Oct
16
ALCS Game One Spillover Thread
ByI thought the Angels were supposed to be fundamentally sound and all that crap?
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9 Threads FTW!!
Heh.
Erick Aybar broke the internets.
haha. That was some good shit.
lol that was straight up Luis Castillian!
atleast luis got some leather on it
true dat, gotta give him teh props
thank you, aybar.
Ninja: Assassin looks badass
Wanna be red ninja phailz.
Yankees 2b ninja +1
fake red ninja -1
the left side of the Angels infield is just a couple of ballplayers
the left side of the Angels infield is just a couple of
ballplayersclowns1 thread per inning…can we keep up that pace?
Woah, woah, WOAH! Pretty quick hook on the 1st thread, bubby.
What, are you Joe Girardi with his ALDS bullpen management or something?
That first thread was worse than Farnsworth. It was time to take it out.
You have to stick with it, like Torre did yesterday with Kershaw.
Torre gave Mattingly strict instructions to give Kershaw a quick hook if anything bad happened while Torre took his daily 4th inning nap. Mattingly just froze under the pressure.
So let me get this straight. If you pull them out quickly you’re wrong, and if you leave them in you’re asleep at the wheel. Gotcha.
C’mon CC, shutdown inning now.
“Official scorer called that an RBI single”
Hmmmmm. That sounds about right to me. That lazy fly ball took a very tough hop off the ground.
I’m sure they’ll change it after the game.
I dunno. No one touched it, they might leave it as a hit. It’s very stupid, yes, but that’s usually how it goes. You either have to touch it or have it go through you to get an error.
Who gets the error though?
Good point. Maybe Mike’s right, they leave it as is.
I’d give it to Aybar.
luis castillo?
Since when does Luis Castillo play for the Angels?
How many popups does Tex have this postseason? I thinks its a record
He’s been pretty bad, but he won us a game.
Sorry about your boys today.
Now all we need is the CG shutout from CC and we pick this series back up on Monday.
Great name.
your name is clutch money
I like how McCarver pointed out that John Lackey is known for glaring at his fielders when they don’t make a play.
That’s going to be so much fun to watch next year when the Mets defense is behind him.
Casey Kotchman > Kendry Morales. ????
cmon ZZ, let’s get through this inning so we can set the table
Carig: I can’t blame Aybar or Figgins. Looked like brain freeze
Hilarious!
It’s not their fault that they’re stupid, because they’re dumb.
Makes sense.
I think it was a reference to the weather
I can’t blame Aybar or Figgins, but I can blame Aybar and Figgins
Jerry Manuel got a special assignment once Mets season ended. He was coaching Twins and then Angels hired him.
Sit down wanna be Tex.
Every fucking 20 seconds FOX freezes. Fuck you FOX.
I thought it was just my projecter and ht system..do u have Directv?
Comcast in Jersey. First the sound freezes then the pic freezes.
Just the sounds is going out for me. What you described was happening on TBS in the first few games, but just the HD feed. I watched Game One of the ALDS in non-HD. *shudders*
for me too..only sound going out every few mins.
WHY DON’T YOU START MAKING FUN OF NBC FOR A CHANGE, YOU STUPID LEFTY!!!
/Ferb’d
Same prob on TW
McCarver “Scioscia has said that, in a couple years, Morales should be a very very good First Baseman. Which is another way of saying he sucks balls right now”
Fixed that for ya, Timmy.
Don’t ya love it when they compared Tex to Morales, they had to compare the salaries.
Baseball media would be lost without Yankee salary ribbing.
Another slap happy single.
Eh, Swisher had no shot at that one.
damn it swisher, you can’t allow kendrick on base
damn it
swisherSabathia, you can’t allow kendrick on baseFixed.
This two out bullshit needs to end, immediately.
I know! It’s been happening all year and it always starts with a bloop hit and/or walk.
Seriously.
Swisher 4th outfilder!
he probably would not have gotten it
I think he made the right choice playing it on a hop.
Shut this inning CC.
Ah cmon Swish. Oh well, he didnt have a good chance but a chance nonetheless.
I’d rather he play it like that than try and make a Jacoby dive and turn it into a double or triple.
+33
Better to allow him a single than try to be a hero and
get people killedput a man in scoring position.Yea, thats what I was thinking too.
Bury one, Carsten.
