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All Star Game Thread 2 and Updated MUTECAST

ANAHEIM CA - JULY 13:  American League All-Star Jered Weaver #36 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  waves to fans during the 6th Annual MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show outside Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 13 2010 in Anaheim California.  (Photo by Robert Meggers/Getty Images)

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almost 2 years ago: ANAHEIM CA - JULY 13: American League All-Star Jered Weaver #36 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim waves to fans during the 6th Annual MLB All-Star Red Carpet Show outside Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 13 2010 in Anaheim California. (Photo by Robert Meggers/Getty Images)

Our All Star Game Coverage at Halos Heaven continues with this Game Thread 2 and our MuteCast - Mute your television and listen to WiHalofan and Rev Halofan announce the game live over the internet with our refreshed MuteCast below...

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no mute cast on this one?
taking care of tech

just a minute or two more …

Go Halos!

um.. er…. go Halos on the All Star roster?

Mutecast link fail
no mutecast yet...they are setting it up right now
i can hear em
dont lie
i can
You're listening to White Sox part 2. I made the same mistake.
but i want it now!
hold yer horses
I'm exercising my right to whine
2nd time in 2 days that I'll root for Ortiz
Fuck you Pierre!
The AL has 2 hits?
didn't you hear?

this is the All Star Game “year of the pitchers”

In this inning
refresh this thread and listen

mutecast loaded

...and working.
nice..

More Rev and WiHaloFan sweetness..

there's a phone ringing....who we calling?
Seriously guys, what do you do with Brandon Wood?
make toothpicks to stab our eyes out
bamboo slivers would work too.
Ha! From the Nurse Ratchet book of self care.
Let him play the season out.
He's playing like every 3rd day, and still sucking.
recall Lee Stevens Mark McClamore (sic)

Todd Green and all the other players we gave up on to soon

Jeter interview thank god for mute cast!
I'm going to sit on my ass all week for America.
Big ass yankee stroking
this guy wants to have jeters man babies.
they just keep repeating the same thing sover and over about steinbrenner
This inning has gone to all-Yankee all the time...
We said it in the other thread, the yankees are stealing the show!
Do you think Joe Buck has a Yankee hood ornament on his car?
Yankee Phil Hughes not looking so good.
i thought we were listening to the MuteCast so we didn't have to hear YankeeTalk ad nauseum
Torii just got powned
I want someone to punch Scott Boras in the face.
A foul ball to the noggin would work for me.
Phil Hughes blowing the game.
Hughes?

Isn’t that All Star for I am only on this team because of the pictures of have of my Manager?

alrighty

I know when I am not wanted or welcome, so, this is going to be my last post on HH. I must say, for my short time on here it has been a pleasure.

Take care.

HUH??? WTF you talkin bout willis?
STFD and shut up

you are stuck with us

haha

that’s what I really wanted to write. Thanks Bug.

What did we miss?
wait -

are you pjayzz?

We need Mel Gibson to come in and pitch.
Chris Young fail
oh my gawdddd....it's Marilyn MonRev
he's the only Cub
the girl in the red dress
stretch singer? hostess for the singer?
She's there to distract Thornton.
She's going to sing Buttercup during the stretch.
Even READING that makes my ears hurt.
no more Toronto Relievers...............

Speier should be a lesson to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They would probably ask for trout!

nope

wow Cub dude walked
Phil Hughes and Matt Thornton trying their best to help the National League win
Matt Thorton Death Spiral.
CRAP!!!!!

NL pulls ahead

Balls
on chins.
I have a COMPLETELY different view of you due to the last 2 days.
CLEARLY

I am just referring back to an earlier comment by TheLimey, after a Strike Force girl got freaked out by a ball coming toward the fence.
Clearly.

There goesthe lead. 3-1 NL.
Thanks Phil Hughes
And Matt Thornton
eff you Hughes......

and Thorton.

