look up in the sky above u: ANGELS 2010

77 and 85? switch that

wanna see em go down after failing to dispatch the Yankees.

scott baker! jered weaver! it's opening day!

v. nice road unis for minnesota btw

Matsui and Morales went back to back. Brandon Wood, however, was 0-4 with 3 K's. Will be interesting to see if he makes it or goes down in flames like the other overhyped angels prospects.

Its weird to think that out of the initial Angels prospect core of Kendrick, Morales, McPherson and Kotchman that Morales would be the one to break out big time. I didn't see that coming. But maybe I wasnt paying enough attention.

Yeah I wasnt paying attention:

minor league slashes - .332 /.373 / .528 / .901

I have always hated the soulless Angels but goddamn I hope that Matsui kills it (esp. against the Yanquis).

http://matsuiland.com/matsuiland800.gif

free Mike Napoli.

if Scioscia is never going to release Mathis from his death grip trade Napoli already. You'll get a shitload back because hes actually good, contrary to the belief of some.

“The Godzilla of Japan, the Godzilla of New York,” teammate Torii Hunter began, “and now the Godzilla of Los Angeles…or Anaheim.”

Reminded of his team’s official name, Hunter reconsidered.

“The Los Angeles Godzilla of Anaheim,” he proclaimed, christening perhaps the most awkward and least-likely-to-stick nickname in the history of baseball, North America and Asia.

works for me tbh

I was bitching about the dodgers' 2-4 start on the road, but the angels just went 2-5 at home to start the season. The pitching staff kinda blows.

Yeah, even tho it's early it's looking like the end of their West mini-dynasty.

!!!!

of course the division winner might have 81-83 wins...

(!!! = late game dramatix ftr)

oic. not dramatic enuf tho.

because the thread title comes into play with this story:

Man jumps off NY hotel roof during LA Angels' stay

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/04/13/sports/s162459D24.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0l2lbgT3o

I loved watching MLB networks pre-season coverage where all the talking heads would hype up the Angels then they would cut to the BPro projections predicting 73 wins for the halos.

wait is Napoli the jumper?

Had Brian Fuentes been able to pitch a clean ninth inning Wednesday, he would have been the fastest pitcher to reach 50 saves in Los Angeles Angels history.

We're talking about a ball club that has employed Lee Smith, Troy Percival and Francisco Rodriguez, fast company to keep if you're a closer.

But instead of toasting Fuentes Wednesday evening, Angels fans were booing him lustily. There was a smattering of cackles when Fuentes was first announced, there were louder boos when Miguel Cabrera launched a game-tying home run and the place was roaring with its disapproval by the time Fuentes walked off the field after an ugly blown save in the Angels' 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers.

22 two-strike fouls off Verlander (in five innings). Scioscia has them PRACTICING that shit, doesn't he?

Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles TAM LAA
J Bartlett safe at first on throwing error by third baseman K Frandsen. 0 0
J Bartlett stole second. 0 0
C Crawford reached on bunt single to first, J Bartlett to third. 0 0
B Zobrist doubled to deep right, J Bartlett scored, C Crawford to third. 1 0
E Longoria struck out swinging. 1 0
C Pena walked. 1 0
B Upton struck out looking. 1 0
C Crawford scored, B Zobrist to third, C Pena to second on passed ball by R Budde. 2 0
P Burrell struck out swinging.

Of course Weaver yelled "FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!" and "FUCKIN' BULLSHIT!!!" after he K'd Burrell. There was an error and a passed ball -- and Crawford almost scooted home after Upton K'd 'cause Budde thought it was the third out -- but position players oughta consider acting similarly whenever their pitchers get lit up.

And Pena should've backwards K'd on ball three.

Frustrating inning for young taco, but still.

nothing like an old fashioned weaver family mound meltdown.

big weav doesnt do it as much anymore. being a world series champion has mellowed him out.

Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles TAM LAA
J Jaso struck out swinging. 2 1
R Brignac flied out to center. 2 1
J Bartlett walked. 2 1
C Crawford singled to left center, J Bartlett to third. 2 1
J Bartlett scored, C Crawford to second on passed ball by R Budde. 3 1
B Zobrist struck out swinging.

Switched back to this game in time to see Weaver say "DAMNIT BUDDE!," during Bartlett's AB I think (dropped strike?).

Then Crawford flicked a change-up to the opposite field, exactly where Aybar would've been if Bartlett hadn't taken off for second on the pitch. Cue Weaver tantrum.

And then another passed ball, etc.

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Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver wipes his face after giving up two runs to the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, May 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2010/05/which_pitcher_i.php

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ANAHEIM -- Los Angeles Angels first baseman Kendry Morales appeared to seriously injure his left leg after hitting the game-winning grand slam in the 10th inning of the Angels' 5-1 win over the Seattle Mariners Saturday.

