behind their backs on delivery of the pitch. Seems like this just opens you up to foul tips etc…that ball in the dirt is just bad luck! :(
K3YEROUT - June 12, 2010
I was there last night
Wearing my Guerrero jersey (I know, I haven’t had a chance to update it yet) and my girlfriend wearing Halo red. There were a lot of us there, nothing like 4-5 years ago when I found one other dude wearing the good colors. Dodger fans had nothing to say to us. It was sweet and silent. And I will never take an Angel brat for granted again-the 20 minute wait for a lousy Dodger dog was unreal!
Lompoc Angel Fan - June 12, 2010
I think Victor ad-libbed "oppo taco" when someone hit an opposite field HR...
…at Angel stadium and hit the taco sign by the bullpen. Matsui maybe. It was funny the first time.
Fred Fredrix - June 12, 2010
I'll be sitting in the Infield Reserve almost directly above home plate
is it safe there to be decked out in Halo gear?
ryanfea - June 12, 2010
Me thinks
You should be ok. Top deck, however, is another story….
blast21dave - June 12, 2010
Will be in Infield Loge Box
3rd base side, sporting the old school 80’s Halos hat
blast21dave - June 12, 2010
Not Sure....
but I believe during the broadcast they said that the record for the longest scream was broken, but not the loudest.
Dontbatvlad4th - June 12, 2010
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