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1st
You fail it!
yea idc

it still makes me happy

congratulations.
suck up
wow

because i was defending myself is everything i say going to be criticized

c'mon dude

It was a joke

well apparently u saw what happened earlier

there are just times when its not right to poke fun at someone

wel...it's a good thing you arn't a bruin

cuzz I like to poke the bear

i like to kick the crap out of it

but thats neither here or there…. :)

Let's go Angels

clap clap clap-clap-clap

dammit!!

don’t close the freakin threads so quickly!! I’m in the middle of writing something and then I can’t post the reply

Runs are needed now offense
thanks a lot Rodney.
Let's get that run back and close things out

Jesus, this bullpen sucks.

Rally

Late inning runs please!!!

Back on Stoneman and Speier.

Speier was a good pickup for the first half of his first season. Then he got that mystery virus, and completely forgot how to pitch.

Shields and Spier were both good bets

they didn’t even like Rodney in Detroit

I can hazz moar runz pleaz?????
Hey Rodney

Fuck you

nice
I feel like I could have gotten more out of my June f-bomb

But simple does the trick methinks

2 hours 10 minutes until my 22nd anniversary
That would be 2 innings pitched by Betancourt, by the way
Nothing screams "prevent breast cancer"

like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver

Nothing screams "use birth control" like Joe Buck and Tim McCarver

There. Fixed that for ya.

fully agreed there
Rodney proves once again the easy way to throw away multi-millions of dollars.
Paying for saves instead of ERA?
yea his whip was .01 better than a guy they released from a multi-year multi-million year

deal in the same year.

saves? huh? nice K/BB ratio eh?
It was the tilted hat
That must be it! Reagins figured we weren't gansta enough
And that gnarly screwtape beard
Lets get Rodney the win!

He definitely has earned the W

I blame Chupa for the run.
I don't.

It was just a single that, had he been playing differently, he would have caught. Rodney had the wild pitch and single (as well as not blowing anyone away). He was/is a closer, he should be able to pitch out of one on/no out situation.

or if his legs werent rusted together so he could move that chupacabra ass for the ball

Where the hell is bourjos when you need him?

How can they play him when Abreu just got another 18 mil?
They can, and should really, move Abreu to DH next season
his catch in the 2nd inning

asks you to stroll down memory lane

Rodney was the personification of awful pitching. Just god awful.

"Had he been playing differently"

which, oh by the way, he SHOULD have been. A slap hitting rookie with no power, and he’s playing in front of the warning track. Know the hitter, Bobby. That’s as much a mental error as getting picked off base late in a game.

Granted it was dumb positioning.

Still, it was a single with no on and no outs. Instead of that, how about Rodney pitches like a major league pitcher. Is the new rule that if a relief pitcher gives up a hit that runner is now expected to score?

Expected to score? No.

but if it was a flat-out fielding gaffe, like a dropped fly ball, the blame would be universally upon Abreu for allowing the runner. This was insignificantly different from him having done that…the error in the head instead of with the glove. Both players are at fault…Rodney for allowing the run, Abreu for allowing the runner. Rodney gave up a routine flyout/pop-up to the first batter of the inning…and the difference in probability of a run scoring in an inning between runner on first no outs and no one on with one out is fairly large.

True. The error was mental.

But this would have been a whole different inning without the wild pitch and single.

good grief

this game is over, Fuentes coming in for the 9th.

1st two hitters are lefty's at least
yea and the last guy is hitting under 200
Oh shit. F-Bomb sighting
Why does this game seem longer than last night's?

I’ve aged so much tonight, I’m going to need to borrow Rev’s cane by the end of this.

you'll have as much gray hair as him too
BTW, Yes, I had more fun watching Futurama last night than I would have watching the last two innings
the last two innings were/are torture
ummmmm

maybe it’s your presence in the game thread that is jinxing it.

just sayin’

Hey, I waited until the 7th... that's been safe until tonight.
That is one hell of a fielding percentage

Rodney’s stupid wild pitch is what killed that inning.