Morales was leaping in the air, surrounded by his teammates, when he appeared to land on someone's foot. He collapsed and remained on top of home plate for several minutes, the Angels clustered around him.

Trainers administered an air cast to Morales' left foot and he was placed on a stretcher and carted off the field. Morales was waving both of his arms as he was taken away and the crowd gave him an ovation.

It was not immediately known what injury he sustained, or its severity.

Losing Morales for an extended period of time, which seems like a foregone conclusion, could be a crushing blow to the Angels. He leads the team in batting average (.290), home runs (11) and RBIs (39).

Kendry to OR, DL -- LOL.

15-day disabled list for a broken leg?

Frandsen comes alive

Kevin Frandsen will make his first major league start at first base against the Brewers on Monday night.
Interesting. As Woike notes, he will be the third Angels' player to make his major league debut at first base this season. Though he hasn't played there in the major leagues, Frandsen played 17 games at first base with Triple-A Fresno (Giants) last season.

Cant believe the angels have gone like 10-4 or something since Kendry's retarded accident.

wow, Frandsen had been trying to make the bigs in SF for the last 5 seasons and could neither hit nor field the ball @ 2B. Not sure what business a AAA 2B has playing 1B in the AL but amazing that he's found a new home.

Did anyone else notice that the Angels have a late-inning reliever named Francisco Rodriguez?

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/17/sports/la-sp-francisco-rodriguez-angels-20100618

Imagining Scioscia holding Frandsen as Rodney gets to repeatedly smack Frandsen w/ Frandsen's glove IMO.

IP H R ER BB SO HR
S Kazmir 5.0 11 13 13 3 2 3

Cory Aldridge got his first MLB hit last night -- played eight hitless games for Atlanta in 2001 and hadn't played any MLB again until this year.

Scotrok starting for the first time in seven years.

whatrok?

Shields

An MRI on Angels SP Joel Pineiro confirmed his original diagnosis, a strained left oblique muscle. He is expected to miss six to eight weeks.

Enjoy your forthcoming suspension, Torii.

It's the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim it should be the Brooklyn Dodgers of Los Angeles

I mean...amirite?

no

they are trying to say that they are in the Los Angeles, number two, market.

its about money, so i can't blame him for that. it has actually worked in their favor for their television market.

2009 Torii: 18 SB/4 CS
2010 Torii: 9 SB/12 CS

OK. Apparently Weaver yelled "Fuck you" and glared at Magglio as Magglio rounded the bases after hitting a HR earlier in the game. Weaver, of course, thought Magglio was showing him up. Magglio was waiting to see if the ball went foul or fair. Magglio never shows up anyone, so...

Chris_Iott
Magglio Ordonez on Jered Weaver: “He was yelling at me to run faster. So I told him that I'm old – that's as fast as I can run.” #Tigers

magglio!

Angels center fielder Torii Hunter, a veteran who has seen his share of on-the-diamond squabbles, appeared to broker peace afterward.

"It was stupid," Hunter said. "All stupid. Everybody was stupid."

I was looking at boxscores and realized something:

Pitcher A: 3.32 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, K/BB = 3.1
Pitcher B: 3.36 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, K/BB = 2.9

Pitcher B is Felix Hernandez, Pitcher A is Ervin Santana, and they're facing each other today (currently 1-0 Angels)

Even with the no-hitter, I didn't realize that Santana has been so good this season.

Scioscia has been getting killed by fans and bloggers about continuing to start Mathis and some of the other ciphers in the OF. Looks like Reagins responded by calling up Conger and Trout but Im not exactly sure thats going to help them win the west..

That being said: good. Fuck the angels.

ps: Mathis this season - 70 games for a slash line of .176 .225 .254

pps: Vernon Wells - .200 .231 .365

which is weird because the dude put up .273 .331 .515 last year which is totally acceptable (but not worth 21 mil)

i honestly think getting dumped by the J's the way we did had to have messed with his head pretty good.

also there's probably a high correlation between the jays being historically good hitting team last year & the stats that vernon wells put up

napoli hit an absolute bomb last night btw

read this in a bp chat, told from the "odd man out" book that i guess is abt a pitcher in low-a ball's experiences & was widely disputed but..

"An Angels employee briefly interrupted the revelry to bring us fifth leftover hot dogs from the concession stand's Weenie Wednesday promotion.

"I took my hot dog over to my locker and began to undress. That was when things got interesting. When I turned around, I saw the dark, naked bodies of two young Dominicans hovering around the hot dogs. Erick Aybar and Alberto Callaspo ... were inseparable and spoke no English -- the most one of them had ever said to me was "Why-ya-ya-ya-ya-yeah!" after I'd pitched a scoreless inning the week before.

