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Open Thread: Playoffs - Day Three (cont)

Well, after a less-then-auspicious start to the game, this one has turned good. Boston once held a 5-1 lead, but the Angels have chipped away a little each inning. They closed the gap to 5-3, and had the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, but thank goodness for Howie Kendrick, who struck out on a pitch that wasn't in the same zip code as the plate, but then Justin Masterson decided to play Wild Thing and walk a run in. But he struck Ayber out and we now head to the 8th, 5-4 Boston.

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Good, and yet I still can't stay interested.
New Thread Mojo!
When the Red Sox win, this will be like the Angels losing twice in one game.
Might be a good idea for Sox to add on

God, I wish Papelbon could go 2 innings but just get thru this inning and see what happens

Scrappy Doo in RF for the slegnA
Too bad the bat didn't make it all the way to Teixiera.
Radio side just said Hunter was lame.
Just one time, Red Sox...WIN!
Well, this one time, and then one more time.
And never again after that.

Seriously. Never. Again.

I'd be okay with that.
Have we sold ourselves to the devil?
Two more times would be better
Nice AB there, Cora
Timothy Hutton in his BoSux cap....

and, I thought Hollywood celebrities only rooted on losers.

No, not K-Rod!

I want to see him blow the save!

or throw a ball down the 5 to Tustin....
No we don't

Not this game.

If it has to happen then do it in Boston with a walk off against him

Hey, I'm just rooting for second base...
dor-K in

Time to tee off

Here comes K-Fraud

ass

Okay, let's see some K-Rod suckiness.

Oh yay. My least favorite human on earth is coming in to pitch. I cannot wait.

Wow: Scioscia's going to ask K-Rod

for a four-out loss.

right?

and coming in with a runner on?

The way he says "snake eyes" is quite creepy.

message to Red Sox: Don’t swing at his slider! Wait for the fastball! HE IS OVERRATED!

eh, Ziggy’s record was more impressive. :P

excellent command
Mouth breather.
Here is the ONE time I feel sympathy for the slegnA fans

When the local Massholes start chanting “Let’s go Red Sawks”

hahaha

nobody covered 2nd.

That would’ve been hilarious if he threw it to no one.

covering2ndFAIL.gif
I have a confession:

I rooted for the Angels over the Giants in the 2002 World Series. When I think about it now, it makes me sick… but it was early in my fandom, and I didn’t have a whole lot of reasons to hate the Angels yet, and I didn’t want the Giants to win. I think I am forever doing penance for that decision.

no, you made the right decision
Thank goodness I didn't
I did, too...

and, I’ve been a fan since ’68.

same here

That was before I learned of Rev Halofan and his minions

I feel better. At least I wasn't the only one.

It was basically a lose-lose situation anyway.

That's okay

Most of the Rev’s minions never heard of the Angels before 2002.

I did too.

But I’m still convinced they were less evil then than they are now.

Yeah, their evilness has definitely increased in the past 6 years.
The Angels-A's rivalry

wasn’t particularly strong in the ’90’s through 2001. When the A’s first got good again in the Beane era, their primary rivals were the Mariners. I detested the Giants much more in 2002.

I did too.
I apologize for it now. It was before I was an A’s or Dodger fan… it was the last time I ever rooted for the Angels and it was when I realized that the team that I grew up rooting for (yeah, we had season Angel tickets when I was growing up. I pretty much stopped watching baseball after we no longer could afford them in the late 90s.) was not anything like the team that was playing, or the fans that were watching in 2002. The bandwaggon fans turned me off of them and it’s been a steady and sure ride to completely disliking everything about the team ever since.

Ugh I hate FRod so much

And yet God continues to be interested in what he has to say
He hopes.
He's being set up

On Judgement Day, K-Fraud will mention to God all the things he’s said to him over the years. The Lord will smile, then, after whipping out his trusty A’s cap, will send him off to the left.

Hate him!

so much!

the good news...

he won’t be an Angel next year, or…

he will be. Both good news to me.

The bad news…. Billy Beane goes insane and signs him in free agency.

My greatest wish would be that he asks for too much money, no one signs him, and he disappears and never plays another game again.

Look at that idiot celebrate an out

that he barely got.

Second base!! Aww...third base :-(
Bring in Papelbon

I hate Boston’s middle relief

I guess they had to have an extra base hit at some point.

I hate Figginses.

Wicked!
Tricksy!
Falshhhhhh!

Papelbon in...

Too little too late. Should’ve started the inning.

Francona has managed it oddly

Okajima vs. Vlad and Masterson vs. Figgins (Anderson, Teixeira) – no computies.

Whoo hoo!

