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Angels Release Nick Adenhart Patch

scareduck — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:26:11 -0000

Angels Release Nick Adenhart Patch

Proceeds to go to unspecified local charities.

Eckstein's 3-Run Homer Ties It For The Pads

scareduck — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:11:16 -0000

Eckstein's 3-Run Homer Ties It For The Pads

David Eckstein's 3-run jack to left ties a game in the ninth that the Pads entered five runs back, 6-1. Hilarious!

It was his first longball of the season.

Rangers Request Release Waivers On Padilla

scareduck — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:36:53 -0000

Rangers Request Release Waivers On Padilla

Ken Rosenthal says the Rangers have requested outright release waivers on starter Vicente Padilla. He has a 5.57 ERA so far this year; the release may have been connected to him plunking Mark Teixeira twice yesterday.

The Worst Bullpen In Angels History

scareduck — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:33:53 -0000

The Worst Bullpen In Angels History

A minor bit of blogwhoring, but I figured that some folks might be interested to know that the 2009 Angels bullpen is the worst in team history as measured by ERA (The second worst was the 1994 arson squad, with a 5.47 ERA, that is, this team is a full half-run worse; measured against league average of 4.88 ERA, this team's bullpen is more than a run worse than that at 6.01). The only two relievers with above-average ERAs (as measured by ERA+) are Darren Oliver and small-sample-sized (3.1 IP) Rich Thompson.

Can Brandon Wood pitch?

Driver indicted in death of Angels pitcher and two others

scareduck — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:03:57 -0000

Driver indicted in death of Angels pitcher and two others

Andrew Gallo was charged with three counts of murder in the deaths of Nick Adenhart, Henry Pearson, and Courtney Stewart. He faces a maximum sentence of 54 years.

Mini Sirloin Burgers -- Seriously!

scareduck — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:17:12 -0000

The Jack-In-the-Box Mini Sirloin Burgers ad has become almost an unofficial HH cheer around here, so I figured that some folks might be interested to learn that ranchers are in fact switching to smaller Herefords, which produce meat more efficiently.

Walking through their lowing herd of several hundred cattle, Ali and Kenny Petersen were like two Gullivers on a Lilliputian roundup.
The half-sized cows barely reached Kenny's waist. The ranch's border collie stared eye-to-eye with wandering calves.
"Aren't they sweet?" asked Ali, 52, shooing Half-Pint, Buttercup and a dozen other cattle across a holding pen. "They're my babies, every little one of them."
The Petersens once raised normal-sized bovines on this stretch of Nebraska's rolling eastern grasslands, but with skyrocketing feed costs, the couple decided to downsize.
They bought minicows -- compact cattle with stocky bodies, smaller frames and relatively tiny appetites.
Their miniature Herefords consume about half that of a full-sized cow yet produce 50% to 75% of the rib-eyes and fillets, according to researchers and budget-conscious farmers.
"We get more sirloin and less soup bone," Ali said. "People used to look at them and laugh. Now, they want to own them."

We know about the Shot -- where's the ball?

scareduck — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:07:56 -0000

We know about the Shot -- where's the ball?

Brad Wochomurka interviews Brian Biegel (MP3, the title link goes to the BPro article, so $ may be required), author of Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World. He starts with a ball his dad had acquired for $2 at a Goodwill store that had the signatures of Leo Durocher, Willy Mays, and a host of other Giants, and got to wondering: is this the ball that Bobby Thomson hit in 1951, the Shot Heard 'Round the World? Really good stuff.

Jim Fregosi's No Longer A Cycle-Loner

scareduck — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:02:38 -0000

Jim Fregosi's No Longer A Cycle-Loner

Dodger Stadium had never seen a cycle hit in any game featuring the Dodgers -- until today, when Orlando Hudson hit one. Famously, no Dodger had hit one since Wes Parker did it on May 7, 1970, but the only regular season home player to hit a cycle was... Jim Fregosi on July 28, 1964. A great Angel loses a little bit of distinction, but it's pretty funny that it wasn't a Dodger at all for years.

Andrew Gallo's attorney requests change of venue

scareduck — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:01:08 -0000

Andrew Gallo's attorney requests change of venue

Not really a surprise, but I'm wondering: where to? Oklahoma?

The Ninja Working Manny -- With In-N-Out This Time?

scareduck — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:42:48 -0000

The Ninja Working Manny -- With In-N-Out This Time?

Pretty hilarious if true:

2008-12-10 12:39:10
238. Jim Wilson
My wife is in Las Vagas this week for an unrelated convention. This afternoon she claimes to have seen Ned [Colletti] and [Scott Boras] sit down for lunch at the Bellagio Buffet. Prior to Manny claiming his rightful place in the buffet line, Tony Reagins (Angles) [sic] wisked [sic] him away with a bag of In-N-Out Double-doubles!