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What happened in texas now?
Someone feel from the upper deck trying to grab a foul balll
A fan fell from the second deck to field level trying to catch a foul ball

It was a scary situation, the game was delayed and the fan was taken off on a stretcher.

oh snaps. i've always wondered if that ever happend at baseball games.
I've wondered that too.

I hope the fan is ok.

You can't see it happen

But someone already uploaded the TV broadcast with the ump and player reactions to YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf3Z0gwo73I

Hopefully he’s alright.

wow....reactions are not good
WOOHOOO!!

Beat the Black Sox! Go Halos!

2nd game Thread and only the first inning

also, I think the dude posted like that because the suites in Arlington are probably lower than the upper deck, not because he’s a sadistic dick

yeah i realized that

…and took that down. Thought the dude was being classless, realized he was being hopeful of a shorter fall.

followed by a nice AB by Howie
yea realized same thing
Nice leadoff AB Aybar.

Not.

Can anyone spare a dollar?

I come from a putrid bankrupt state so I can’t afford internet.

get in line buddy

it’s a brave new world we’re living in.

Let's Go

Angels!

roll call

GO HALOS
Congrats to Weav – even if he won’t get to pitch.

He'll get the recognition in his home stadium though, so that's great.
Let's go Old Man
Fantastic 1st inning there guys
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak
See, instead of "He threw a good bullpen"

Peavy does not warm up and throws a good bullpen in the first inning…

okay

no more strike outs. if i have to hear this idiot say “he gone” one more time im taking myself out.

How about "Grab some bench?"
You can switch broadcasts, you know

Unless yr in Chi-town, of course.

yeah...in Chicago
GOD I HATE MLB.TV.

I just had to sit through two “HE GONES.”

I HATE HAWK HARRELSON.

upgrade to premium

And choose your own broadcasters

I choose Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale
you choose Dick?
best combo I ever heard
Apparently Weaver isn't taking advice from Kazmir. He is actually throwing strikes to Juan Pierre

Did that just happen?

One handed can-of-corn double?

Yes.

That's what happens when a guy defies the scouting report.

Hunter was playing way left of center.

the title threw me off...I didn't think I was THAT late to the party
very late senorita
it's only first inning

it’s fashionably late

dont worry

ive been on the posting dl

you'd be early if you were going to the Big A.

Is there anything that said what is wrong with Rivera’s eye?

Overstressed or something
thats why he was benched
Stress blurred his vision
what the hell is he stressed out about
He can't hit a baseball?
Imachoakitis
can we throw out anybody, ever???
Our catching prodigies don't have that skill
hmm did you watch yest?
Johnny Bench in his prime would have difficulty with Jered on the mound
yep. Then add a guy with a ton of speed
Ya, Weaver isn't exactly the greatest at holding runners
Few 6'7" dudes are

Good pickoff move, though.

that was a great lead

and pierre is pretty damn fast. very close play

I think Bengie Molina could steal on us
ok i think u are delusional
I think the same
ok, I am exagerating

but, we have to be near the bottom statistically in throwing runners out

thats true

but u have to admit that play was close

Would have taken a perfect throw to get Pierre there.
Juan Nothing Obama Sox

Konerko over Swisher anyday, anytime, anywhere

Not even close.
in my opinion it's not
Oh god, that was not a good throw Weave
Learning from Shields
Ugh, thanks for reminding me how awful that was.
And Kazmir in the ALCS
at least u werent there live
let's not talk about that,

please?

never happened
and I wonder why he doesn't want to go...
Sounds painful
Peavy works quick

doesnt waste time on the mound

I like that for pitchers
hey kiddo

Thinking of going to a game in two weeks. Not sure I can go without you?

take ur novio

and tell him to hold u down

I am trying to convince him.
Please, Torii, don't run
or take too big a lead
Torii doesn't like you
He's gonna ruin my daughter's birthday!
DAMNNN

some talent in the first row

Matsui either grounds out or flies out

I’m starting to lose faith in him this season

WTF was that swing ......3 and 1

this japanese should be recalled .

don't you mean deported
Recalled like a Toyota?
He has a faulty drive-train.
put them in a Toyota and return them
ive never seen a ball do that
hahahaha

Nap’s face was hilarious right there

God damn it Torii
Jeeeeeezus Torii
worst baserunning team around
we used to be the best
where did all of the negativity come from?

the Halos have been playing great baseball. They are about to have a well deserved all-star break. They always have a stronger second half of the season. true. the starting rotation has gotten stronger, but still, the BP is shaky and scary as hell. but, still, overall, the Angels have what it takes to win the AL West this season. I guess the moral of this post is to say that there is nothing to be gained by spew trash and be overly negative. I am not trying to be Pollyanna either, but come on, try to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
/end of quasi-rant/

negativity ? We should be in first place ahead by 10 games .
have you seen texas this year?

they are not FUCKING AROUND

btw that was my first fbomb in 2 months
if we were in AA
Did you see that Torii CS?
yes I did. and it sucked.
Right, well, I'm negative about Torii's baserunning, because it's no good

See also: bullpen, outfield defense generally, Brandon Wood’s nerves, Scott Kazmir’s arm, and Kendry Morales’ landing ability.