Eat bitter come-from-ahead defeat, vile Sox fans!

Note: Infield should play back

You gotta know when you’re lucky to get out with a tie.

Which is worse

The Rally Monkey, or Sager’s clothes?

Sager's clothes. Not even close.

The rally monkey because I have to hear and see it more often.

I don't see Craig Sager dolls at the grocery store

lol the rally monkey is such a stupid thing.

Somebody get us a screenie

of that clown holding a monkey doll.

Is Craig Sager's suit jacket made of velvet?

It looks soft.

My money's on ultra-suede
I need to find Craig's tailor...

I need that coat.

I thought they were all re-possessed during the '80's
You'll never get another date.
date?

I’ve got a 3-year old and a soon-to-be born. I don’t date.

Escort services are much more convenient.

Escort services don't count as dates? Dang...
Dear God,

(if you listen to K-Rod, you can listen to me too). Please don’t let the Angels win after I sat through three and a half hours of this crap.

Sorry K-Rod, I don't want my kids to see you.

I’m going to have to block you. (Brought to you by the Ad Council.)

I laughed.
You're awesome.
Right back atcha.

(I missed my cue earlier.)

Way to take a pitch, GA.
oh yeah

that helps

hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha
two more of those would be nice...
Wow, Anderson. Fail.
"Goin' to his bread an' butter and that's the cheese"?

My mom was like what the hell are they talking about?

Is someone making a sandwich?
Excellent

< twiddles fingers >

OH well, this means K-rod can FAIL

Awesome

True, so true

And then it will be so much worse for the Slegnasnaf.

OK...

so (a) that goes down as a blown save for Papelbon, right? and (b) perhaps this game could net us a Papelbon blown save AND a K-Rod loss?

That would be perfection

OMG that would be perfect actually

That's OK

Now the Sawks can get K-Fraud next inning

Hats off to Tex. He's been awesome.
will suck

if the Angels sign him

setting up a K-Rod loss

I keep telling myself that I want both teams to lose so there is really no way I can’t win at the end of this game, but my hatred of the Angels is so strong right now lol

Dear God:

Thank you in advance for the home run by Big Papi

I'm literally rooting as hard as POSSIBLE for KRod to fail

Literally, literally, as hard as I root for the A’s

I'm never going to go to sleep, am I?

The funny thing is that Papelbon will get the “BS” next to his name in the boxscore.

You can sleep in November
There's only ONE October.
cut their f**kin' hearts out in extras...

really demoralize them for Game 3 in Boston!

Off K-rod?

It’s like my dream!

why are you in my dream?
Let's go Boston!!!
That was the most clutch pitching performance...

…even though that run scored.

NOW PLEASE SCORE OFF KROD!

There's another stupid Rule

Papelbon gets a blown save because the schmuck ahead of him sucks so the only right thing to do is get Papelbon a win

Shouldn't Francona get the blown save

for not letting Papelbon pitch to Figgins?

Yes.

If Papelbon is good enough after the triple, why wasn’t he good enough before?

Ooh, topiary!
That was cool.

I want one of those.

Gah! I just got a Frank TV ad on AN's home page!

I’m being followed!

You people are soft on Bostonians!

I blame the fluoride in the water.

LOL

damnit, i thought it was gone

Ohhh I totally thought that was gone.

Someone almost called that.

wow I thought that one would be 12 rows back

WHY COULDNT THAT BE A HOMERUN??????????????
dammit...

I thought that was gone.

lolz FRod sucks so hard

Yes!! Second base!!!
God, You lied to me

But that’s OK

Now get the runner in

I SCREAMED AND JUMPED OFF THE COUCH

CRAZY!

Coco in to pinch run

let’s go blown save

Now there's something I can cheer for
as long as it doesn't keep the angels from re-signing k-fraud for like $100m
Hairy Dood!

You go!

Let's go BLOWN SAVE!

let’s go puke-ilis.

lol i’m laughing at how loud the “lets go red sox” chants are for once instead of being really angry about them. This is so weird.

VERY weird...

…I think it proves to me how much I hate the Angels. Enough to root for the Red Sox.

It’s funny to me because I was SO TORN before this series, thinking I equally hated both of them. But it is so obvious to me now how much more I dislike the Angels.

Is he talking to himself?

That’s not gonna help you not suck, K-Rod.

lol

oh gaw k-rod

Bad hitting, pyooook.
More like the Greek God of FAIL
That was the shittest 2-1 swing ever

Youkilis’s grounder was almost as ugly as he is.

I'm so gonna hate myself in the morning...

for rooting so hard for the Sox. But, it’s not like I haven’t hated myself in the moring before.