Did Thorton come out of our bullpen?
That would appear to be the case.
On the plus side, loss would go to Hughes, no?
Matt Holliday was his, so yes
Its ok, the Angels will only need 5 games for our WS this year.
Hughes in line for the loss.
hopefully I sign of things to come for the Skanks
USFL betting

hahahaha

tell the story, YWC
i'm glad i didn't know him when i was 14
Popped out to get food

What the hell happened

3 run double
Who was pitching?
Hughes put two on, then Thornton came in and walked one, then coughed up the runs.
McCann cleared the bases.
Hughes gave up a couple of hits...

…then Thornton walked one and gave up a bases-clearing double to McCann.

Quick

10 bucks it not gonna rain

girl n blue has joined girl in red
So if the NL holds on, who gets the MVP award. McCann or Hughes?
why does this seem familiar, good pitching, no hitting, the the bullpen falls apart.

Where have I seen this before?

Angels 2010 season????
ding ding ding, thats it
Girardi picks THIS game to not overmanage...
somebody put a link to Kenny Rogers facelift before and after
I don't like watching Brandon Phillips hit
And now Andrew Bailey can't find the strikezone
STFD

score runs mofos

Oh good Ty Wigginton leading off the next inning, we're saved!
Maybe the AL is losing because Sosh is secretly managing
wow what a beautiful shot
Ouch

We’re sending Wiggington and Buck up. What a weak group for an All Star game.

We should offer Napoli, Kaz, and Frandsen.

To the A’s for Bailey.

who the hell is she?
Who in the hell is this?
She was 3rd runner up for American Idol try outs in 2004 in Fresno .

Never made it on the show but shes got a great voice

Coombaya to follow
I've seen her cd's for sale in starbucks
God Bless short denim shorts.
oh hey is that colbie caillat?
you know her???
she had that one song a while back

the surfer-girl-and-guitar circuit isn’t very big. i think for a while there she was supposed to be the female jack johnson.

I think so

Really nice sunset shot

coffe house version
I/m pop-culture deficient. I have no clue who she is.
BUTTERCUP!!!!

aww…….no?

porn starlet! HA!
Carly Simon a generation removed.
Rev is following in Harry Carey's footsteps
poor wihalofan
WHY DO YOU BUILD ME UP????
We don't only Jinx our games

we jinx the entire damned league

the indian burial ground?
How many catchers get laid as often as him?

THATS why we keep him.

Sean- Except in what universe does Scioscia let Napoli play 130 games?
Wainwright up, not good news.
Nick Swisher loves him some Nick Swisher
I really hate Nick Swisher
This discussion of Saunders, Napoli, and Mathis just makes too much sense
AL sends Hughes, Thornton, and Bailey in the 7th

NL sends Wainwright

There is something fundamentally wrong here.

Swisher likes to strike out
Thanks for showing up Swisher.
Nice catch Matt!
Like the NLDS last year...
Oh wow nice Holliday
Because Sosh is Manager of the Year
Matt Holiday up to his old tricks!
Holliday doesn't like this "catch the ball in high leverage" thing
How was that a hit?
Holliday likes to drop crucial fly balls
It's counted as a HIT!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Blindy O’Sightless strikes again!!

Angels scorekeeper hard at work!

I hate Kinsler…
but please do something other than get an out

The scorekeeper is Juan Rivera

there’s your problem

Okay, morality choice here

Do I root for Kinsler to hit it since I want the AL to win, or for him to K spectacularly because he’s Ian Kinsler?

there's other players
True

In either case, a walk is nice and neutral

we want Kinsler to get on......

so Torii has a chance to come up with the bases loaded.

so he walked - no hits is ok.
the score keeper is our own right?
Scott Borass is the score keeper
Girardi's going to wait for a really critical situation to bring in his baby
Oh come on, that radar gun is juiced
nice hard hit Wells...
Canadians on the corners eh
Torii Time!
C'mon Hula Dula, do something awesome
c'mon TORIIIIIIII
Be the hero, Torii :)
Oh man, come on, Tor-ii!
Let's go Hula Dula!
watch kinsler get thrown out stealing...
he was fooled on that breaking ball
Nice swing Torii
looked bad there
So much for that
Torii OUTTA THERE
he looked bad there
yeah that helmet sucks!
a reflection of our season so far
Blame of the game!