We’ll win this year, but there are things for fans to criticize.

I didn't say that there aren't things to criticize.

as fans, we need to support the team when they are doing poorly, even more so when they are doing well. I remember the 90’s, when the team sucked. I was a fan then, and I am a fan now.

I've been a fan since 1972, so I know both about support and suckage

Since this is a fan board, it seems like an apt place to criticize the criticizable. I’m in the top 3% of optimists & appreciators here, but I hate seeing bad baseball, and won’t be quiet about it.

agreed. and we are all allowd to voice our opinions

I am just tired of seeing nothing but negative posts when I have been able to be on HH the last couple of games.

Yes. However you know as well as the next that that is part of the game. It is better than standing there and

being in a ground ball double play. Our team is known for being aggressive and that isn’t going to change.

I'm ok with aggressive

I’m not ok with stuipd aggressive, which seems to be our forte this year (I thought we exorcised those demons when we didnt re-sign Vlad)

I like you, link

Aggressive - yes

but we are not tradtionally STUPID and that was

No that was a bad guess on a pitch. He was guessing on when to go and guessed wrong.

That doesn’t make it stupid.

Yes it does

You guess wrong on a lefty’s first motion, not on a righty holding the ball.

The hell you talking about?

Taking off for second base when the pitcher has the ball in his hand is RETARDED. It is as dumb a play as there is in baseball. No wait — getting thrown out trying to steal 3B with 0 or 2 outs is also dumb as a box of hair, and Torii has done that this year, too.

I got no problem with aggressive, what I have is a problem with reckless.

Maybe you should talk to Soth. then. Just a thought.
Ah, the old appeal to authority. You win.
Just the guy preaching the way these guys run the bases.
Orlando Cabrera's steal of home against the Dodgers was reckless...

but we loved the result. So, did Vin Scully, considering he still mentions it years later.

It mostly came from Angels baseball
the team I watch day in and day out sure does not look like it's championship caliber
The starting rotation IS NOT stronger. Quite the opposite.
haha It isn't the opposite of the beginning of the season
It's stronger than it was at the beginning of the year when Pineiro was iffy and Saunders was total garbage

You clearly haven’t been watching the games or you’re confusing the angels with the reds. This team has been ass more often than not

Did he get thrown out??
by a country mile
Memo to Torii:

You are not as fast as you used to be.

oooh that really sucks
Peavy is hurt
I had a feeling that when he was grunting while pitching that that was not going to end well
Now Peavy is hurt?

Terrible night to watch baseball I guess.

Peavy is done
Ouch, Peavy's done

My shitty Fantasy team just got shitter

Hope he’s okay though

ROFL

get some new players.

They either get injured or start sucking.

I think I’m going to forget this season eer happened.

Mike Napoli broke Jake Peavy
yeahhhh for Mike
That's what happens when you don't warm up properly
include the White Sox with the rest the teams interested in Cliff Lee
Reminiscent of Zumaya, butnot as bad.
Watching Zumaya's replay hurt my damn arm
This didn't look like a season ender.
is that the fractured elbow guy?
I'd say Latissimus Dorsi or Serratus Anterior strain.

Based on the motion that seemed to cause the pain, I’m guessing its the latter.

That, and he grabbed his side just under his armpit..

ok?
Haha, sorry.

Being in Physical Therapy school for 2 years sorta turns you into a nerd. :-p

just be the team PT....I expect free tickets
I wish.

However, I might be doing an affiliation during extended spring training next spring with the Padres.

DO IT
I'm working on it!
Get to know Bud

and good luck

That may not be a good idea.

I’d probably want to punch him in the face if I ever saw him.

it's a start
Is it serious?
Tough to tell from watching it.

But he was throwing the ball pretty hard. Seems like a good bet for the DL.

It looked to me like a Lathyrus Odoratus
I think a severed pancreas
Its the lat

Good call though, you could have saved SSS from our major freakout btw

I do what I can.

crosses Peavy off my watchlist in Fantasy baseball

Listening to radio

What the heck happened to peavy?

He might not have warmed up properly and he was going all out. He was clearly in pain, looked like something in his arm.
Eek. Youkillis hurt,

The rangers thing, this? WOW.

that mental illness commercial

was great. Especially for a friend who was just diagnosed as post tramautic depression

didn't see commercial,

but i hope your friend is doing ok. ptsd sucks.

just nice to see

because having a mental illness just carries a heavy stigma.

isn't that caused by dwelling on the trauma
it's not 'dwelling'

as in the inability to make yourself stop thinking about it.

than what could it be?
its like if u kept seeing a repeat of a bad episode of friends

and u can’t change the channel

exactly

you can’t control it

you can't control your thoughts?
that made me lol,

as i didn’t know how/where to even begin to answer.

it's a great description of it
Aren't all episodes of Friends bad episodes?
thats the point
I hated friends.

I was glad when the show went off the air

and then just when you're watching a great angels game,

that one episode where Ross and Rachel break up/get back together interrupts the game and starts a marathon of suck. and you were like, “all i wanted to do was watch the game!!”

or its like watching the ALCS

OVER AND OVER..

never happened, 'member?
which one?