John Lackey looks like Phil Mickelson’s angry redneck younger brother
CC’s FB seems to have an in-to-lefties movement today. Either that, or I never noticed it.
Screwball?
See, the Brilliant Scioscia starts caddy catchers too!
GET TO THA CHOPPAH!!!
Cano’s arm is awesome.
holy shit
cano has a fucking cannon!!
/Ninja’d
Ninja!!!!
Cano = Snake Eyes
BANG BANG!
NINJA CANO STRIKES AGAIN!
Cano’s Arm>>>>>>>>>>>> Mathis infield hit attempt.
nice play by the Great Yankees 2B ninja.
Yankees 2B ninja +2
wanna be red ninja -1
Love watching Cano play 2B. Good range, great arm and fields the pop fly balls well.
I am sick of Astroboy commercials. I don’t know who would want to see that. I should get paid to watch those! Well, I guess its better than Unified commercials or Finally Fast commercials…
I’m hoping they get replaced with Astroglide commercials, myself.
Cano looks like a terrorist. Sorry, just had to say it.
Y’know, like those stereotypical ones…
Actually, you guys are right. More like a ninja. I am dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb.
Let’s just look the other way and pretend this never happened.
lol cano looks like a ninja
Dominican Ninja up!
Michael Jackson’s estate is raking in some Beatles money.
http://woodytondorf.files.word.....-eyes2.jpg
spill over thread already?
Don’t forget ex-Royal.
Tampa traded Gaines Adams to the Bears. Wasn’t he just like, the 3rd or 4th overall pick a year or two ago?
wait are you serious??
that guy is a beast, and the bears are going to be much better with him
They’re pissed that Detroit beat their record last year. They’re trying to tie it this year.
WHAT?!?!??!
I’m shocked. Seriously. That’s a nice move for Chicago. What did they give up? Link?
For a friggin’ second rounder.
http://tinyurl.com/yg7zmog
Nice for the Bears. I don’t know what the Bucs are thinking, though.
What’s next? Do they plan on trading this years #1 pick for a 3 and a 4 in 2012. Seriously. WTF are they thinking?
dont worry, they still have Stylez G White
Robbie’s shirt is getting filled with sunflower seed shells.
It’s just a matter of time before we crush Lackey. He has nothing but his fastball.
well hit…get em next time Cano
Hey Rosenthal…
STFU.
Listen to this man.
Hi. I am. Ken. Rosenthal. I like to. Talk. Like this.
He can’t help it. When you’re that short, your lungs can only hold so much air.
+10000
Agreed.. that little midget
We can only hope his career will be as short as he is.
+1
He looks cold down there. Let’s get him some warm juice.
I really think a Lackey implosion is imminent.
Agreed.
Dodgers?
Trivia question guess:
New York Baseball Giants (1921-1922 i think)
So when does Melky catch some bench?
…
First week of January?
I’ve just seen proof Cano is not gritty.
Whats with the baclava on his head? Its not that cold.
Well, Cano didn’t exactly grow up in a cold weather region and he doesn’t live in one during winter these days.
As Kay would say: ” And Hunter has tied a record held by many…”
Sorry about the jinx– we are of one mind.
Huh?
I said the same thing, probably 15 seconds later.
Oh, hahaha!
damn lackey and his pop-up inducing pitching!!
wait till 5th inning when pop-ups land in right field seats.
Is it me or does it look like those breaking balls from lackey are hanging a bit ?
It does. I think they’ll start squaring them up a little better next time around. It looks like they’re swinging under the hangers, probably because his breaking ball usually drops a little more
It aint just you, we’re about two innings away from timing them right and making it rain homeruns
Kay: …and Torii Hunter has just tied a record held by many… we go to the third.
We are awesome.
Lackey’s got nothing, every out hit in the air
JMK just got aroused with the Michelin Man commercial.
Who But?
Peter Abraham got aroused when the Michelin Guide came out
http://www.michelinguide.com/
Does Erick Aybar have a lazy eye?
It would make sense, he is Dominican after all.
money comment
At least he’s not scary, like those Jews.
/Tynan’d
Calling him lazy- you racist.
I keed, I keed.
Aybar would fly out…
damn, figgons is listed at 5’8??
that is one short man
thats what she said ( a timeless classic )
The outside corner: CC’s painting it.
Please. Everyone knows he can’t pitch in the postseason.
i love hearing that WB mason whistle
I think that’s P.C. Richard & Son…
Oooof.
