Halos Heaven

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

It looks like a Power Rangers lunchbox

Can’t tell who the Rangers are kicking though.

Slyintine - July 1, 2010 reply

It looks like they're about to beat up the genie from Alladdin

That's CKOD

Jose just had a great line

We love you, Vladdy, but now please go away.

Weaver is an Ace

Enough said.

Slyintine - July 1, 2010 reply

.

This is I think the 3rd time I've seen this pic on this site

TMZ would be jealous of some of you guys.

Give all praise to 44FAN for these pics

I study every pic this creep

My all friend are fan for luminous OC blondes

I'm in love with the one on the left

and I mean Mathis

Meanwhile, in Boston....

….John Lackey is hanging out at Dunkin Donuts with three fat guys named “Sully.”

Robviously - July 1, 2010 reply

Ok good

Cuz otherwise, you know, we were gonna have problems.

I saw him first Nate!

I was looking further left

TEHE

*snicker

Kinda sad that they're

sitting together in the back. Lol Definitely not Pantheresque!

maze88 - July 1, 2010 via mobile reply

haha

They have so much game it flowing from the back seat all the way to the dash

I guess they ditched Napoli somewhere along the way

He probably stayed at Olive Garden

He opened the door to let the 3 gals in...

Just didn’t get in the pix ;)

Naps is the photographer.

Naps was nailing 3 different classy ladies in the front seat at the time.

snowhor - July 2, 2010 via mobile reply

Is that my sister in the middle?

I might need to have a talk with her. She didn’t help her friend with her seat belt.

Suboptimal - July 1, 2010 reply

If that's your sister

can I come over?

Naps did that already.

Does that mean that WTY is so getting laid?

reply fail

Get rhythm, when you play the Blue!

Get rhythm!

Whoever voted for Napoli is one of those drunk blonde chicks who spill their drinks at the Yardhouse

BryanHarvey'sMoustache - July 1, 2010 reply

who the hell is our closer????

also, tattoo mccracken…hilarious.

That umpiring was pretty crappy

The strike zone was all over the place, especially that pitch from Rodney right down the middle to Andrus.

Gorbachav5 - July 1, 2010 reply

Funny, usually umpires are decidedly consistent

My sarcasm meter just pegged.

Ooohhhh. A sarcasm meter. Now THERE'S a real useful invention.

>:-P

I liked the "sarchasm" picture the other day...

I didn't

it was at my expense.

Jokes at my expense are never funny, and when you tell one, a puppy gets a cold.

So thanks everyone who’s made fun of me. The snot of those puppies is on your hands.

The Rangers are up for auction on 7/16

Yeah

Watchingthe game I saw a lot of strikes for the rangers that were called balls for us.

halofan4life - July 1, 2010 via mobile reply

MLB owns the Rangers

MLB has to keep the value of their product up. To cause interest in their product. So to make the most profit possible. To make sure the new owners can take control of the team before the trading deadline, and then the Rangers will be able to acquire Cliff Lee in a trade.

I hope Arte buys them

feeder ringer team buwhaaahahhahhahhahaaa

He should buy them and make them use orange baseballs and get an elephant for a mascot

Too mean.

And make them trade Vladdy for Matsui

sadness

teopeht - July 1, 2010 reply

MC Hammer as manager

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/07/01/revised-top-25-prospects-of-2010/

HAMMERTIME!

teopeht - July 1, 2010 reply

I believe there's a rule against that

Otherwise the Yankees would have bought the rest of the AL East by now.

Suboptimal - July 1, 2010 reply

FU Bud Selig

Tonight we beat The Strangers, The Umps, Bug Selig, and MLB.
Again FU.
Suck on that.

Halo Hurricane - July 1, 2010 reply

Can't deny my true feelings anymore

I love you, Jered Weaver.

Robviously - July 1, 2010 reply

Mike Trout the no.1 prospect in baseball?

Whaaaaaaa?