He also coulda prevented that big inning by throwing out Rolen at third!

Phil Hughes could have prevented that big inning too, by not sucking
True

Also: Thornton.

Girardi could have prevented it by letting Hughes clean up his own mess, too

He gave Verlander the chance, why not Hughes? It was a ground ball up the middle…

Damn it Damn it Damn it
Brutal

Just…brutal.

I can't believe someone admitted to participating in Farmville
Torii looks as hapless in that at bat as the Angels have lately in general

Watching strikes float over the plate. Hacking at balls a mile off of it

The Rib says

you have a potty mouth

Put in Tatoo McCrackin!
He already played.
after that swing skeletor will pull Torii
No one else to play the OF really
look who is the only bench player left...
Buck is having a sexual fantasy

Dreaming that A-Rod will be the dramatic hero coming in at the end

To combat the total failure of how the pitching is now stacking up

Our reserves are A-Rod vs. Infante.

Yes, but A-Rod lay down a good bunt?
Sosh isn't the manager

unnecessary

Love Mark Wicker's hair
Rev on a Wicker-rant...
Rev, where did this happen at???

So, if
the Angels go to the WS and in Game 7 of the WS, the game goes to 13 innings, we can blame Phil Hughes and Matt Thornton for failing

Hey LeBron - What's up on the field?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Does the ASG
count on fantasy points? I knew drafting McCann was better then Mauer.

no

damn
So Verlander and McCann get me nothing

As Mark Whickers son, I'm pretty offended.
Use your stash! You'll feel better about it.
Rex took his stash though
wait til he talks about sons being raped
"I wish they all could be California Girls...."
Brian Wilson has very bright shoes
You're right. Almost Glow-in-the-dark
Do the Mets and Giants share shoes?
lol @ "I'll tattoo it on my TIT!"
Paulie good for a left field shot here
ESPN- They have more credibility because they've been there for 25+ years.

Give SBN 25 years, we’ll have credibility too.

Them some awesome orange cleats
The Rev should have sung "Take Me Out to the Ballgame".
well... the NL has a considerably better pitching staff.
Goddamn those are some brightass shoes
So we get Broxton in the 9th. Fun.

remember
his NY implosion?

we need to get Lassie Foundation on the freecreditscore band search
she's no Gwen.
ohHELLnooooo
lol My thoughts exactly
although -

they were less bad than some of the others.

That's the 1st one I've watched
a very cheesy version of No Doubt is now the spokesband

for free credit report.com

it's a band competition
Not yet

They are one of several potential bands that you can vote for on their web site.

Can someone make a ridiculous trade proposal to rev the Rev?
Miguel Cabrera for Wood, Kazmir, and Napoli

Quinlan, McNaulty, Kazmir
for Pujols, Longoria, and Ichiro and maybe add King Felix.

it's Mark Whicker calling
Valverde got some K-Rod tude going there.
and sunglasses!

trAdition?

Speaking of sunglasses, Heath Bell?
sunglasses....Corey Hart
Wi is listening to Pet Sounds, apparently
always a good call.
still heard it...sounds like the Mariner's stadium
Why is Bell wearing those goofy ass 3d glasses?
my son's favorite team is the As

because he likes green

how old?
he'll be 5 on the 27th
You must convert him while there's still time
awww!

Cute. :) When I was his age, I had a green A’s binder with an elephant on it. My class got them in a giveaway, I assume…

like 80 years ago?
when they still had Reggie (not Willis) Hunter, and all those guys?

Alfredo Griffin, Carney Lansford, Mark McGwire

Dusty Baker, Jose Canseco, Eric Plunk (which I later thought was a cool name for a pitcher)… crazy.

