SB Nation User Blog: BryanHarvey'sMoustache

Vladimir Guerrero on staying in Anaheim

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:55:06 -0000

Vladimir Guerrero on staying in Anaheim as an Angel:

"I'm not thinking so much about the uncertainty, but I'm thinking about my mom and how comfortable she feels in Anaheim. That's always one thing that I'm going to think about regarding free agency. It would be very gratifying to continue to play with the guys I've known here and have gotten used to."

It sounds like Guerrero might be willing to take a huge paycut to stay in Angel red. In fact, I think that is probably the only way the Angels organization would be willing to keep him around. However, considering their actions over Garrett Anderson last year, the FO might pass despite the possibility of a paycut.

What do you think will transpire?

Poll

What will happen with Vlad the Impaler?

Provided he takes a pay cut, he will remain an Angel in 2010

327 votes

Front Office decides to not re-sign Vlad

73 votes

Vlad gets a FAT deal just ensure he heads to HOF with an "A" on his hat

26 votes

426 votes | Poll has closed

Anyone catch good ole Tim McCarver yesterday?

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:04:33 -0000

How many more years must we endure this royal ass of a color man?

By now you are all very aware of tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum (Buck and McCarver) drooling over their east coast love dolls that is any player currently playing for a team NOT west of the Mississippi River. We've endured them for years now. It has gotten to a point where we come to expect their BS and hope that our radio's are not ahead of the TV delay or at least the bar is loud enough that they mute the TV and put on close-captioning so we dont have to listen to these fools.

Yesterday though featured probably the worst, or best (depending how you look at it) of McCarver I have ever heard. However, these moments all featured him eating his shoe and looking like a damn fool.

McCarver: Scioscia should replace Kendrick with Izturis for this next at bat.

(Kendrick base-hit.)

McCarver: Izturis was the batter up who failed to lay down a squeeze in the 2008 Division series against Boston last year.

(Izturis bats in Kendrick.)

McCarver: Excuse me, I was mistaken, it was MANNY Aybar who failed to lay down that bunt.

(Aybar gets out...)

McCarver: Not Manny, I meant Willy Aybar who has a brother on the Rays.

HOLY SHIT, McCarver! Pull your head out of your pinstripe shitting ass and get with it buddy! Do more crosswords! It helps fight alzheimers!

Anyone catch this wonderful two-minutes that showcased the bumbling McCarver at his worst?

Poll

Which Angel color-man would you replace Tim McCarver with if you could?

Rex

211 votes

Guby

112 votes

Other (see below)

52 votes

375 votes | Poll has closed

Old Footage of Ruth Discovered...

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:15:59 -0000

Maybe the timing of this post is a bit off considering we are currently eating, sleeping, and dreaming of playoff victory against the Beantown Sux. However, as my only connection to a community of true baseball fans I thought this could be appreciated by everyone here at HH.

The NY Times reported yesterday the discovery of old video footage of Babe Ruth and the original, old Yankees stadium. Believed to be from 1928, the short footage includes, amongst other things, Ruth striking out and then leaning on his bat like a cane while arguing with the ump. Super grainy but pretty cool for anyone that is a fan of baseball.

Also, check out centerfield. 480 FEET!!!! (I dont even think Torii's homerun last night would have made it out at that length!)

LINK

I took a pitch from Lester and then he threw a two-seam fastball. Bobby was running, and I saw him...

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:05:04 -0000

I took a pitch from Lester and then he threw a two-seam fastball. Bobby was running, and I saw him going. I hit a mistake, I guess. I usually pop it up. Truth is, I didn't know where the ball was. I closed my eyes and swung.

From Torii's Storiis

Joe West on the "strikezone"

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:52:11 -0000

Joe West on the "strikezone"

Joe West as quoted in the Washington Examiner last year:

"[..]A batter can’t hit a pitch above his hands, so how can that be a strike? The rule book zone isn’t that well understood." (Emphasis mine)

Hold onto your caps kiddos, this is going to be one hell of a series.

Since the start of the 2004 season, the Angels are the Majors' best road team with their 274-211...

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:38:18 -0000

Since the start of the 2004 season, the Angels are the Majors' best road team with their 274-211 record. Their 47 road wins this season lead the AL. They won 50 on the road -- and 50 at home -- last year.

Texas Rangers playoff tickets go on sale...

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:39:16 -0000

Texas Rangers playoff tickets go on sale...

Try again Nolan....

Our Make It or Break It September

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:38:04 -0000

In my humble opinion, there has been a bit too much playoff talk on HH over the past week or so. For all you near-sighted fans, perhaps you should do a little compare and contrast of our schedule for the month of September with Texas' schedule.

Here is our schedule starting on the 11th.

September 11-13 vs CWS

14th @ NYY (make up game)

15-17 @ Boston

18-20 @ Texas

21-23 vs NYY

25-27 vs OAK

28 - October 1st vs Texas

For the entire month of September we play only two teams with losing records ( Oakland, KC) and only three teams who are out of the post-season push (Oak, KC, Seattle).

Now lets take a look at who Texas will be playing:

4-6th @ BAL

7-9th @ CLE

11-13th vs SEA

14-16th vs OAK

18-20 vs LAA

21-24 @ OAK

25-27 vs TB

28- October 1st @ LAA

The Rangers have to play only two teams with winning records and only ONE team with a playoff shot. Finally, our next to last series of the season is a 4 game series at home against the Rangers. That is going to be one hell of a four days.

Obviously the Rangers schedule is FAR easier than ours. I have complete faith in this team. However, September will undoubtedly show the grit of our squad and is truly a make it or break it month.

W6G!

Worst Closers in Baseball

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:08:35 -0000

RotoAuthority.com recently took a look at the "worst closers in baseball" right now. The list is divided into seven different pitching categories and displays which closers, who are still in the closer position, are at the bottom of those categories.

Brian Fuentes, despite his last 4 shaky outings, is only at the bottom of one of these lists. His 4.23 ERA is the 4th worst amongst closers in the MLB just behind(or above--depending how you want to look at this list) Kerry Wood, Bobby Jenks and Brad Lidge who is carrying an ERA of 7.23 (damn that makes Speier look good!).

While Fuentes doesn't appear on any of the other lists, ex-Angel Francisco Rodriguez appears near the bottom on 3 of these lists with the 5th worst WHIP (1.34), 2nd worst control (5.40 walks per 9 innings) and the 5th worst save percentage (82.8%).

For the full list of worst closers in baseball, click on this LINKIE.

Hopefully, this information plus the fact that Fuentes has posted an ERA of 1.75 or lower in the second-half of the past two seasons, is a bit of comforting fodder for fans as we head down the final two months of the season.

You know its a bad day when the A's release you...

BryanHarvey'sMoustache — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:19:16 -0000

You know its a bad day when the A's release you...

See ya Giambi...LOL....