2009 when the Halos swept the BoSox? that I can watch over, and over and over.. especially the part then they trot out Dave Henderson to throw the first pitch in the 4th game.. I still think that was really low class, even for the ChowdahHeads

that was the ALDS,

but yeah, that was awesome.

sorry, got the series mixed up
alCS

against the Yankees.

ah

yeah that was a nightmare

yeah but you can't really stop dwelling.

can cause insomnia and other symptoms. He got it after a bad car accident and now can’t even drive.

I had it for a while too

really sucks

so it's a situational depression
basically

after a pretty bad event.

sounds like something everybody has had at one time

let’s call it Life. No wait, don’t do that, then we can’t prescribe legal drugs for it.

no its more like

if u witnessed your mother dies in a shooting right in front of you. That will cause PTDS

its triggered by a traumatic event

and not everyone needs drugs….sometimes time takes care of it. The more severe cases may require meds.

yeah

good therapy doesnt always require drugs

mine lasted about a year then faded away
im glad to hear that

i started getting into psychology and neurology after my friend’s diagnoses.

thank God drugs were not needed

it just seems to me that today’s society is over medicated with this and that because everyone can be diagnosed with something

that is one point I would agree with you

too much ‘magic pill’ philosophy

except it's not like that.

I’ve never had PTSD, but I’ve been around people while they’ve dealt with it and gone through it. It’s different than just having something shitty happen in life.

And I felt like your original comment was going to devolve into this, so all I can say is that I hope neither you nor someone you love has to go through it, because it’s attitudes/ignorance like yours that reinforce the stigma mental illness already carries.

It’s not about prescribing “legal drugs,” as some of the more useful treatments are behaviorally based (EMDR, CBT). It’s about understanding that some people can be affected so deeply by events that it’s impossible for other people to understand. All we can do is be supportive, like princeton w/ his friend.

I <3 U
sometimes i just erupt...
shes pretty awesome
awww, shucks.

now i’m blushing.

wait, wait, i’m not. it’s just the heat (11 pm and still 85).

73 and awesome!!!
yeah, yeah.

my friends in PB/SD have been whining about 63 and clouds. i’d take just about anything over this.

ok, done whining.
just because I don't buy into today's overly diagnosed society

doesn’t mean that I think I am better than anyone else. I wish everyone the best in dealing with life. Everyone deserves to be happy. And I believe it’s a choice. It’s a choice that is harder for some to figure out than others. Nobody can take away your happiness but yourself. A look in the mirror is a lot cheaper than therapy.

rec'd

agree it was a great commercial

Ozzie was on the phone with the GM

saying “Get me Cliff Lee”

a one pitch walk

Naps on 1B, 2 out and Johnny Four Eyes up

Exept no glasses are on it looks like
Come on K-Frand
Mariano

Isn’t pitching in the ASG. another roster spot

Fuentes

no-brainer

Next Pettit will be taken off after being added.
I think Girardi is trying to get as many people on the roster as possible
Yep. Wants all his guys recognized (pitchers) but not have them pitch.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkk
I wonder which ball Juan was swinging at?

since I’m sure he was seeing three.

UPDATE:

Guy who fell was able to move his arms and legs. and was attentive. Is begin treated I guess at the stadium.

That's good to hear
He is going to be sore tomorrow
from MLB.com
ARLINGTON — The Rangers-Indians game was delayed 16 minutes in the bottom of the fifth inning when an unidentified male fan fell from the second-deck club level and into the lower bowl at the Ballpark in Arlington on Tuesday night.

The fan, sitting in the front row of the club level in Section 235, was reaching for a foul that had sailed over his head and caromed back toward the field. According to a witness, the man turned his back to the field, reached over his head for the foul ball and lost his balance.

He went over the rail and landed on his back in a section of seats below. He was immediately administered medical attention by paramedics and taken off on a stretcher. He was conscious as he left the Ballpark.
nice...

wonder how many beers he had?

lawsuit .....anyone ?
I can see it now....6 ft chain link fences installed at the front of every level
Teams can't be sued for injuries as a result of objects flying into the stands
At least I don't think they can
or out of the stands
What about objects flying out of the stands?
Now that's a cruel question.

But I laughed.

can't

there is a warning not to do that so the rangers are not liable. Working at a PI firm teaches u a lot.

Assumed risk?
no there are usually signs

and also i realized that angels stadium does a safety guide before the game.

very fortunate

many years ago in Chicago ( the 80’s), a group of guys from work went to a White Sox game at Old Comiskey, and one of them fell from the upper deck and died- guys that were there were haunted by the memory of seeing the look in the guy’s eyes as he fell

gubi was talking about that
Thee Great Frandsen seems to have cooled off a bit.
Yep seems it like, it was bound to happen eventually though
Of course he cooled off.

Woody finally looked semi-comfortable at the plate, so Soth had to make sure he went back to the bench.

With so many all-stars being hurt , wouldn't surprised me

if Brandon Wood makes the all-star .

Yeah and Kazmir is going to start
Glad to see Pierzynski make an out

But I would have rather seen him take one in the kidneys.