Robviously - July 1, 2010 reply

Trout is considered an absolute superstar at this point

Fanshot it

Figgi4life - July 1, 2010 reply

dude is 18... can you imagine being 18 and being the top prospect in baseball?

Balls and Strikes - July 1, 2010 reply

I've seen him #2 and #3 in two other rankings in the last week

Baseball Prospectus:

2. Mike Trout, OF, Angels
Why He’s Here: It’s not just the ridiculous .367/.449/.543 line at Low-A Cedar Rapids, as it’s hard to find a scout who isn’t downright giddy after watching him. He can hit, he’s a plus-plus runner, he’s going to hit for way more power down the road, his approach is good, and he’s a fine center fielder. What more do you want? How about a max-effort player who runs out every ground ball and does it with a smile on his face? One scout gave him the highest compliment one can get from a talent evaluator: “I’d pay to watch him play.”
Nitpicking: One has to wonder how long Trout will remain a 70 runner (on the 20-to-80 scouting scale), because at 6-foot-1 and 220 pounds, he’s physically the most atypical burner around. He’s not going to get slow, but it’s hard to see him being a plus-plus runner when he’s 25.
Future: Trout should be in High-A right now, and he could be in Double-A next year before his 20th birthday. He has a chance to be ahead of the big-league opening created when Torii Hunter’s contract expires after the 2011 season.

Keith Law at the 4 letter:

3. Mike Trout, OF, LA Angels. Oh, just call him up already. The way he’s going, he probably could handle it. Previous ranking: No. 14

Luminous!

blochead - July 2, 2010 reply

Hi guys.

What’d I miss? I saw the last three outs in the 9th, but who got the outs in the 8th?

Rodney didn't really get any outs

he just somehow survived the 8th without blowing the game and giving me an aneurysm.

Did they take him out for another pitcher?

We came home and started watching and while the game was loading I saw the score change from 2-0 to 2-1.

No he closed out the 8th.

We all suffered severe palpitations though. It was a real barn burner.

I know most of the guys here hate Fuentes

but he was really good most of the time last year.

Fans don't remember the nominal saves or holds, or even the wins.

Just the losses and blown plays.

It’s like the bad meal effect. People are more likely to write a review of a restaurant they had a bad experience, than a restaurant they had a good experience at.

Kind a of generalization though.

I know.

One of the playoff game losses I thought really wasn’t his fault. There was an error that should have been an out and the umps were squeezing him.

And I thought the weather was so nasty in New York it was ridiculous to even play.

HAHA

LSB is blaming it on Angel luck again.

They must be reading Jeff Sullivan’s toilet paper.

Yeah, we got to this point with a shitty bullpen and without Kmo with LUCK!

Super magical fairy dust luck.

Morons.

They love a good excuse

They probably think of excuses as 'reasons.'

http://www.sbnation.com/2010/7/1/1547693/josh-hamilton-angels-clutch-angel-pagan

Also...

they’re still talking about being “5 games up in the loss column”. seriously.

dr-awkward - July 1, 2010 reply

well, you DO know

The team with the fewest losses wins the West, right? This according to LSB fan logic.

firebird81 - July 2, 2010 reply

Whiners.

mjhsieh - July 1, 2010 reply

Actually

Sullivan had an amazingly Angel-friendly article on SBN MLB today about the Angels actually manifesting CLUTCH:

From Jeff's article:

“The Angels seem to have down to a science what other organizations just can’t figure out: how to build and develop a team that ends up greater than the sum of its parts. It’s one of baseball’s holy grails, and a little team in southern California is a step ahead of the pack.”

Right on Jeff, I’m not that mad at you anymore for calling me stupid at LL a few weeks ago.

Won't they excommunicate him at LL for that?

No.

He has some sort of invincibility shield. I think it’s called owning the blog or something to that extent.

he is LL

Pope Jeffchiro the First, he does the excommunicating.

I see, he gets a free pass just for being the pope.

Jeff to LL is Rev to HH

Except I’m an art damaged punk rock fossil

LOL!

On a serious note and completely OT, we aren’t finding a house up here that we like. It’s really starting to suck.