Hate is a strong word

but it accurately fits how I feel about Juanita

Shitty groundout to the left side from juan

S H O C K E R

At least it wasn't a GIDP

only because nobody was on base

Well that inning sucked
Does Juan have any trade value?

He’s the king of lazy groundouts to the left side

And his un-clutchness is legendary.
Yes.

He’s the best kept secret in MLB.

Even without frosted tips.

all kinda teams looking

for a rally killing double play machine that wouldn’t know clutch if it bit him in his big fat ass. BTW: He’s crappy outfielder too.

What is Fuentes doing in

in a tie game? This is crap…

hopefully not sucking

But I won’t hold my breath

Hey, two lefties.

I thought we wanted F-bomb as lefty situational guy

Sosh has reservations at Buca Di Beppo.

He just wants to have this over with.

flowchart says....

if at home and the game is tied going into the 9th, the pitcher with the designation of closer MUST enter the game until he either gives up the go ahead run or puts a 0 on the scoreboard.

Don’t hate the messenger man

You must have been taking notes in Conventional Baseball 101
99.7% on the final

I forgot the bit about not jogging past on the mound after grounding out…….

maybe

its a sign hes losing the closing job…

read above

coming in here is the CLOSER’s role

where is ur message coming from

its not like thats standard

oh yea it is
ok.......
Soth did it like everytime possible with Frankie here
rofl

yeah right.

a man can hope

cant he

at least we wont have to see him come in if we ever get a lead again
if you believe in evolution

that blonde lady was raving her rally monkey

"IF"???
We live in one of the only first world countries

where the jury is apparently still out on that.

Rev has to play it safe.

Does Turkey count as a first-world country?

If not, the US is the only one.

I'll agree with John Oliver and say the US is a third-world country
Not now, 'bug. We're too busy worrying about F-Bomb
Fuentes and The 'Stache
Sounds like a bad FOX sitcom
from the '70s
He lived next door to Chico and the Man
My proof evolution is true:

-Brian Fuentes is our closer
-a loving and merciful God would not let Brian Fuentes be closer
-the bible portrays God as loving
-God cannot be the God of the bible
-the method of dawn of man in the bible is creationism
-creationism therefore is not true
-ergo, evolution

but what about this?

-Brian Fuentes does not adapt to situations
-Brian Fuentes does not show signs of mental growth
-Brian Fuentes does not learn from mistakes, i.e. evolve

Brian Fuentes, therefore, is a contradiction: he both proves and denies evolution to be true. A paradox indeed!

que up Homer Simpson reading the Bible...

“there’s no answers in here!”

Nice shot of Groove in the Rox dugout
ALRIGHT EVERYONE

CROSS EVERYTHING!!!!
And voodoo dolls may help also

RAWR? One out
Was that RAWR-able?
Anytime Fuentes doesn't give up a hit.

It’s RAWR-able.

BP "get ahead in the count"

a start grooving fastballs

fuentes gonna rev back and throw that 89 mph heat
give him the luke warmer ricky
You tell him Lou Brown

And then sell him some radials.

Where did that miss?
WOW nice Fuentes!!!!
new job

after blue squeezed him on a few pitches

struck him out 3 times there
Okay Fuentes, you got 2 lefties out, now please get the 1 righty out.
RAWR!!! STFD Stewart!!!!
that was a strike

but fuentes’ soft toss shit doesnt warrant many calls

HAHAHA

Fuentes just struck you out looking

do not let Fuentes face the righty

I do not like this ab at all

Fuentes's K/BB ratio is actually reasonable

“Tis the homers that are killing his ERA.

And I'm amazed how people can hit paper airplanes that far
I was amazed to see that Fuentes has struck out more batters than Rodney has.

And issued like half the walks.

Rodney is stealing all of the luck
[standing up]
(laying down)
(drinking more wine)
(puff puff pass)
[driving that train... high on cocaine]
what happened to Iannetta?

I thought he could hit. Has he been hurt?