Old enough to be beaten with a shoe
haha

sorry for laughing

clearly you've failed as a mother

aren’t
As fans all like 80 years old?

yeah, I know.

that’s why I drink

Rev, why do you keep calling me "somebody?" :-P
I miss the days when we had pitchers that threw hard and hit their spots
I think they thew Brandon Wood into that Russian spy trade package.
Cool, we get anyone good out of it?
that Vladimir psychic guy, maybe?
Vodka to drink the pain away?

some guy
that keeps striking out

Valverde is almost a clone of K-Rod.
he struck him out

Too bad
Fuentes isn’t a NL closer and coming in to pitch the 9th.

The guys OTM were whining about the boos too
Scheduled 3 to face Broxton is Ortiz, Beltre, Buck

I’m sure A-Rod will PH for someone though

Were they doing the Rally Monkey?
yes apparently they had him pinned down against his wishes
To the AL,

Don’t suck

this pains me but.......

HELL YEAH ORTIZ

He's representing the AL

It’s cool for this game

Ortiz gets a rally monkey hit
Papi starting us off right!
aroid sighting

Never thought
i’d see the day when Halo fans root for Ortiz

Broxton got hella sunburn

A-Roid
wanna pull a ALCS repeat?

I thought they designated Wigginton
They did. Why the hell didn't A-Rod PH for Beltre?
Nice swing Beltre
Beltre still sucks.

Damn
Beltre, stop playing like the Ms.

Buck doesn't have a prayer.
Beltre is great
Oh GOD, we ar egoing to rely on Ian Kinsler?!?!?
A-Roid will PH for him. (hopefully)

Since its
not Sosh, that seems likely

the mythical beast needs to PH
Would be pretty awesome if Broxton & Kuo blow it for the NL

Girahdi
can you overmanage and put in A-Roid?

Big swing for 3-0
Buck can't catch up for the life of him.
Are there really no good catchers after Mauer?

Napoli
the master of meaningless HRs and hits

Ortiz TOO SLOW!!!
DAVID ORTIZ IS SOOOOOO SLOW
Ortiz

You fat piece of lard

I can hear you guys
Slow Fatty out at 2nd

So NL lovin asshats cheering outside

Ortiz runs like Quinlan
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ortiz given the Byrd

Wow
Matsui could’ve ran that out

McAnulty would've outran that
with one leg
Ortiz loses it for the AL!!
that is the BEST outcome! HAAHAAHAAAAAAA
NL is the best
right.

whatever

so there's that.
I clicked radio test #4 and it worked

Shit – we’ll never live it down that a damn dodger won it

yes we will....a RED SOX LOST IT!!!
ok, but I still will have to listen to the stupid doyer fans

isn’t the
Yanks pitcher Huges loser?

Technically yes

But fatass can’t run

KINSLER , GET OFF OUR FIELD!
Fuck you Ortiz
this is tony reagins fault.
Ortiz read that really poorly.
Why didn't A-Rod PH?
Screw that shit

We’ll win the WS without Home Field. [Optimism!]

Also, why don’t you PH A-Rod for Beltre.

Morales
could’ve ran that out, with his broken leg carrying McNaulty on his back.

Ortiz ran like a grandfather tip-toeing to the restroom in the middle of the night
Torii interviewed!! PANTHER!!!!
Torii being interviewed...
Torii! I love you!
Win or lose for the AL

this is the stupidest format ever for determining the WS home field.

NBA has it right.

Yes

Determining home field for the WS is ridiculous.

Wait this exhibition means something?

That doesn’t make sense

We know who the BOTG is
Ortiz

Oh well

At least Phil Hughes gets the loss HAHA

Wow. Dadgum Broxton.
BOTG - Giradi - just because of who he is.
NO we aren't listening
whaahuh?

i can’t hear you!