As long as you can watch Angels games online or on cable

any house will be a home.

at least you're post-historic

so does the real one in Rome

I have to give him credit

I semi-trolled after we swept them and he didn’t ban me.

I got banned at LSB for a single post that was poetry compared to the obscenities that spew from their sun burnt .gif exchange board.

After reading that article. I have this seasons rally cry.

Only When It Counts

Yes!

Wood will get a hit; only when it counts.
Fuentes will have a 1-2-3 inning; only when it counts.
Matsui will eventually bust out of his slump; only when it counts.

And finally, Dono Romantico will be banned one day; only when it counts.

RexTookMyStash - July 2, 2010 reply

Mr. Spock would be proud.

Jeff seems to have found a mathematical rule for “Clutchiness”

Success breeds contempt

The Angels have finished ahead of the Rangers for ten consecutive seasons.
During this 10-year span of domination the Angels won a World Series Championship and have had six seasons where they posted over 90 wins. The Rangers during this time have had zero 90-win seasons.
Arte Moreno is an amazing owner. Tom Hicks is…….

Fan Since 1981 - July 1, 2010 reply

Rangers are the lucky ones this year

Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz having career years, Vlad having his best season since 2005, striking gold with Colby Lewis, C.J. Wilson finding success (and plenty of luck) as a starter after not starting a single MLB game since 2005, and Michael Young somehow not being the stone glove that he usually is in the field.

Other than Harden, lot’s of luck on the Rangers side so far this year.

stolenbases - July 2, 2010 reply

Its funny to see how much they hate their players too....

i swear, they act as if Michael Young is GMJ.

Whine whine whine

UpStream15 - July 2, 2010 reply

It's not so easy to beat teams over .500

blochead - July 1, 2010 reply

And now we get to play the royals while the rangers go against the whitesox

Time to make up some more ground! 1st by the all star break… come on Angels!!!

Balls and Strikes - July 1, 2010 reply

Figgi4life - July 1, 2010 reply

Not many Umps

Can screw up a call that badly

You're Right

The Umps didn’t screw anything up.
They’re under direct orders from Bug Sleezy and MLB.

Halo Hurricane - July 1, 2010 reply

I don't know, it looks a little outside

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'm just gonna say that it's

6 inches from the bottom of the strike zone, and 8 inches from the side of it.

Figgi4life - July 1, 2010 reply

Me, sarcastic?

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

snowhor - July 2, 2010 via mobile reply

Depends. Is a bear Catholic?

Talking Points

Fuentes and his high-80s fastball creates much anxiety for Angel fans in th 9th inning. Despite not lighting up the radar gun, he ranks a very respectable sixth in K/9 ratio (10.88) this year among 78 AL relief pitchers (min. 20 innings pitched). Tip of the Hat to Fuentes for his two perfect saves during this series.
Rodney, while having a fastball consistently in the mid-90s, only ranks 66th out of 78 AL relievers in K/9 ratio at a rather disappointing 5.74. Jepsen (10.54) or when Bulger is healthy (9.55) might be better 8th inning alternatives
The only beverage the concession stand needs to serve during the 8th inning is Kaopectate.
Despite all the problems this season the Angels are just 3.5 games out.

Fan Since 1981 - July 1, 2010 reply

Sweet!

Also

We are only three games out of the wild card if it comes to that

Eff the wild card

Rangers can have that.
If they can manage it.

LAASurfin - July 2, 2010 reply

Of Course I'd love to have a fourth consecutive AL West title

but I really just want to be in the playoffs with a shot at the World Series. No matter how we get there.

ryanfea - July 2, 2010 reply

I agree completely

But it’s fun to play the obstinate zealot…

LAASurfin - July 2, 2010 reply

Rodney makes me sad face

blochead - July 2, 2010 reply

Doing the talking on the field...................

way to go boys.

norcaliangelsfan - July 1, 2010 reply

Git the flock off our field

Wi: you gotta get a screen cap of bottom of the 5th with Howie batting… Ron Washington is pulling an “Al Bundy” with his hand down his pants. Gonna be useful in your future comic strips. Just a friendly heads-up as I’m watching the replay.

