hey jeanie

I second that
Red Sox kick ass

Those are fightin' words! Is someone hungry for a knuckle sammich?!?!

i'm just hungry. whatchoogot?

I had french toast today 🙂

Umm…looks like we're going for the sweep tomorrow! How do you like my Angels now? !lol

We'll see what happens in October, that's when it really counts.

YEAH GO ER ER………………..someone tell me who to support!!!!

Red Sox

Angels

That's what happens when Disney sells the team to a beaner.

Go Brewers!

Before they were Anaheim, they were California.

NO WAY!!

Sorry, nobody had mentioned that. If I was John Madden I'd need a Frank Caliendo.

Also, if your team has a lot of hits and home runs, and has a good batting average, you are more likely to score more runs.

I'm lost? 🙁

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schilling and ortiz are both out and youkillis is banged up.

that and manny is in a slump.

varitek and pedroia can't carry the whole team. :p
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Oh poor baby! !lol Schilling (when healthy) plays every 5th day and Big Papi is the DH. I could list the myriad of injuries the Angels had during the ALDS last year, but I'm not one to make excuses. Every team has injuries and big hitters in slumps (i.e. John Lackey, Kelvim Escobar, and Vlad Guerrero circa April/May just to name a few) at some point in the season. Kelvim Escobar won't play a game this year and he won 18 last year. But our other pitchers picked up the slack.

That being said, I do agree that it IS only July. Winning 5 of 6 so far from the reigning World Series champs, having an 8 1/2 game lead in our division, and being the first team to 60 wins has to give us a little confidence boost though going into a TOUGH road trip next week. 3 in Baltimore, 3 in Fenway, 4 in Yankee Stadium. Then we come home just to play Baltimore and the Yankees again! YIKES! :O We better bring our A game!

The Red Sox seem to be beating the shit outta my Mariners.

Who doesn't beat the shit out of your Mariners? !lol

this year…

This thread makes me want to donkey punch somebody.

Donkey Punch?

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Punch]Donkey punch[/url] is a slang term for an apocryphal and potentially lethal sexual practice supposedly performed during anal sex. The purported practice involves the penetrating partner punching the receiving partner in the back of the head or neck, allegedly causing the receiving partner's anal passage to tense up and increase the pleasure of the penetrating partner.

Wow! Thanks for expanding my sexual vocabulary Amy and JD! Although what it has to do with baseball I'm not so sure…

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That being said, I do agree that it IS only July. Winning 5 of 6 so far from the reigning World Series champs, having an 8 1/2 game lead in our division, and being the first team to 60 wins has to give us a little confidence boost though going into a TOUGH road trip next week. 3 in Baltimore, 3 in Fenway, 4 in Yankee Stadium. Then we come home just to play Baltimore and the Yankees again! YIKES! :O We better bring our A game!
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OK I'm watching SportsCenter right now. They just said "It looks like the Yankees may not ever lose at home." Apparantly they haven't lost at home since July 4th, the longest streak in 10 years. Their pitchers have a 1.83 ERA in the last 6 games. OK, now I'm extra concerned about going into Yankee Stadium! But, the Angels are just the ones to break that string! !lol

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That being said, I do agree that it IS only July. Winning 5 of 6 so far from the reigning World Series champs, having an 8 1/2 game lead in our division, and being the first team to 60 wins has to give us a little confidence boost though going into a TOUGH road trip next week. 3 in Baltimore, 3 in Fenway, 4 in Yankee Stadium. Then we come home just to play Baltimore and the Yankees again! YIKES! :O We better bring our A game!
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I hope they do, I fucking hate the yankees.
OK I'm watching SportsCenter right now. They just said "It looks like the Yankees may not ever lose at home." Apparantly they haven't lost at home since July 4th, the longest streak in 10 years. Their pitchers have a 1.83 ERA in the last 6 games. OK, now I'm extra concerned about going into Yankee Stadium! But, the Angels are just the ones to break that string! !lol
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How about the Angels getting Mark Teixiera from the Braves today? I love Casey Kotchman and I will miss his defense at 1st. If Teixiera works out though, the Angels are looking good for the rest of the season!