Weaver looks messed up

Hope he doesn’t get hurt too.

yeah

funky low balls never seen him throw those before

good name for a band

funky low balls

for Herve Villechaise??
~clap~clap~clap~
He Gone! Sit down Andruw
We should just hit every ball to the third basemen.
It's probably a good strategy
so far Angel batters making this guy looked like

Cy Young.

Are the Angels all so worried about Peavy

that they aren’t going to be able to hit tonight?

they want to restore Pena's confidence
So far, so good.
It's a carefully planned strategy.

They ground out weakly every single time for like 2 innings to get Pena overconfident, and then they crush him.

with bunts
Seriously , Scot Shields wouldn't have a problem with this

LAA batting line-up if he was pitching against them .

wow

harsh and true

That's a terrible 2-0 swing, Booby
off topic but..

Gubi looks like the ken doll from toy story 3!

i think thats kind of on topic.
Who's this Juan Pierre guy?
Should have seen this coming
I think he's half french
Juancho wearing his concrete boots today
I wish Weaver comes out with a statement about the All-Star game like...

" FCK the all-star game ."

Id rather him throw his gutless teamates under the bus
Huh?
Name - clover_black

black = a type of humor?

like my coffee

but really.

The pen and the offense have done nothing but fail weaver.

that .too . How about Matsui first ?
I GOT IT!!!

NAPS yelling

at least the double didn't hurt us
I heard Mike yelling " I GOT IT !!! "

all the way over here

OK, lets put on our big boy hitting pants

and do something!!

Matsui put on his walking pants. Good enough?
Well Texas is winning 11-1
YYYAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNNNNN
Colon and ...
That's all I got too
what was the question?
Cy young winner who pitched with the angels and white sox
Colon, John
Jack McDowell
didn't remember Black Jack playing for the Halos
LETS GO HALOS
Torii Hunter's batting average is about at .300
.300 .384 .526

Solid

Still our best position player.
Thank you, Torii, for not trying to steal.
You just know he wanted to
one more pitch and he woulda
We have to score a damn run this inning
Angels 1st round supplemental pick Bolden

has struck out in 14 of his first 19 plate appearances. It’s ok though…… we’ve got Mike Trout.

Really? We're freaking out about a player's first 19 professional ABs?
Nah I'm not concerned by that

I’m concerned by the fact scouts said he has trouble making contact in batting practice.

Why question the best farm system in baseball?
very Wood-like
He'll the the pacific league in HR's in no time.
I guess that's what happens

when you draft a guy whose best asset is that “we can sign him!”

Probably still

working off the signing bonus hangover

yea how many gallons of Purple Drank

does one million buy?

He might want to hang on to what's left of that bonus money.

Just sayin’.

Will ask my holmie JaMarcus on the going rate
ESPN said

680 for one pint of the codeine medicine

That's more like it
Tie game

Niceness

Now let's break it open
That first pitch was the one you wanted, Juancho
still a little stressed out
future LASIK patient Juan rivera
DAMN DINO!!
Huh?
he threw a handful of seeds in his face
have a sunflower seed, buddy
That first pitch was the one you wanted, Franny
why did Peavy come out?
Hurt himself throwing in the 2nd
screwed up his elbow
Looked like a pretty serious injury.

Not Zumaya-bad, but still pretty serious.

ouch

I was hoping that wasn’t the case. You gotta respect Peavy even if he pitches to an ass-hat

He doesn't get to choose who the negative side of the battery is
Someone tell me that's Mike Scioscia baseball

Go on, tell me.

That's Juan Rivera stupidity
The hell was that?

My money is on Juan missing the sign

Victor is dead right

running with Juan and Hideki….

Tradition…..

The shit was that blind Juan
I guess that was a hit and run
Oh come on

This base running lunacy is out of control.

We've had stupid baserunning before.

But this must be the worst of all time. OF ALL TIME. [/Kanye]

that's that classic Angel pressure
just bad baseball
sort of like a guy having 7 SB's to 9 CS?
Really, really, really, really bad baseball

Jered Weaver should be 13-3 after this game, and he might end up 8-4. Almost all because of bad baseball.

Weaver is consistently getting screwed by the offense or the bullpen.
Can't watch this game . I'm switching to Deadliest Catch .

Later fellows .

Angels Baseball> Deadliest Anything
hard to be positive with this crap

It’s groundhog day on the base paths

can't wait for the rev rant after this game
I can't wait to light up the halo
light up a doobie?
well, Victor DOES tell us to
smart baseball was a hallmark of Soth's teams in the past

what’s up now, just dumb-ass players???

medical marijuana
Maybe Mike's trying to get fired.
Slower players, at least in part
Juan Rivera is a fucking idiot

for one.

he heard you and is proving it for you
dont worry

he will rake a home run in the least clutchy part of the game.

American Association of Idiots

just filed a grievance against your posting

large woman stuffing her face..happy to be there
We used to say the faster they are the dumber they run

but this team is slow AND stupid

YEP JUAN IS BLIND
We shouldn't be playing the blind dude in the field
It's a circus in the outfield tonight
can you imagine what Weavers ERA will be if Bourgos and Trout are ever in the

same OF?