Ken Rosenthal asks some pretty stupid questions.
Ken Rosenthal is pretty stupid.
Panther of the Game

Angels Crowd for Booing Yanks, SUx, & Doyers

Just posted from a Ranger fan:

“Braves are gonna get home field advantage against the Rangers.”

no thanks to the epic fail of many of their own players.........
so full of fail
Ranger fans are a funny bunch
Pads and Reds will get there before the Braves
please don't do that again, Rev

What a dumb way to decide home field for world series.
Can you guys talk until I fall asleep?
shouldn't be long....
Hopefully we win the World Series in Game 5 at home
No, there were doubles
game over. now beat it tourists. yankees suck
BItchen?

1986 wants its word back!

Gnarly dude.
totally fer sure...OHMYGAWWDDD
Yankees and red sox single handedly give game to NL
yankees and red sox were like half the roster
phil hughes and big papi gave game away with their suckage
Rev's gotta give the dog a squirt?
Whatever...

I’m calling Christina Applegate.

So now...back to the Angels.

Trades? DFA’s? Call-up’s?

Everyone
Wood will sit even more with Izzy due back and Frandsen?
Kaz, Wood, Napoli to the the Rays for Crawford

Call up Kohn.

Problems solved.

I dont think the Rays will take Kaz back

In any universe

Kaz is worth even less than Wood due to his contract.
We'd have to eat the entire contract to send him back

And even then, it’s highly unlikely.

Not really. I heard he can bbq a mean steak
hat skill can help him in his next career at Carls,Jr.
I love their bacon guacamole burger
I make an Epic Bacon Guac burger
Does he have less errors than aybar?
well, I hope you visiting fans enjoyed the game at the Big A.

Now get the hell outta our stadium. Feel free to check out Downtown Disney for family fun, downtown LA for after hour crack needs.

NEWSFLASH: wihalofan is anal about stuff in his ear
Wouldn't that make in aural rather than anal?
I was going to go there

And in retrospect I should have.

You can't be shy with 'bug.
there was an SNL skit a few years back

with Christopher Walken and Drew Barrymore, if I’m not mistaken, that addressed this very subject.

can't find video, but

funny, totally NSFW transcript here.

was the ASG worth not signing Vlad, Lackey, or Figgy
We'd be a worse team with Lackey and Figgy this year

for the money the signed for.

I'm pretty sure those things aren't related

And the only 20/20 hindsight regret we should have at this point is not re-signing Vlad. 20/20 hindsight being the operative phrase.

20/20 huh wha?

Jeter, 36, gonna retire a yankee. Vlad, 35, retiring a ranger. Thats how this FO treats franchise players.

Vlad still had PLENTY of pop, evident last year. You don’t treat a HOF player like that, especially getting a broken Toyota in return.

The Angels have plenty of HOF players

Wait, what?

we have plenty of old trashbag yankees.
exactly

I miss Vlad.

I have a broken Toyota right now.

Grrrr… Emmer effing head gaskets.

does your toyota have zero personality to go with shitty knees?
lucky for me,

she’s got a great personality.

I'd rather not get into a revisionist, subjective debate here

I was uneasy about letting Vlad going, as I’m sure the FO and many Angels fans were. Contract negotiations broke down, and the Angels didn’t wait around (Arte never has). I don’t see it as disrespect; it’s just a part of free agency and baseball as a business.

The Yankees keep their franchise players because they overpay for them. Yes we should have done the same for Vlad, but it’s not as cut-and-dry as you make it seem.

Our money goes elsewhere, it seems.

I know, what’s done is done, but it sucks seeing vlad in the ASG in a rangers uni. And im so f’n bitter and insane about it that i’ll blame this one on the FO regardless.

I'm still in denial about it

And I halfway expect him to pull into Anaheim and just play the second half.

we can still hear youuuuuu
This is great.

No, really.

Here I am,

Trying to get a hold of some online porn, and Rev and WiHalofan are killin’ the mood! ;)

Who pooted?
Rev's dog
I always blame the dog.

Unfortunately I don’t have one.

I warned him about the squirt gun
McCarver was tryin to sit on Bucks lap there I think

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