Haha! Aybar's throwing a temper tantrum!

That was funny.

OMG That was the greatest hissy fit I've ever seen
Aybar just had a conniption fit.
Holy crap...OUT

Ed has money on the Sox

lol at FRod falling down.

wow thats two games with blown calls in the 9th...
Great seats, eh buddy

HE MISSED THE TAG! HE MISSED THE TAG!

I dunno... was he safe?

Looked like the glove hit the ground and his foot got back to the base. It’s hard to tell.

Looked safe to me.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

I hate JD Drew but that was AMAZING

YES

FUCK YOU K-FAIL-ROD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELLLLLLL YEAHHHH!
Suck it, K-Fraud
sweet!

Thank you J.D.

okay it was a bad call, but the angels are all about whining and overreactions (scioscia, k-fraud, now aybar).

7-5!
LOL!!!!

Aw, come on, K-Rod

do a little dance for us now…

heck

I’m doing a K-rod dance now..

YesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Hahahhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

God, I love it

I want a poster sized image of FRODS gigantic FAIL face where he just hung his head in shame.

Oh.my.god!

I am going to rewind the TV and screen cap it for the epic lulz

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

IT’S LIKE FREAKING CHRISTMAS!!!!

Suck Rod

You failed BITCH

Choke-aheim.
Los Angels Chokers of Choke-aheim.
perfect
Someone print out this thread and mail it to HH.
It is SO AWESOME when K-Rod fails.

I’m slightly surprised at how happy I am right now.

Hang down your head, like that!

Because you suck and you know you suck!

Big time FAIL by K-Rod! Love it!
WOAHHHHHHH!!!
where is your dancing and yelling now sucker!!!
Oh THank YOu BABY JESUS!!!!
If Boston wins the World Series I blame all of you

especially salb, who should know better.

Who cares?

It won’t be the Angels

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
pretty green!
it's better than listening to all the

fair-weather angels fan brag about their team at work.

Hey buddy, I'm starting to count down my days in the Northeast.
Seriously, this is like a dream come true

If the A’s can’t make it, this is the NEXT BEST THING

As long as Tampa Bay wipes the floor with them
That is an absolute necessity.

Otherwise I will not be able to deal with this whole rooting-for-the-Red-Sox thing.

Should never risk such a horrible result

Always root against Boston. Always.

But... but...

I can’t root for the Angels. I just can’t do it!

We're seriously tempting fate here.

Hard though, limited choices.

I would feel more nervous about rooting “for” Boston if the A’s were in the other series.

I'm thinking fate will humor us

because we stuck with our awful A’s all year. We deserve some kind of reward for that, right?

No, that's just our lot in life.
Sad.

And probably true.

don't worry, FSU...

some crappy team from the NL will win the WS this year. The Dodgers, probably.

That would be wonderful!

Phillies, baby!
personally, I hope the Rays sweep their way...

through the ALDS, ALCS and WS. But, that’s just me.

Absolutely. I am rooting against the Red Sox here, I’m just rooting harder against the Angels lol

I guess it's clear we're Red Sox fans over Angels fans ;-)
May my fingers snap off at the knuckles if I ever type that sentence

I really really need to get a screen cap of that after the game.

that was chokalicious
Let's go Boston!!!
I don't know why, but I can't stop laughing
Me neither. I'm smiling ear to ear
It's true; Figgins really can outrun a baseball.
Oh, and could we get a side order of FAIL with that?
Wonder how long

Fat ass cry baby leaves the choker in?

The great thing about that homerun is that there will be no controversy about Coco being out or not.
Are you kidding me, That's all they'll talk about!
Not as much as they would have if Drew had only hit an RBI double and the Angels lost by 1.

Wow what an AMAZING CLOSER! He must be the BEST EVER!

K'rod is getting lit up in the ninth

It’s like music to my ears

So...like music, then? ;-)
Kotsay is my new favorite player
oh this guy is SOOOO lights out

incredible…

K-Rod with his head down = priceless
I was just about to post the same thing
remember the sulk off
Papelbon... slam the door shut
Question

When ever the Angels have a home game they always mention “The Big A”. Are the talking about their manager the Big Ass or their Stupid Ass closer?

Ah, the red umbrella commercial.

First time I’ve seen it.

God to K-Rod:

“Eh…Don’t call.”

God's cell gets no bars in podunk Anaheim
We won't get that call.
Would've loved to see Drew point at the ground and hoot and holler...
Repost from earlier thread

Beautiful

Whenever I see that shot without the FAIL, I think for a second “Angela Stadium? Who the hell is she?”

