Angels, please help!

Gander · #1 08-11-2006, 08:31 PM

Hold on to this lead so we can get to within 2.
Looks like we finally get a win tonight, 8-0 right now in Fenway.

Gander · #2 08-11-2006, 09:04 PM

Looks like this is over. Angels should hang on with their great relief.
Certainly been the Yankees nemesis over the years, huh? Knocked them out of the playoffs twice in the last 4 years.

SCUDSBROTHER · #3 08-11-2006, 09:29 PM

Lol ...............GANDER,the Halos had to get that cuz Weaver and Lackey are both struggling.Kelvum has been good though.Sunday/Monday could be ugly if they can't find it.

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LA Angels 60 56

LA Dodgers 60 56

Same record,but one has a 1 1/2 game lead,and the other is 3 1/2 back,and will probably be 4 1/2-5 1/2 back by the end of Monday night.Can't believe Lackey has let them down 3 times since the allstar break..7/19,8/4,8/9,and 2 of those were against f'n Cleveland.He also wasn't particularly stellar in the Sunday night game against Boston,but atleast it was against a tough team.I really expected this guy to be the stopper of the staff,but he is the reason they are 3 1/2 back(instead of simply 1/2 game back.)Was fantastic in early July on 7/7,and 7/14,but struggled since then.Very surprising.Thought he was mentally tougher than that,but to be honest, he has let the team down(while Saunders/Escobar has kept the club in the race.) Arm might be somewhat dead.I think the mph is down on the fastball some,and the location is way off compared to the command on 7/7,and 7/14.Has to be more than just mental.Not looking forward to Monday night at all.Yanks gunna bust that head of his open for 15 runs if he shows up with that same crappy stuff he has had the last 2 times.See,the Halos pitching is 5 starters,Shields,and KROD.That is it.Once a starter shows up with mediocre stuff,it will be a loss as soon as they can get into the pen.Game is over by the 5th inning.I've known this for a while.I just didn't expect Lackey to blow 3 starts,and struggle to go 5 innings.If Lackey can't get himself together,this is Oakland's division in a walk.I think they have this Bootchik guy coming up to provide some middle relief.That's a longshot,but he has to be better than Carrasco,Romero,Gregg etc...

Gander · #4 08-12-2006, 07:42 AM

Scuds- Did you see that cut Robinson Cano took in the 9th on strike 3? He missed K Rod's breaking ball by at least a foot. Looked like myself playing drunk wiffleball. Surprised he held his balance.

SCUDSBROTHER · #5 08-12-2006, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Gander

Scuds- Did you see that cut Robinson Cano took in the 9th on strike 3? He missed K Rod's breaking ball by at least a foot. Looked like myself playing drunk wiffleball. Surprised he held his balance.

Yea,KROD makes a lot of guys look bad like that.I get so pssd watching Shields pitch.Guy has really good stuff,and shouldn't have given it up in losses against you guys 2 weeks ago today,the Wednesday before last against the A's,and earlier up in Oakland too(Frank Thomas HR.)That strike 3 pitch to Abreu(the 2 seamer that ducked into the inside of the strike zone too late to be hit)shows what kind of stuff Shields has.His mental toughness doesn't quite match his ability to pitch.

SCUDSBROTHER · #6 08-12-2006, 12:39 PM

It is amazing that Guerrero can make contact with some of this crap he swings at.Last night,he swung at an inside pitch that was a couple inches off the ground,and somehow hit it for his typical hard groundball.His average would be so good if he could stop that sht.