CC da Gangsta in the house!
Remember when Davidoff predicted the Twins to win in 4? How dumb was he and/or what was he smoking?
Don’t blame stupidity on drugs.
It was wishful thinking. He’s a die hard Mets fan and Yankee hater.
That’s right, you just watch that pitch and take it like a man, Figgy. Sit down.
Are we still talking about Baseball?
aight ZZ, let’s get a 1-2-3 inning
Did no one on the Angels staff know about patience and playing every day before Abreu came over?
Nope he completely changed the organization. And he did it with only a 5 million dollar contract. He might be the first gritty non white player! He loves the game and it’s sometimes not all about the money.
…What? Abreu rejected the latest Angels offer for an extension?
Sit down again Bobby.
CC looks smoothe
smooth, that is
Smoothie?
CC!!!
abreu is so patient
he likes to watch his strikeouts
IETC
Actually, he always has SO a ton. He takes a lot of pitches, and doesn’t mind hitting with 2 strikes.People think of him as being patient, and he is, but he’s always struck out a lot.
Most patient hitters strike out a good amount. Comes with the territory.
Yeah, but he’s had many seasons in the 130′s, which is high for a guy who doesn’t have that much power. He’s not Adam Dunn high, but a bit high for his profile as a hitter.
Siddown bobby
The Yankees >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the Bobby Abreu narrative
Why is Abreu complaining? That was right down the middle.
It was right at your knees, Bobby.
For a finesse pitcher, CC is looking awful dominating.
Eric Karros told me Sabathia isn’t the kind of starter that will go out and dominate.
He’s just not a postseason pitcher.
Abreu going all game 3 ALDS Damon
Man CC is looking good right now.
Abreu..great eye at the plate..strike out both times looking..
Carsten is doin’ some work.
Jorgie is milking Ks from this ump like a dairymaid.
Throw some K’s on that bitch!!!!!
/Rich Boy’d
NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE
Just bought a Cadillac…
CC is dominating the greatest free agent the Angels ever signed!
CC is dominating the greatest free agent the
Angelsever signed!Fixed
FAIL
theTouche’
Wait, so we have ninjaCanó and the ghost of Scott Brosius posting in this thread?
I like our chances
I do like to think i bring alot to the table. No nunchuks though.
Old, washed up SNL actors pretending to be spontaneously funny with each other will not make me want to buy your phone, Google.
That commercial is like a celebrity unemployment line.
Hey! That’s not our commercial!
That’s HTC or whoever. We don’t sell hardware.
T-Mobile, sorry. T-Mobile made the shitty commercial.
And what does “with Google” mean, anyway? Powered by Google, that’d make sense.
Sorry, my bad.
Apology refused. I will destroy you by planting lewd results in your most benign searches.
Please do, I love lewd results.
Are Abreu’s 2 Ks going to cost Tony Reagins the GM of the year award?
Do you mean the “Theo Epstein Award”?
all we need is for the yanks to start taking more pitches from lackey and work that pitch count up
Tim McCarver is such a grandpa.
Sam Borden and I are arguing via email over Abreu’s K in the 1st inning…he thinks it was inside… http://tinyurl.com/ygcvy83 pretty much sums it up
Rub those balls all you want, Lackey, you’re still going down.
…snicker…
That’s what she…nah! Too easy.
Phil Cuzzi just had a Vietnam flashback.
IETCIMP.
Come on guys… make him work.. gets some hits!
Thank you Tex.. come Arod.. nice and easy…
Joe Buck had a little too much fun with that bumper…
TEX!!
Great job Tex!
Shift this!!
Let’s go A-Clutch.
Missed it by that much.
Cmon A-rod, gimme a shot
TWSS
kate hudson looks damn good in that purple thingy
Yeah she did.
here comes The Shot
Come on A-Rod.
enough with the roids talk .. jerkoffs!
damn, that 3-1 pitch from lackey looked like right down the middle
Lackey wanted that one… lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng stare in.
A-rod with the single!!
Tex goes from first to third!!
yes!
Rob Neyer: Just tuned in ESPN Radio, and Joe Morgan points out that Aybar would have caught that pop in first in normal weather. As I suspected.
Did he just take a shot at a colleague?
We’re Angeling the Angels.
perfect…. nice work AROD! Keep Lackey working!
Godzilla call!!!