"Gradually, more of my teammates turned to watch as Aybar's and Callaspo's naked bodies circled the food. We all knew they were up to something no good. Two naked heterosexual teenagers don't stand that close together for that long next to a box of hot dogs without something happening.

"Suddenly, Callaspo took one of the hot dogs out of its bun and deep-throated it. Then he took the bun and put it around Aybar's flaccid (etc etc) and poured ketchup on it. Jaws dropped -- Aybar was a willing participant. Then Callaspo bent over and pretended to eat the Dominican (etc etc etc) hot dog. When he did that, we all screamed, "Nooooo!"

"Getting the reaction he'd desired, Callaspo turned to a few of us and said, "I no gay. You gay" and burst into a fit of laughter. Callaspo slapped Aybar on the ass and the two laughed all the way to the shower."

don't all the young dominican players fuck the shit out of each other anyway

idk i guess they left that out of "Sugar"
"I no gay. You gay" is funny regardless

just a coupla bros, havin a good time

http://i.imgur.com/V7TQC.jpg

that's no centaur

Weaver, on possibly leaving CC $ on the table: "How much more do you need? ... Could have got more, whatever. Who cares?"

<3

he also pooped on ny by saying he likes the 7 reporters hanging out in the anaheim clubhouse more than the 50 in nyc..

can watch Jered vs Texas tnite

Weaver, on possibly leaving CC $ on the table: "How much more do you need? ... Could have got more, whatever. Who cares?"

<3

― buffandmaxsmons (polyphonic), Tuesday, August 23, 2011 4:18 PM (5 days ago)

Any Boras client who says that is straight-up a hero to me.

people acting like it's a shock that someone could be like "you know, getting paid $85 million to live in southern california sounds pretty alright to me" are insane & jaded

ok....?

i'm not talking about you

"Getting the reaction he'd desired, Callaspo turned to a few of us and said, "I no gay. You gay" and burst into a fit of laughter.

it's an amazing world we live in that if I and any ILBer were caught on the jumbotron at a game simultaneously sharing one hotdog, eating it Lady and the Tramp style, that would officially be a gayer act than two Dominicans scarfing down hot dog bun cocks.

idk i guess they left that out of "Sugar"

bonus feature on BluRay

short rest not workin' out for JW

Not sure whether he's full of it or otm, but I'd like Bobby V to talk a little more about the mental rest needed between starts vs the physical rest.

#Kevin_Goldstein
Jered Weaver is a wonderful pitcher, but the act is getting annoying.

what is the act??

I was hoping you could tell me!

I find Jered's rhetoric about the salary to be possible pandering toward "I'd play for nothin!" call-in show boneheads.

i don't get that vibe from him--he just sounds like a dude who knows he has a good thing going and got some security and a ntc from his hometown club.

Is he talking about lil weav screaming at himself when giving up hits/runs?

see, I wasnt even aware of that.

I was just wondering if that tweet went up as espn showed Jered's slow-mo 'FUCK. SHIT.' reaction shot

Of all the teams that are not currently projected to make the playoffs, the Angels are the closest to getting there at 3.5 back. The White Sox and Giants are next at five back.

We should probably be paying more attention imo, especially now that Cruz is out.

Jerome Williams!

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2011/09/unlikely-jerome-williams-making-a-name-with-angels-/1

LookoutLanding
Howie Kendrick still hasn't hit a pop-up this season

LookoutLanding
If all of Vernon Wells' pop-ups were hits, he would have his career OBP

ha!

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Jordan Walden permite jonrón, dos sencillos y comete error en tiro iniciando doblematanza.

Scioscia said today its 'too early' to judge whether trading for Vernon Wells was a bad idea.. bahaha

This stat is criminal. Not to say that Beltre would have signed with Anaheim no matter what, buuuuut.

Mike Napoli and Adrian Beltre = 11.5 WAR
Jeff Mathis and Vernon Wells = -.7 WAR

If you add Juan Rivera to the mix its 12.2 WAR v. -.7

LOL

Tony Reagins just got fired.

He'll be making trades in heaven with Omar Minaya and Steve Phillips

they announced it literally 30 seconds after the first pitch of the rays-rangers game

rip tony, you didn't really do anything good

allegedly he quit, not fired. but wtfe

Apparently he wasn't really the GM but was fired for being a bad GM.

http://scott-miller.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6270335/32393820

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/10/angels-general-manager-omar-minaya.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20LAT_Sports_Blog%20%28The%20Fabulous%20Forum%29&utm;_cont

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