Was it something like this:

RexTookMyStash - July 2, 2010 reply

essssssakktly

missing some white, chalky residue on the nostrils, though.

Oh AAALLLLLLLLLL!!!

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100701&content_id=11822854&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=ana

Would've been a sweep

If Kazmir wasn’t hell bent on ruining our playoff chances.

blochead - July 2, 2010 reply

C.J. Wilson apparently isn't impressed by the Angels

Unimpressed, however, was C.J. Wilson, the southpaw who was tagged with the loss, falling to 6-4, after surrendering a pair of runs in 5 2/3 innings.

“We’re a better team — 100 percent,” Wilson said. "When we play up to our capabilities, it might not be that close.

“We have a better balance to our team. They have good pitching, but their offense is like, I don’t know. We have more wins. It’s pretty simple. I’d rather take our offense. I’d rather take our defense. I’d much rather have our bullpen.”

~MMP~ - July 2, 2010 reply

He also said

“I’d much rather have their flags.”

Losing Kendry makes it less in our favor from the offensive side...

But I like our chances…

K3YEROUT - July 2, 2010 reply

He had to break his ankle for history to go correctly.

I hope he enjoys practicing his golf swing

in October

ryanfea - July 2, 2010 reply

That Ranger bullpen won't be so great come August and September if they have to keep using it so much

Other than Colby Lewis, the rest of their rotation is very uninspiring. C.J. Wilson has been the beneficiary of a low BABIP and a low HR/FB ratio. I guess one can argue that he can continue to maintain that low BABIP with the Rangers defense, but he needs to walk less people if he hopes to maintain that low ERA. Also let’s see how that bullpen holds up later in the season.

stolenbases - July 2, 2010 reply

On that note

Oliver is 39 and has pitched 36 Innings already
O’day has pitched 31 innings already.

Our go to guy Jepsen has pitched 27 Innings thus far.
Shields has 26 IP’s, and Rodney 31.

The rangers bullpen has pitched 247.1 Innings this season so far which leads the AL, and is 7th in baseball. You have to wonder how much gas those guys are going to have left come September.

RexTookMyStash - July 2, 2010 reply

Speaking of low BABIP

Look at Colby Lewis’ – combined with his BAA. Then check his game logs.

His FIP certainly benefits from lots and lots of innings pitched against bad offenses. I doubt he looks anywhere near as good after some strong hitting teams work him over. I was hoping we’d see him this last series.

LAASurfin - July 2, 2010 reply

CJ can say whatever he likes

I went to elementary school with him in HB and used to TP his house all the time.

suck on that CJ!!!

2pintsofbooze - July 2, 2010 reply

Awesome

ryanfea - July 2, 2010 reply

What school?

WiHaloFan - July 2, 2010 reply

Mr. Wilson, it's okay.

We’ve luckily won the division three years in a row over three teams that are obviously better than we are. We don’t understand it either, but it just keeps happening. Weird.

snowhor - July 2, 2010 via mobile reply

Kudos to the home crowd…

Usually they take off at 9:30PM, but they stuck it out for this one. Last night, in a two-run game, there was a mass exodus at 9:30. Tonight, no such luck for the Rangers nor my post-game parking lot exit plans.

Not in our section

We were in 305, taking advantage of the half-price deal to see how the other half lives, and a lot of them were gone before the ninth.

BTW, did you notice the increased security tonight? It was a pain getting into the park. I guess they’re ramping up for the ASG.

rspencer - July 2, 2010 reply

No, security seemed the same to me and I have been to 19 games this year...

Strange.

However, I am miffed at the RV lot now being closed off to cash-paying customers. That was the sweetest lot for a quick parking lot exit. It’s only available for busses and people with pre-paid coupons. The sign on that lot always said “pre-paid coupons only,” but it was a secret that any joe blow could park in there. Bummer.