Beautiful

of course, depends if he stays past FA

What was the hop for Juan?
Fu#%@# Rivera

you get to the wall first………….. don’t drift back

oh burn in a house fire you f'n turd
Lenscrafterivera

f’n 4 eyes

Yes, I actually learned something in PT school!

Maybe I’ll be good at this PT thing after-all!

Pie Tasting?
Yes.

Tough shit. Lol.

But seriously, I correctly diagnosed Peavy’s injury. Though it might’ve just been a guess..

I've got this rash...
Eh, that's not in my scope of practice.

Although I’d probably decline anyway.

who ever said that GA was lazy?

he would have made that catch. Rivera was just freaking stupid right there. he should have had that.

not when he had pink eye

why did they let Rivera choose when to come back. Not like he’ll make that much of a difference if he rushes his comeback.

yeah, and he should have been on the bench
This team can't run or play defense or pitch out of the bullpen

Are we screwed?

Hang Tight

Ranger fans are already jumping off the bandwagon

and except for the July 4th game

can’t hit recently

Garbage Dump Division

will always give us hope.

Taking donations for Rivera's Lasik
Lackey would've thrown a hissyfit on the mound
Hey Juan, how many fingers am I holding up?

Hint: it’s only one

He's blind not deaf

so sign language won’t register with him

turn down the lights

i can’t hear you

ROFL
but we've seen this act repeatedly from him
Weaver's control has been a little iffy today
So has his balance
They need to fix the mound if that was the issue
Juan "Magoo" Rivera
post of the day
his next AB, maybe he'll hit himself in the head with his bat

we could hope,,,

Bourgos being 14 for his last 26

I’d be tempted to bring him up. At least he’d bring something to the table defensively. Juan isn’t bring anything and in the past I’ve been one of his biggest supporters.

we'll bring up Kohn and Trout as well

and Conger

Tempting

But I’d like to see him put this full year in AAA and be ready for big league action next year

most players nowadays start playing consistenly during the season

If we give him decent abs this year then we know what we have. Instead of just giving him a job and watching him get overmatched. You can’t tell me the Angels aren’t wishing they would have given Wood a hell of a lot more abs before this year when they handed him a job. They would have done something different this offseason and if they hadn’t have counted on Wood at 3rd then we likely are neck and neck with the Rangers. Wood has been horrible…..

It looks like this whole game has been played in a bounce house

I’m expecting Juan Pierre to jump 20 feet to beat out an infield single.

How cool would that be if they actually played baseball in a bounce house?
id enjoy baseball on the moon
Willitts might even go yard
never work

the players wear cleats

Crap, good point.
Andrew Jones

10 Hr’s and only 22 RBI’s

Texas wins 12-1

Angels need a win to maintain status quo.

Isn't our status quo

shitty baseball?

Weave should bitch slap you know who
The offense in general?
Thata boy Mathis
More Angels baseball
that didn't work
A good first baseman make the whole infield better.
I don't like the bunt there, it's the 5th inning and Aybar has been hitting really well
yea I'd let him hit away and hope he hits the hole on the right side

1st and 3rd

did you hear the Fans in Texas

are jumping ship early and by ship i mean from the 2nd deck?

you seriously saying that?
there was an earlier, more subtle reference, too.
Not quite so funny if you saw the broadcast.

Because there’s a shot of a woman in the upper deck with her face in her hands because she thinks her husband (?) just fell to his death.

Stick to the BJ jokes.
He sucks at those too
Ya, but they are a little less tasteless
Maybe you do belong on LSB
drag bunts are more for when they aren't expecting it

far less margin for error with a drag bunt when the 2B and 1B and P are all semi-expecting it

He should'a bunted to 3B anyway.

Further exposing the young guy at 3B who has already botched 2 plays over there tonight.

For the love of Fregosi, don't get picked of 1st Mathis
No worries.

Mathis is out on the FC. Aybar is on 1st. It’s a Trap!

Mathis wont, its Aybar
Stop with the ground balls already
Nice DP

dicks.

that didn't work either
GIDP, our hallmark
Howie Kendrick zeroing in on that batting title he's going to win.

Someday!

you should write a post about it

co-written by Halowood

co-written w/ angels all star 2010 would be way more fun.
The Resurgence of Howard Kendrick.

Career OBP of .329! Oh hells yeah!

HK's transformation into a batting champ

-Halowood

so let me get this straight

Howie goes Right field, right field right field, and then when him going that way is probably a good idea with a huge hole on that side, that is when he pulls it

Future batting title.
in AA
Salt Lake Dynasty

Get Kendrick and Wood together down there and we’ll own the PCL.

Gunfunit

The only continuity we have on offense is that we go no continuity.

We continue to not hit.
Gooo angels!
Stevie Wonder

in LF

suddenyl matsui is an upgrade
black or blind person?
isnt she lovely
as is stevie would know...
I was Overjoyed when he caught the routine fly
Lillbridge has a mouse face
What did Juan Rivera say to the talking horse?
nnaaaayyyyyyy?
What?
I can't see shit!
what did the horse say?
"The Mariners suck"

//man, I got nothing today.

what do you mean?

the angels haven’t played the red sox lately.