Hell yeah! I think it'll take them to the world series.

Ugh. I really hate the Angels.

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That being said, I do agree that it IS only July. Winning 5 of 6 so far from the reigning World Series champs, having an 8 1/2 game lead in our division, and being the first team to 60 wins has to give us a little confidence boost though going into a TOUGH road trip next week. 3 in Baltimore, 3 in Fenway, 4 in Yankee Stadium. Then we come home just to play Baltimore and the Yankees again! YIKES! :O We better bring our A game!
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I hope they do, I fucking hate the yankees.
OK I'm watching SportsCenter right now. They just said "It looks like the Yankees may not ever lose at home." Apparantly they haven't lost at home since July 4th, the longest streak in 10 years. Their pitchers have a 1.83 ERA in the last 6 games. OK, now I'm extra concerned about going into Yankee Stadium! But, the Angels are just the ones to break that string! !lol
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lol, I just realized that I wrote this message inside of Jeanie's message.

Wow, that sure was a great move to pick up Teixeira. You guys may be the team to beat now.

Americans play baseball too, right?

Yeah. It's the "National Pastime"
although most people (guys) prefer football.

Teixiera is an awesome hitter, and the Angels need that. He's also good defense too, but it's hard to see if he can measure up to Kotchman on 1st base defense. I know one thing's for sure…he's gonna bring in alot of runs! Red Sox are gonna be all confused now when they play against the Angels. It's gonna completely mess with their strategy.

Well I bet the members of Red Sox Nation are crying in their chowdah tonight! !lol How about another sweep by my Angels? We have 4 in Yankee Stadium starting tomorrow. Let's hope we can do the same thing to the Yanks!!

I still think the Red Sox have a chance this year. The Angels are the team to beat now though. Here's a loose outline of my power ratings in terms of likeliness to win the world series.

1. Angels (kicking ass in the AL, got Tiexeira)
2. Cubs (kicking ass in NL)
3. Brewers (pitching)
4. Red Sox (clutch in playoffs)
5. Yankees (clutch in playoffs not played this century)
6. Phillies (leading NL east)
7. Mets (2nd in NL east, catching up again, lots of money)
8. White Sox (playing good but seemingly not getting too much attention)
9. Twins (catching up on the white sox)
10. Cardinals (3rd best team in NL…but also 3rd in their division [NL central kicks ass])
11. Dodgers (2nd in NL west, made some trade)
12. Diamondbacks (1st in NL west…the worst division in baseball [7th in the NL])

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i'm wondering when they're gonna address the whole manny thing. i won't sweat the regular season unless it's looking like the sox won't make the post-season.

it's a rebuilding year for the sox. :p
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I heard on SportsCenter last night that there are rumors of a 3 team deal that would send Manny to the Marlins. I think they said the trade also involves the Pirates (?).

Deadline passed and it looks like the deal fell through. Manny's staying put…for now.

Hey MAX!, does the White Sox getting Ken Griffey Jr. move them up in your "power ratings"?

This just in from mlb.com:

"Manny Ramirez is going to the Dodgers.

The Red Sox, Dodgers and Pirates have agreed to a deal in which Ramirez will go to Los Angeles, outfielder Jason Bay will go from Pittsburgh to Boston and the Pirates will receive pitchers Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen from the Red Sox and third baseman Andy LaRoche and outfielder Bryan Morris from the Dodgers.

The Pirates have called a 5:30 p.m. ET press conference."

Holy Shit!!! :O I guess the Marlins couldn't make the 3 team deal work, so the Dodgers stepped in. This ought to be interesting! Well, Jon, at least you'll have a chance to see Manny play in person now!