He had hamstring issues for a brief time

but no, just a slow, shitty start.

yes yes yes yes yes yes
I'll have what she's having
An Angels Victory????
Nipples is up.
RAWR!!!!! 1-2-3
There we go!
K3yersooooout Eyenetta
Holy Crap

Fuentes didn’t shit the bed

give props where props are due

Fuentes was hitting his spots that inning

¡¡¡unɹ ǝuo˙˙˙˙˙˙solɐɥ uo ǝɯoɔ
this...

may just work

WOW - I'm shocked - a 1,2,3 inning for Fuentes
yup Rockies...

2 of you K’d against F-word… hide in shame

clock is right twice a day

this just encourages the sosh

Fuentes looked good there

A New Hope

Clone that Fuentes

and kill the bad one

What happened to the Rally Monkey rules?

Seems like we put the RM on the big screen all the time now.

he have a "closer" who just great when the game wasnt on the line

and a reliever who was awesome as a closer….switch?

stop making sense bro

the Soth will have none of it

facing his old teammates

ego check

The anti-Frankie

instead of closing out save situations and shitting the bed in non-save situations, Fuentes shits the bed in save situations, and closes out the non-save situations.

Napoli wants to get laid

Walk off homer time

walk off hr for willits

u heard it here first

epic beyond description

if that happens

Last time I tried to call walk-off homers

Kendry broke his ankle. Don’t do it, man.

so its all ur fault!!!!

rev ban him!!

Kendry was actually

just about the only hitter in that inning I DIDN’T call a walk-off homer for.

Still your fault then
damn

this is y i cant be a mod…id drop the ban hammer too quick

BFF's Naps and Mathis

end this thing… there are girls to be laid

yep school's out for summer
not so loud Billy Mac will hear you
I bet they have BFF rings and everything.
Nipples rings?
damn Naps was looking off speed there
I think it's time for a HALO BLITZ!!!!!
So, who pitches the 10th?
Flailing mightily Naps = K3yerout!
Dadgum it, it's time for Dadgum to do something
Mr. Clutch will get it done.
No hits vs Col bullpen tonight
I thought the 3rd run was off the pen
Nope

it was off Francis.

Shut up, Francis.
not really much to fear

in the bottom part of our lineup

Let's go Reggie

clap clap clap-clap-clap

MFY 2 LAD 1 Final
Predator vs Alien.

No matter who wins, we lose.

My 50+ year old dad on Reggie-

“If he get’s a walk off home run I’ll have another son just so I can name him Reggie.”

No HR for 77
Dodgers just lost
and Loney and Kemp lost it
BThe entire bar was yelling "bullshit!"

But they cheered when manny struck out.

Unfortunately that means that the MFY won
Let the stabbings begin.
yankee scum vs. doyer scum

who wins ?

Nobody wants to get laid.
Jepsen time
This game needs

More vuvuzela.

no game needs more vuvuzuela
I can see a vuvuzela giveaway night
The Marlins did one
The players hated them for it
I bet we would have already won if this game had vuvuzelas
my favorite topical word
we really threated in that inning
Reggie almost hit that one out

of the infield

120 foot BOMB to right center
An R-Bomb for R-WIllits!!!
This bring up an interesting point..

How much of a tailwind is Reggie going to need to lift one out?

Righthanded he could hit one right down the line

with no wind

I call shenanigans
It's not about how long

you hit it. . .

. . .

more like almost out of the infield grass…

k3yersoout Barmes
He's just barmy
WTY should kick F-Rod's ass.

He can’t kick Chupa’s ’cuz that 2nd inning catch saved his ass.

he just swung at one in the dirt.....
Ya, I don't get that location
Jepsen hung that
this is where they correctly call a pitchout only to see the runner safe anyway
Nice Jepsen

fat slider over the plate on 0-2

dammit

Where the heck did THAT one miss?
Well that one missed the glove
Helton has some beard mojo going, too.

That beard isn’t weird, though… it’s just UGLY

Oh come on Jepsen
Shit shit shit shit shit shit shit
good plan

fall behind the old guy so he knows the fastball is coming

Great

looking just like the 8th inning again.

This Herrera guy is annoying.

Crap.
[gasps]

Opie!!!! Mind your language, young lady!!!

K this bastard, PsyKo
STFD Helton!!!!
hahahahah stfd
k3yerout Helton...