Here's extra-base hit machine Juan Pierre
Weaver just remembered that it's Juan Pierre
6 K's through 5
Q has upped his average to 256 in AAA
should be back anyday now
And he strikes out
Ok them showing Torii being two completely different spots

during different innings. What the hell is going on there? Don’t we pay people to scout games and analyze hit charts to see where to play? Don’t we pay people to make sure our OF’s are in fact playing there? How does that happen?

The team has 6 hits tonight, Torii has 3 of them
Torii has been raking.
Dear Torii

Please stay on base this time.

Knew he should of stole second
Sure glad we got rid of Vlad.

For this useless sack of shit Matsui..

yea but are you factoring in the extra billboard sales

and Japanese fans that buy lots of hats and concessions and then leave after Matsui’s last ab…..?

That extra money allowed Reagins to sign Rodney.

I haven't seen a huge influx of japanese fans at the stadium
i have

its awesome!!

I mean...I see them, but not like I expected. It doesn't seem to affect attendance figures
I've seen more than a few

at each game I go to

What the hell Torii

Freakin run that out dammit

common sense says with Hidiki running

Torii could have taken their SS out, he could have had a cast set and then still thrown over and gotten him

Dear team

please stop sucking

STOP

hitting into double plays.

Good Lord he sucks.
hey hey hey

he’s slugging 31 points higher than Jeff Mathis. Layoff

Hmm, can Matsui catch?
With those knees, you would think he was a catcher.
You are right. I was too harsh.
i should do something more productive

like join a gang

hey

we keep it gansta

So many to choose from

it can’t be that easy.

im debating between minnie st. lopers

and the almighty gaylords.

no F-troop?
only if they jump me in at the santa ana zoo.
I guess if you're called the almighty gaylords

you have to be pretty tough

true.

or just unbelievably flaming.

I'd go with the Flatbush Lords

or the Viceroys.

damn.

again.

Can we play the NL again?
I'm still pretty optimistic about this season

but this baseball is really hard to watch. I’m used to so much better.

So safe
time for a temper tantrum
Alexi whining like a girl
Looks like he made it

great play by Frandsen though

we'll take it
Thanks,

Blue!

That sign on the backstop says

“Pauliewood, Vote Konerko.” Because Anaheim is sooo close to Hollywood.

I've been voting for him.

Way better than Swisher.

better than youk
Hurt himself

Today. Didn’t look too serious though. Ankle problem.

Vatto is only one deserving of any of these votes
coulda been 3-1
Yay Franny
If your gonna give 'um up

make it one at a time

So, runs would be nice now guys
It's a shame that Weaver giving up 2 runs is too much for our offense to overcome.
we never seem to give WTY run support
I know and it is a real shame.
should have 3 or 4 more wins

would have been an automatic allstar pick

Maybe we should give our offense Purple Drank
so that they think everything is fine

when it’s not????

come to think of it maybe Soth is on the stuff.

I'm down for trying anything at this point

And maybe massive amounts of depressants will do the job

could have been worse
Runs time.
I need some codiene
Jamarcus is out
Oh, that's right

Ok any painkiller will do

that fool got busted man
he hook me up with the purple drunk
yo mang

its purple drinkeded.

try Lil John

eeeeYeahhhhh

Putz pitching
Also why did the Angels call up McAnulty and even Aldridge if not to start them

against a guy like Peavy who is signifcantly better against righties than lefties. Seems like a perfect game to give Rivera an extra day of rest.

sigh...great AB
Putz has been dominant lately
Rivera, it's July, you're allowed to be good now
take it east boss

he stressin’

Juan should wear some

Hanson Brother type lenses

should wear an I suck sign
I want the 4th of July Angels.
Lol WTF was that sound?
Mike Trout was 1 for 3 tonight

With a walk and no strikeouts.

So at least one guy in the organization knows how to use a baseball bat.

If we lose this game 2-1

I’m taking a one week vacation from Angels baseball.

Rivera never saw where the ball was on that pitch
so you're saying we shouldn't start guys with eye problems
probably not
Get Juan a seeing eye dog - might help
I doubt Rivera would be starting if he was still having eye problems
Sosh's second choice is willits

so, I’d just keep a blind juan in there

Maybe contacts will help Juan
Contact would help the offense in general
how bout a 2X4, across the back of his head
Lol Eric Cooper
You're the One...

Friendly and Helpful!

that song is slowly killing me

like Pechanga’s “Take me AWAYYYYYY…..” last year.

agree 1000 pct
I think the Carmax commercials are just as bad.
the first 15 sec of the first one was ok

but it’s all downhill from there

Ok Putz threw only 11 pitches

and looked dominant. Soth in this situation would take Jeps or Rodney out because they threw their inning. I wonder what Ozzie does.

Whatever pieces of crap say that umpires are right 99.9999% of

the time when all their decisions are factored in can suck it. This guy has been wrong twice on his last two calls.

Really, Weaver?
I hate that my stream is about 30 seconds behind what everyone else is seeing.
I feel for you

you have to deal with it twice

NOT AGAIN!!!