1st to 3rd …2 more times than Angels
atttaboy alex. nice and simple
The Yankees going first to third? Then , whats so special about the Angels?
Positive attitude generated by sunshiney climate?
They have a monkey. All we have is a jew-hating tenor.
Tex going 1st to 3rd! Never thought I’d see that. It’s destiny, I tell ya.
Yankees going first-to-third, eh? Whouda thunk it?
Wow the Angels again go from 1st to 3rd, oh wait…
Uncluth! Real men drive that run in.
LOL wut? 1st to 3rd?
No recognition Fox? I’ll expect the blown out of proportion love calls when the Angels do that.
So which team has gone 1st-to-3rd twice already? Of course Joe and Tim ignore it
Redemption: The Alex Rodriguez story
Remember to good ol’days when Cody Ransom would help the team more than A-Rod?
Cody Ransom is not a me-firster who cares about his own stats. That’s why he sucks at baseball.
damn it, it was right at him
Lackey is lucky he got out of that.
Thought Matsui got that one through a hole.. it was a bullet!
Need to get those guys home..we all know how the Angels pick, pick and pick away at the score…
man, sucks for Matsui. drilled that ball; if there’s no one on first, that’s a double down the line.
3rd time the order, I think the yanks are gonna kill Lackey.
The fries aren’t real at Wendy’s. There. I said it.
it had to be said
NOOOOOOOOOOO.
/skywalker’d
That’s not true, that’s impossible!
Damn, Matsui hit it hard. Hope that those become hits for us soon.
Matsui and Cano have both tagged balls right at guys.
Not gonna touch that one.
Gotta stop leaving runs on the field. Should’ve gotten at least one there.
It doesn’t matter, this game is already won.
Well Lackey’s at 55 pitchers already. Let’s get into that crappy bullpen of theirs.
big inning for CC
Erick, take notes– that’s how you do it.
Vlad just cheated on that fastball and it still blew by him.
Vlad’s really lost some bat speed.
Oopsie.
and Manny. It’s amazing how different Manny is now as opposed to this time last year, and he took 50 games off.
Vlad really swinging away.
Think Vladdy’s looking to walk? lol…
Has he ever drawn a walk? No wonder he and Cano are chummy.
No, Tim McCarver, the reason you don’t remember who managed before Scoscia but you remember who managed before Girardi is because the guy who managed before Girardi managed here TWO YEARS AGO.
I remember shit that happened two years ago.
I remember SOME shit that happened 2 years ago
Touché.
thank god that was a double
wow
Announcers awful as usual.
How did that not get out?
Mo willed it to stay in.
+42
You hear all about that wind? Mo was just merely blowing.
Phew.
I think Damon might have had a chance at that if he saw it was sinking and didnt slow down.
Cmon CC
Sterling called HR and then….pause…..no its off the wall
That’s a surprise.
Big break for the NYY.
Forget Guerraro..I think even Damon had given up on that one.
That was a bad pitch by CC. He’s not throwing that slider down and in to righties. Both Vlad and Hunter got their hits on sliders that didn’t dive down.
More “fundamentally sound Baseball”. Cadillac-ing on a double.
cmon ZZ, you got this shit
CC throws a curveball.
/Mccarver’d
alright guys
one more out
Cmon CC, one mo. No 2-out runs.
I have to say, the fact that it’s the fourth inning and we’re not all bitching about constant horrible balls and strikes already is refreshingly different.
Good umpiring? What a shocking revelation.
COME ON CC!!! CONTROL THIS GAME!
Fucking cheap hits.
i fucking hate kendry morales
LAA should change their name to …
LA shitlucky slappy single slappers.
damnit
Still winning. It’s all good.
Fucking 2 out hits!!!
BTW, Tim McCarver, the Angels manager who preceded Mike Scoscia?
Interim manager Joe Maddon. Yes, that Joe Maddon. Your mind, it is blown.
You mean ‘Just for Men’ Joe?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets.....maddon.jpg
no offense, but cc hasn’t gotten the outside corner to righties much at all from the ump
Mccarver on sciosia: he misses nothing.
what the hell does that mean?
I think it means he doesn’t miss anything… as in he is never attached to anything in this world.
phew
inning over
let’s go yankees, get cc more runs
Alright match that run with 10 more runs. Kthx.
It’s time to shit on Lackey.
I concur.
/pat’d