I’ll take that

didn't think we were going to get that call
HA!

ump did not like being shown up

thats a pretty bad ass come back there Jep
he's a bipolar inspiration
walk Gonzalez

and it’s not even close

Butcher had his iphone on the ound

and read your post

Nice psyKo!!!
This trip to the mound brought to you by...
damn just roll it up there
Great. Nearly a WP on an IBB
Let's get ROID-BOY now.
You know, Jepsen, pitching is easier when you throw a strike on the first pitch
And even easier when you're not 2-0
wash rinse repeat
or when you throw strikes in general
it's even easier if you throw more than one

TIHS

yuck.............
Jepsen

Stop thinking abut that Wednesday cookoff

See... now you're ahead.
I hate intentional walks

Almost as much as I hate unintentional walks.

Gonzalez is a big step ahead of Giambi and Spillborughs though
and it worked
1 more strike Jepsen
throw it there again!
or that will work
STFD Spil..uh... whatever your name is
ʞ3yerout

the side

hahahahahaaha

Ownt

Well, that was... interesting
There we go!!!!!!!!

now go win this thing!

the hard wayyyyy
thats what she said
c'mon Angels end this now - I'm tired
that took serious cojones
remember when that's pretty much all Percival threw when he came up

and damn if it didn’t work. It’s hard to square up high 90’s gas

Jepsen

Like Jeff Spicoli on a rollercoaster

I thought WTY was Spicoli
Lets walk off now
Frandsen walkoff

calling it now

Aybar celebrates his return with a walk off HR. Calling it right now
I don't care who the hell hits a walkoff or what kind of walkoff it is

Just as long as it’s a W

10:30/10th inning

Lots of fans still in attendance.

It's not like we're the Doyers or something...
Last few trips down to the Big A

I’ve been EXTREMELY disappointed in our fanbase. They’re getting worse and worse about staying through full games. Depressing, really. And totally inexcusable.

work nights / school nights

same everywhere these days.

Last game I went to

was Friday night.

I don’t take excuses either way, though. I don’t leave games early ever. Ever. Ever. Ever. You never know what you’ll miss. I saw a triple play in the 8th inning of a blowout in Florida once. Caught a foul ball in the 7th of another.

Back in the day. . .

At Angel stadium they used to let you in free after the 7th inning.

My uncle and I would listen to the game in the garage with my grandfather until the 6th before heading out.

My point exactly.
such a different vibe

than last night at the same time

Not getting blown out helps
its Friday and fireworks night
If the game goes until midnight

do we still get fireworks?

walk off....walk off....walk off....walk offffffffffff
Aybar needs to get his timing back
buy the man a watch
Come on Howie
calling

howie walkoff

Who's pitching? Can't read the jersey
Belisle
Wasn't that one of the Go Gos?
belinda carlisle
I know.

Whoosh.

LET'S GO HALOS!
Come on Frandsen!
K-Rod II for the 11th?

Hope he remembers how to get outs

ʞ3yerout Howie
long term

better that howie lays off those turd pitches.

short term DAMN DAMN DAMN

The ump should know

If Howie didn’t swing at it, it is definitely not in the zone.

this Belisle guy is working the Halos over
yea yea

I could throw strikes if the ump was my dad

Can we have the Rox bring Betancourt back in?
Can we loan them Fuentes to pitch the 11th instead?
another looooong game.

beer needed

Howie's pitch

glad we had the behind the catcher view so we could see how clearly that was NOT a strike immediately.

I like 1 pitch outs, when the other team makes them
"couple of moon shots"

Full Moon eclipse at its deepest at 4:30 AM…

Okay, just get the 3rd out.
Iannetta you can go get fisted by the hulk for all I care......
88mph?
Pfft

Yeah, I’d like to see YOU hit 88mph.

DAMN RIGHT.

100 years ago

I got drafted out of high school throwing 89-90. Never got past A ball

100 years ago

the major leagues were the equivalent of today’s A ball.

okay I exaggerated on how long ago

but in the early 1980’s they thought 90 MPH was gas…times have changed

k-rod2.0 has good stuff
and like Jepsen is afraid to use it

when a guy can throw 96 that is something

Oh come on

Ring him up!