DAMMMITTTT

Crapoplectic
and Jones SUCKS
Doesn't matter.

Looks like we’re done scoring runs today anyway.

With our offense, a 2 run deficit is insurmountable.
The Juan Rivera of the white sox.
he can see, apparently
Weaver doesn't have his best stuff

Still only three runs given up so far.

His "not best stuff" is still decent.

Plus he’s dealing with that rain delay and the messed up mound.

To Andruw f'n Jones?

r r f

(rut ruh fup?)

well

you expect solo shots from him

Mathis seems to call for a lot more changes that get hammered

than our other catchers.

I hope this isn't like Kaz's 6th.
Take Weaver out! Fast!
let our blowpen give up 8 more
I need under 115 pitches.
maybe none of the Angels

should be in the All-Star game – maybe they should just go get their crap together and learn to play.

hold practice in between AS events at the Big A
So Jepsen is up and ready to come into a game

when we are down by 2 runs….. but tied game going extra innings he brings in Shields????

Was fortunate enough to see that one live.

it was glorious.

MOTY my ass
really???who's better?
Joe Maddon

Bud Black

okay, should Weaver limit it to 3 runs, can angels come back?
honest answer,,,,NO
Did you guys hear about the guy in Arlington who almost plummeted to his death?
reverse gainer off the upper deck

I wonder how’s he doing, and how many balls the Rangers give him at the hospital

"almost plummeted"

no, he definitely plummeted.

lol...touche
it's a pet peeve.

sorry!

Well, he didn't die!
which is great!
Yes, thank goodness!
Bourgos has that
Who?
Bourgos
bourjous.
Still not following.

Unless you’re talking about Peter Bourjos?

right...
Yes, I am right.

Mine as well learn to spell his name right before he gets called up. It’ll be less embarrassing that way..

*Might

Only because you played the spelling card.

True.

I hadn’t considered the grammatically correct way to express this thought, however, I do think that it is a fairly common misconception of the grammar. Thanks for pointing it out, much appreciated.

Why do you continue?

“Mine as well learn to spell his name right before he gets called up. It’ll be less embarrassing that way..”? Try to produce grammatically sound sentences first…

My apologies, the US educational system has obviously failed me.

However, rghan has not failed me, and therefore I am able to spell one of our top prospects names correctly..

Still not following.

Unless you’re talking about Peter Bourjos..

Who is this Bourgos guy?

Is he new?

Either way, I think Peter Bourjos is probably better than him anyway.

teehee

and the editor laughs.

Wow.

fuck…you…Rivera…

What did juan just do?
Rivera is looking worse by far than normal
ARGHHHHH

Something like 108 pitches for weave.

111

I just wanted 4 more!

Juan couldn't see.
The wheels have come off.
We Want Willits!
Bourgos is a better Willits than Willits is

even if things go wrong

Haha, I like how they play that song as the pitcher leaves
111 pitches. Wow, Rev knows how to set a line.
did u win?
Had 50 million on the under.
First question I got right in about a month. LOL
Get Juan out of there for his own health
I miss the pre-Royals series Angels. The ones who made that apparently brief cameo on July 4th
How many runs are we down by at the end of this inning?
Either way. I hope Hawk Harrelson falls off the upper deck

too soon?

No

I’m with you.

Great, now Jepsen's going to give up to more runs...
What the Hell is Juan so stressed out about
he doesn't like his glasses
He tries to understand some of your past comments
He probably has too many pregnant mistesses
Who wants to

Walk the bases loaded?

thats angels baseball!
That was nice.
CAN YOU GET A LUCKIER HIT?
Ashes, Ashes, we all fall DOWN!
the plague?

is that our problem?

OMG THE PLAGUE
well....that whiskey looks good now
Napoli

I cannot say with confidence that Kendry would have made that play…

looked like even a perfect throw made quickly it would have been very very close at the plate
GA would've

if he wasn’t so lazy

I think I liked Weaver before he was named an all star.
I know he wasn't that bad today.
Is it the All-Star break yet?
optomistic about what comes after???
that hit was bs
another really embarassing game
we need a real gm

not one that came included when Soth bought 10 meals at the Olive Garden

all in one sitting

I seen it on “Soth vs foods”

look like the Pirates west version
Juan Pierre is getting on my nerves tonight
I don't like Texas' schedule right now and I don't like how crappy our offense is.
Damn good pitching by Jeps
wow a compliment on the forum tonight
too bad it's wasted tonite

Oh look, Ozzie replaced Putz.
any arm will do against us
yea I think after having Putz rest on the bench for 30 minutes

he pretty much had to come out.

Lets hit this pitcher hard now
Bolden and Lindsey

are fighting amongst themselves for worst pick of the supplemental round.

Bolden 0-3 tonight

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592154

Lindsey 0-4 tonight

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=592506

Dude it's one game.
actually they've combined for 45abs

and have a combined 5 hits.

hey look everybody

Junior knows how to use the internet!

Funny how we didn't get these player updates when Lindsey went 1-4 with a 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI and 3 SB
you get excited about a 1-4?
more exciting

than your google search results

When it's accompanied by 3 SBs? Kind of.
did you like the Luis Polonia/Chad Curtis

1/2 in the lineup days?