My friends and I used to call it Angela Astidum … which is not spelled right but that’s phonetically how we’d pronounce it lol

I think the same thing.

You’d think they would’ve thought of that before they stuck the giant A in between the words.

Frank Tv?

Never heard of it

Torii Hunter = FAIL
OH there is the "Big A"!

They’re really gonna milk that sore knee thing, aren’t they?

Silly Torii.

Bunts are for guys who can run.

1 down

1 overrated, overpaid bitch up

I hate Boston. I hate LAA.

I dislike K-Rod more than both of them. Watching him blow it after he had such a great season… PRICELESS.

Great season my ass

great lucky season

Fixed! :D

Whoa, long time no see!
Yep. I miss this place :-(
Priorities, man!
Going to need more than a monkey to save you now
Gary Matthews, Jr. = FAIL
Things are getting tense around Timothy Hutton

TURK182 to the rescue…

OMG!

Kevin!

You talkin' ta me?
Do you like Boston U girls?
Sorry Choke-aheim fans

No Bartman in that camera well

Youkilis is just SO unattractive.

Angel fans: interference. Know it. Love it.
I bet Howie K's
I hate that stupid stand up for the high strike thing that Varitek does.
Man I still hate both these teams.
Game over! Angels FAIL again! Yippeeee!
With Hannahan at 3rd.

we’ve won just as many games as the Angels have in the post season the past two years…

chokeaheim

Can’t
Stop
Laughing

WHOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sweetness and light.
Peace and hair grease!
YES! ANGELS LOSE!!

Damn….Red Sox win.

Man I hate PappleNutz so much.
Hes Just as bad as KRod
eh

 picking up 6 outs in a row in the ALDS > picking up a save, up by 3 against the bottom of the order.

I ment bad as in..

his crazy mound antics.

I think he might be worse because he’s kind of a dumbass outside of playing baseball.

Ooof.

Watching Papelbon celebrate makes me feel sick. I hate myself.

note to Angels

skip your flight to Boston, it will be a waste of time

11 times in a row..

Talk about being someone’s BITCH??

THank You God!!!
Ewww.

Still don’t like seeing the Sox celebrate.

But the Angels and their fans are desolate… so it’s okay.

Great way to start the weekend

I am pretty sure if I had to watch Papelbon as often as I have to watch FRod (that is to say if I reversed the number of times I saw them) I would hate him more.

Okay.

So has this happened before, that all 4 LDS’s start out 2-0? Or is the world just out to get us, with as many mentions as possible of ’01 and ’03?

2007

Just mentioned it.

Okay, apparently it happened in 2007.

I didn’t follow the postseason too much last year, so I guess I missed that.

Why don't they just say,

“You know the last time a team came from down 0-2 and weren’t playing the A’s was — well, basically that never happens.”

Hurray!

And Jonathan….enjoy this moment, we want to see you hanging your head next week.

Yeah when the Rays kick their ass
Poor Angel fan

So sad… ha ha ha ha ha. 1 more game of Choke Rod as your closer before he goes to the NL and starts talking to God as a NY Met.

I want a player being interviewed by Sager to call him out on his ridiculous clothing.
That would be awesome.
what ridiculous clothing??

I didn’t notice

Most people would get fired for looking that stupid.
I want Stacey and Clinton to be in on that.
I feel bad for Sager.

He’s thinking,“I’ve got no personality, I’m old, my job is being taken over by every hot girl with any knowledge at all of sports, I need a gimmick. I know, ugly suits!” It’s a really, really desperate cry for attention but when it comes down to it, he’s just an old man fighting for his job. He reminds me of Gil from the Simpsons.

And they call us Chokeland . . .

The Angles just broke an MLB record for most consecutive losses to the same team in the post season play.

No doubtski aboutski
That was a freaking long game.
my mom

has the hots for eckersley

Does she consider him a CILF?

Closers I’d…

He is such a Tom Selleck.
Just like K-Rod?

Closer’s I’d Like to FAIL.

Boy

having the best record in your respective league sure means a lot now.

well, they were in, arguably, the worst division in baseball...

I say “arguably” because the NL West was probably wosre.

and God just seems to hate the Cubs
yes, the Cubs are a special case...

they’ll never win.

Small Recap up

http://www.athleticsnation.com/2008/10/3/627994/k-rod-is-getting-lit-up-i#comments

It’s titled “K-Rod is getting lit up in the ninth”

I just recorded the video of the HR to my computer and I’ll get a screen cap ASAP

Howie Kendrick strikes out more than Jack Cust...

in the playoffs. That would’ve been my headline.

has Cust ever struck out

in the playoffs???

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