That was a strike on Howie
Frankie 2

get it going kid,,,,,,,,

3-0

3-0
man wtf

Nobody blames Mathis

for signaling for shit in the dirt

stop effin walking people!!!!!!!!
Okay, one more strike
you got what you asked for
damn

damnit damnit damnit

He wasn't throwing strikes

but he got goddamn squeezed.

Rockies always win extra inning games

besides yesterday

October is just a dream

With this fucking bullpen.

biggest weakness by a mile........
3 runs against Not Ubaldo

has a lot to do with it

Bob Saget Shit Damn Crap FUBAR Frack
Hate to say it

but our lineup is CRAP.

EPIC BULLPEN FAIL.
Get rid of these clowns we have in our bullpen please
We would have no relivers then.
relievers*
That would be an improvement.
This bullpen is a nightmare

a complete nightmare. When our ace goes on the mound and throws up 11 K’s, it’s up to someone to seal the deal. This is a complete joke.

O'shit this game is over
Well, I think it's pretty safe to say what we need to trade for now isn't it

Most teams have a bullpen; we have a walk-a-thon.

We don't have a bullpen

We have a pigsty

3-4-5

if they can’t do it nobody can

That's over.

At least we have the right part of the lineup up to attempt a comeback

I can't imagine a more obnoxious inning

you got the first two damn hitters out, and out quickly.

Then you become a big blubbering vagina and start soft tossing and pitching around guys who aren’t going to hit you hard, until suddenly you’re behind everyone 3-0, and there are runners in scoring position.

You say that like Vaginas are bad

Apparently you haven't met some of the ones CKOD and I have

Ever met a Gelgamek?

/shudder

Soth shoulda busted out an Edwin Jackson

and let Weave throw 150. He’s got an off day….

or how many it took to win the game
1 pitch 1 out

O’Sulivan got what every other arm there needs

I blame Mathis for calling shit in the dirt.

They know he’s off, they’re not gonna swing at that shit.

I don't

It’s one thing if you don’t have a pitch, it’s another thing if you completely fall apart. Calling for low pitches didn’t result in that epic meltdown.

Belinda still pitching...
we got the beat
Bat will not come off shoulder on 3 zip
4th pitch was ball four
yup.

and the bat did not come off the shoulder.

Last Chance for Our Halos!

So Let’s Go!

Strike one

was strike three to Howie and ball four to Mora.

Whoa Melvin Mora is in Colorado

when the hell did this happen?

fielding like that

he won’t be there long

strike 1 to bobby

was a ball to Frankie2

Look right above

we’re reading each each other’s minds right now.

Good thing we have a speedster (Willits) to pinchrun now... :((
Broo's got speed.
from ron washington? he's selling now?
Ha!

That dirty doper

Quintessential Orange County guy loving the hit.

Just end it with a bomb Torii.......

enough screwing around with these clowns.

Exactly

house of brews is waiting for me.

house of dudes in HB?
lol

yes

lots of people hate on it.

i like it. good food.

no pitchers though.

my ride left

I now have to walk

i used to live across the street.

the owner there is a huge angels fan

yeah

my boy is good friends with him.

it’s close to me, and the food is good, but to many tattoos and affliction t’s on the weekend.

The only clowns

are the ones in our bullpen

Time for Hula Dula to ruin some birthdays
Walkoff bomb

Give Sully the 1-pitch win

at least we get to hear Nick Drake instead of Boston in the commercials
Torii was looking in the playbook for the answer.
let's do this, Torii!
Torii just swung at ball 3

against a sinkerballer

Here comes Mr. Un-Clutch
WHAT THE HELL TORII

JESUS

GIDP

I’m calling it.

bummer

Torii had his pitch and he knew it

wow torii

no bueno

Popped up 3-1 pitch

ouch

yea

plus it should have been 4-0 not 3-1…when the guy hasnt thrown you a strike y are u swinging

redeem yourself, Juan
Juanito is a DP waiting to happen!