I'm not saying I would be thrilled about that being an everyday thing, but that's still a decent day
Whoa!

A Base hit!

Julyyyyybar!

Well, a reasonable facsimile, considering.

If Kendrick grounds into another dp...
I sense a rally...
Gubicza and Rojas

fighting to deepthroat Howie… funny how they shut their traps when he GIDPS… Howie pom pom comittee

this game is a lot more interesting with the Rush DVD "Beyond the Lighted Stage" playing on the TV
what a great live band
LAte ont eh fastball

or was Bobby just planning ahead for the next pitch?

bobby is jsu tthinking abou tpizza
Don't you mean Scioscia?
Torii

tie this game up please!

be an all star

on a cloudy night

That was deep
Torii is swinging at the first pitch
All Star vs. All Star
Goobi

You are NOT forced to going after Hunter with Flatsui on deck

i dont know what is worst

my sons shit or the angels offense since K-mo went down?

You mean the offense that won 12 of 15 gamesn after the fact?
i want to see 5 runs a game

nothing less

Ya, the offense since Kendry went down has been pretty good overall. For whatever reason it's sucked the past few games though.
keep trying to gross us out

anyone can get banned

it was bad

i cant wait until all my current and future kids move out
and i am old and blocked

keep it to yourself
So one day we're going to have to deal with Son of Vlad?

sweet mother of God

grandpaents

dont change diapers they dont want to

Oh SWEET

Only time Hunter decides not to get a hit is now

had to get onboard with his teammates
aaaaand on that note,

I’m out. Go Halos?

man that woman had a lot of cheetos
Hey we have scored 13 runs in our last 3 games.
Haha

thanks for making me laugh. I needed it.

one game was an aberration
I know. I was trying to find a positive. Actually it was 14. So another positive.
positive does not work here

we are all bandwagoners

Oh my bad. Who's good this year that I can root for? Go REDS!
get on before it falls apart
Reds and Padres FTW!
3 runs in our last two games
curtainRod in
if he had better command he'd be a great reliever

hopefully Butcher can get him on the right track

if his ball could avoid the bats for a change
nice little four pitch walk here
Oh wow, I totally forgot Pierzynski was a Twin orginally.
I have a feeling they don't miss him too much though....
White Sox has the worst foul ball people

they aren’t kids…..
they aren’t elderly…..
they aren’t college girls w/ killer bodies…..
they are just middle aged men…..

Illinois really does suck

Middle aged men are

Smart, wise, and handsome.

75% of this blog is probably middle aged fat men

They are the best baseball fans and deserve exposure.

yes but middle aged men don't want to see middle aged men

at least I sure as heck don’t. Give a kid a great experience, give an old guy one last great experience, or show me some nice legs……

and Illinois is not that terrible, great food in Chicago, great lakefront
And MLBTV goes kablooy

Maybe it’s a mercy outage

Nice at bat Pieceofshitsky
Last chance here...go Angels
Hopefully the offense's little slump doesn't last much longer, it's frustrating
Sure! Let's go Angels!
C'mon Angels

You owe Weave one. Save a loss and let’s go win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beware of the power of the Rally...

Oh screw it. Try and not make yourselves look like fools in these AB’s.

An XBH would be nice
Let's go

Halos!

g'night all. Early day tomorrow.....it'd be nice to wake up to a WIN
Bobby Jenks is one ugly mother f'er
Would you say he is "Lackey ugly?"
different bracket
I think Jenks is uglier

If Lackey tried to experiment with facial hair like Jenks does, then he’d probably pass him.

Abreu and Matsui are SLG 800
Ouch...way to start a rally
A BASE HIT!!!
At least Matsui has increased our Japanese revenue!
If Rivera gets on

we need to pinch hit McAnulty

Aldridge is PH for Frandsen
Aldridge I guess
this would

be a great time for that “summer hot streak” of juancho.

On second thought...
heck pinch hit McAnulty here
and let Aldridge hit for Franny
unclutch time!!
god i hate rivera
DFA Rivera

what does the guy do???

Rivera lucked out there
Pinch hit for a guy with a .300 BA for a guy with a career .000 BA?
it's actually .167

don’t sell him short

He hit a homer a couple days ago?
I thought someone said Aldridge was PH. My bad.
McAnulty PH for Frandsen
Oops...good thing it was just a force out
Your dreams have come true
Juancho should probably take some more time off
a year or two
they whole team needs time off
arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggg
Must want to get the heaviest matchup out there.

Really though, Jenks vs. McAnulty? Haha.

I think soth is just tired of winning seasons

he wants so see what it’s like to not have one.

We'll get 'em tomorrow
at least Kaz isn't pitching......

5.98 ERA…..

The Rangers will move ahead 4 1/2 games in the West
This doesn't look like a team playing above .500 ball
it looks like a big dog turd on a lawn
Hunter, Naps and Kendrick

all did well enough. You know the only 3 hitters, plus Aybar that really should still be playing in the majors.

6-10 with 2BB's combined
fatass fail
But Jenks only gave up 1 hit
we may get swept
At least we had more hits.
Weaver didn't deserve the loss

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