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Seattle first team to be eliminated from 2008 playoffs

shiftyeyedgoat — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:42:47 -0000

Seattle first team to be eliminated from 2008 playoffs

Just in case you may not have remembered, we knocked out the Mariners last night with Lackey's big win.

Texas and Oakland have 15 and 11 to go on their magic numbers, meaning we could lock this up in a couple weeks. Let's go Halos!

Sexson released; Bedard to DL; Seattle suicides markedly increase

shiftyeyedgoat — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:37:20 -0000

Not much info here, but the title says it all:

Richie Sexson is released by the laughably spiraling out of control Mariners (36-55) while the major offseason pickup of Eric Bedard is placed on the DL.

L I N K to S T O R Y.

And sports pundits have further proved how little they know about baseball once again by picking the Mariners to win over the Angels.

Just how bad are these guys going to be?

Poll

How many losses do the 'Ners end up with?

126 - They don't win another game this season and become the worst team since 1898.

10 votes

100-125

34 votes

75-100

60 votes

55-75. They somehow win out. And take the AL West. Maybe,

3 votes

107 votes | Poll has closed

Some love from online baseball media!

shiftyeyedgoat — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:23:58 -0000

Sorta...

Over at 1866baseball.com they pride themselves on... well, I'll just let their homepage intro describe it for you:

The teams are full of professional players with terrific power to defend the opposition team using there capacity of playing. Information about team history and legend players is provided in our site of baseball. Entire site has focused on the achievements made by each team in the baseball history. See the collection of excellent teams of baseball in 1866baseball.com.

These guys study up on their history in baseball and baseball equipment.

In any case the meat of the story is in their recommendation for watching all of the Angels games to "study every match of this team." The author concludes with the Angels being his "all time favorite team." Neat.

Just one catch, however, as they seem to be recommending the 2005 Angels club as their version of the best baseball team ever. Guess we take the wheat with the chaffe.

Here's the link, and take heart, hh'ers: we've finally been noticed by the media! Enjoy.

Aybar to DL; possibly four weeks?

shiftyeyedgoat — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:42:43 -0000

Well, unfortunately it looks like the rush to get Figgy back was because of not so optimistic doctor's reports about Aybar's pinkie finger. Aybar wants to be back on the field ASAP, but the ever-cautious Scioscia has other opinions:

"Erick's going to be out for a little while -- somewhere in the four-week range. That's a tough break for the kid. We're going to have to absorb it. Fortunately, he doesn't need surgery. Last night they finally got it in place. You could see when it happened that he was in pain."

So what does this mean for the team? Will we miss Aybar's workhorse, field general attitude as it is replaced by what feels like incompetence from Izturis for up to a month? Will Sean Rodriguez ever produce while Kendrick is on the mend? Is Kotchman in line for the next freak injury? Not that he's prone to it or anything...

- Links (angels.mlb.com and espn.com) - to story.

Erstad moving to Houston?

shiftyeyedgoat — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:10:19 -0000

-Link- to Story.

FTA:
"Trying to add some depth, general manager Ed Wade told MLB.com that the team has agreed with free agent Darin Erstad on a one-year contract.

"He'll be a left-handed bat off the bench," Wade said, according to the site. "He has a lot of versatility. He's a great makeup guy. He's the prototypical professional player -- he brings a lot to the table and we're glad to have him." "

Thoughts and opinions on Ersty signing with the Hou-stros here.

A's can't stand Oakland even more than their fans

shiftyeyedgoat — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:07:10 -0000

-Link- to story.

So good ol' Lew She-Wolff of the lady A's decides that even fielding offers to stay in Oakland is beneath him:

FTA:
"We don't want to move [from the projected Fremont site]. We don't want to start pitting cities against each other, but it's out of the question we'll stay in Oakland," Lew Wolff said Monday after giving an address and answering questions at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Adding to the collective disgust of the nation was the organization's embrace of Fremont's connoted Bed'n'Breakfast community:

"The Athletics have envisioned a 32,000-seat ballpark in Fremont on a 200-acre complex that would include a shopping mall, a hotel and 3,000 housing units."

Can you count the ways this projected plan is pathetic? But don't worry, fans, they're still in the AL West and don't have plans to go anywhere!

"We're still here, folks," Wolff said. "We're not moving to Timbuktu. We're just moving down the street."

As one fan in the forums aptly stated:
decarguy:
I don't know, the Timbuktu A's is kinda catchy.

This story wouldn't be replete with hatred for the Fleamont Faithful without a poll. In which city do you, the intelligent Halos Heaven poster, believe these excuses for athletes should end up to burden a new community with a culture of loss and failure?

Poll

Where would you have the A's go?

Other (please leave response below)

1 votes

Oakland

14 votes

Fremont

9 votes

Somewhere in Northern California

5 votes

Somewhere in Southern California

1 votes

The NL

9 votes

Timbuktu

17 votes

56 votes | Poll has closed

A Rod getting MRI today; out of lineup...

shiftyeyedgoat — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:35:08 -0000

Possibly until after the All-star break.

Quoth the Torre: " "I don't think it's anything more than it was, but probably a couple of days playing on it exposed it more. I still don't think it's anything that would require more than a few days," manager Joe Torre said. If he were to miss this weekend's series against the Angels, he would have a week off (with the All-Star break) to nurse his hamstring.

"I know we want to win the All-Star Game, but still, the most important thing is getting him ready for the second half," Torre said. "I think he knows that." "

Dear God;
I know we haven't spoken in a while, but... PLEASE, OH PLEASE, OH PLEASE... let A Rod miss the series against us this weekend.
Yours,
Goat

Angels Franchise is #7 in Fan Satisfaction, #1 in MLB

shiftyeyedgoat — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:56:01 -0000

Thanks to ESPN voters, The Angels are number 7 in franchise satisfaction amongst the fans in ALL sports.

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/franchiseRanks

It just goes to show you how loyal and dedicated we are to the team that has brought the city of Anaheim and its fans so much pain, heartbreak, and sorrow (read: the 80s), along with the pleasure of seeing a monkey lifted from our back, and placed firmly in the bullpen in the improbable 2002 World Series Run.

Just as an aside, the only ranking in which we didn't crack the top 35 was "OWN (Ownership): Honesty; loyalty to players and city". Thank you, Stoneman, for Garbage Matthews Jr. as our big splash.