Anyway, Gaudin then blew up, allowing HR, double, double? and not finishing the 5th which he entered with a 5-0 lead. I feared when he didn’t get the call that it would open the door for the Angels.

Even though that was their radio broadcaster, I don’t appreciate the Angels’ announcers at all. Their main playcaller has a voice that will make you reach for the mute button and, while they cant compare to “the Hawk” in Chicago, there is definitely discernible bias in their announcing.

However, in the third they had a guest in the booth with them, and he called A-Rod “A-Fraud, oops, I mean A-Rod”. The next pitch ended up on the other side of the wall in center. Beautiful. (The camera just happened to be in the booth when the guy said “A-Fraud”, and you could tell the announcers were uncomfortable. They didn’t approve, and he lamely tried to back away from it after the homer.)

*I don’t know if you guys who get to watch YES for every game know how good you have it. Living in TX, I’m stuck with whichever station MLB Extra Innings is carrying, and if YES isn’t an option, it’s usually really bad. Say what you want about Michael Kay and crew, but they’re *way* better than most. They’re extremely knowledgeable about the Yankees, and always know a lot about their opponents, too. They’re also very respectful to the other team. Not so in other markets, like, say, the Rays. Man, those announcers are just dicks towards anybody and everybody not in a Rays uniform. I’d rather watch Joe Morgan and Jon Miller before most small- and medium- market teams’ broadcast.

Managing when Fuentes is your closer is kinda hard.