If he walks off, I knew it all along!

awww shit it's Rivera

please no GIDP

Torii is old
Fuck you Jack!

Sideways with a rusty shovel.

haha thats much meaner than my comment.

LOL

;-D Yes, it was.
My heart

just stopped.

Abrew has BALLS! Steals 2b
Bobby

Glad i took my blood pressure medicine today

Abreu/Scioscia read my mind
juan REALLY wants to dribble it to the left side
come on Juan......

sniff it………..

Juarning Track laying off the low shit
Come on Napoli
bbyeron Juarning Track
I had a SIDE SALAD for dinner

Can I have another?

So it isn't just our closer that makes it interesting.
should be bases loaded

but ill take it…come on naps lets go…please dont be ur un-clutch self

Please Naps...Weave deserved better
OMG no GIDP from Juancho
Nipples time

uppercut it

Shit. Just bloop a single

Just tie this up.

Wait, no.

That means it’s back in the hands of our bullpen. Nevermind.

dont swing

until there are 2 strikes..please

Come on guys, Houston did their part.
that was a good pitch to hit
Pitch to hit and fouled it off

:(

Shit and Whew at the same time.
sounds like a wet fart
oh dear god

what a mess

say what?

I’d rather have Matsui vs the lefty

I'm guessing the thinking is use Matsui to PH for Willits
Come on Shotgun, hit the Dadgum ball!!!
Mathis has to hit cuz we have noone left to play???

thought we would see Godzirrah here

yea we have Wilson on the bench to catch

this is absurd unless one of them is hurt

where's Wilson?
Mathis

Be a hero

he's making Soth look like a total idiot
goddamnit Mathis
Mathis 0-2 = game over
That sucked
Well that game was a long suckfest
Fuck this shit

pinch hit for your fucking idiotic love child Mathis Soth

dammit all to hell
Thanks Rodney.......

jerk

This team blows so hard

Torii and Napoli, kiss my ass you choke artists. HE WASN’T THROWING STRIKES YOU IDIOTS.

Torii = selfish
where the heck was Hideki

he was stretching out

WHERE IS MATSUI???

Why is Mathis hitting with the game on the line?

Come on, this is Jeff Mathis after all.

What could we have expected.

DAMNIT

its 1 o clock…where was the godzirrah pinch hit,…where was the torii clutchness

not feeling confident goin into the Texas series comin up
when was the last time

u were confident in your teams =]

our lineup is complete and utter crap

Bobby is sucking, Hideki is doing so bad he’s not in the lineup, Rivera shouldn’t be in the lineup, Mathis has returned to suckville, Wood is the worst hitter alive, and Willits plays 2 games in a row???? WTF this lineup sucks

im not pissed about the lineup really

its been the starting pitching (Saunders and Santana the most) and the bullpen that has been very dissapointing overall and if we want to win the West, the rotation has to be the calling card of this team.

+1

if we can start pitching people will realize that our offense isnt that bad

it wont look as bad at least
3 runs in 9 innings

should get you a win against a guy with a bum shoulder throwing 87 tops

Who on our team offensively is actually doing well right now? Frandsen??? No one is having all that great of a month IMO while they have some downright horrible hitters in Mathis, Wood and Willits

Torii is actually having a pretty good month, so is Howie.
francis is a solid starter

id take him at the least over saundo and kaz and maybe over anyone not named weaver…the rockies are 6 in baseball in era and we r 5th in the al (and in mlb) in runs scored, our offense isnt that badl….willits is there to ive guys a rest, wood is someone we cant give up on yet, and mathis is someone we rnt sure what we r going to get

dig a little deeper this is only Francis' 2nd quality start against

teams with winning records. He does well against crap offenses like the ones the Angels fielded tonight.

in only his 4th try

for a guy coming off injury that isnt bad especially considering in his last 2 tries he is 2 for 2

Seriously

Matsui is on the bench, ready to go.

And you let goddamn Jeff Mathis take the at-bat.

But he found his swing in the ALCS!
it was the wrong decision

but joking about mathis, he was hitting well b4 he went to the dl (.324)

This game extremely pisses me off

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