EDIT: Yes, I am extremely bored at work! !lol

Fuck yes.

Besides, you might get jumped at that stadium. Everytime I've been to a game there, there's nothing but trouble. One of my friends got beaten with one of the bats they sell in the gifts shops, and was in a coma for 3 months.

I'm going Saturday.

Have fun. Watch out for the homies. 😛

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Besides, you might get jumped at that stadium. Everytime I've been to a game there, there's nothing but trouble. One of my friends got beaten with one of the bats they sell in the gifts shops, and was in a coma for 3 months.
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I've never understood why you can't bring those bats into the stadium (like to be signed, for example) because they are a weapon. Yet, they sell them [b]IN THE STADIUM![/b] Duh!!!

It's so weird that Manny isn't going to be a Red Sock any more. It's wrong.

And, the Junior deal seems to me like it wont have a huge benefit for the white sox other than bringing in more people maybe.

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[quote1217570578=LyinAss Bitch]
Besides, you might get jumped at that stadium. Everytime I've been to a game there, there's nothing but trouble. One of my friends got beaten with one of the bats they sell in the gifts shops, and was in a coma for 3 months.
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I've never understood why you can't bring those bats into the stadium (like to be signed, for example) because they are a weapon. Yet, they sell them [b]IN THE STADIUM![/b] Duh!!!
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Yeah, it's retarded. Sad thing is my friend was completely innocent.

So he hit a home run tonight. We missed it though because we were late. And when we got there we got in trouble because we were tying to bring in some booze and they found it. They were gonna throw us all out, but one of the guys claims full responsibility, and the security guard was actually really cool about it, so he just said my friend couldn't go in but we could. But as soon as we walked in we were like, "this ain't right," so we all bailed and went to Hooters instead. And that ended up being bad ass because the hottest waitress there got all handsy with me. Then we filmed a webisode.

So, even though we didn't get into the game, it was still a really fun night, and the Dodgers still won.

I love my friends.

Wow, Manny's been doing great as a Dodger so far. Too bad Angels are still the best team in baseball!! !lol

It is too bad. They don't deserve it.

You're right. The Dodgers don't deserve Manny! !lol

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That's what happens when Disney sells the team to a beaner.
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I find that offensive, yet incredibly hilarious. You're pretty blunt for a chick.

Umm….go Twins?

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That's what happens when Disney sells the team to a beaner.
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I find that offensive, yet incredibly hilarious. You're pretty blunt for a chick.
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Well, Amy says it like it is. That's why she rocks!!! !lol

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[quote1218089712=samiluvsaaron]
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That's what happens when Disney sells the team to a beaner.
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I find that offensive, yet incredibly hilarious. You're pretty blunt for a chick.
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Well, Amy says it like it is. That's why she rocks!!! !lol
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Well, I don't change for other people. You either hate me or like me, your choice. Either way I'm not effected. I just have a dry sense of humor most of the time, and people misread it.

btw, if you think that's offensive, I wouldn't go reading some of the other threads. There's far worse on here compared to my beaner remark. It was meant as a joke.

Be thankful Amy's not an idiot. I know a few people with that kind of attitude, but they really suck. Amy's actually cool.

The swimming thread got pretty rascist pretty quickly. lol.

what about the mariners?
I dont really keep up with them, or the rest of baseball, that much anymore.

yep. So far, this is possibly the worst year for seattle sports…

hopefully the seahawks can go to the playoffs again this year. I think they will.

yeah…
but the way this year's been going, it wouldn't shock me if the Seahawks had a shitty year.

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3-1 against the mariners?!?!?!

/sox barely won 19-17
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You gave us luck by posting early! Did you see my man Juan Rivera hit a solo HR and an RBI double? Yay!! I'm going to the game tonight.

And that Sox/Texas game was crazy!! Up 10-0 in the first? Then to fall behind, only to come back and win? You don't see games like that very often! !lol

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yep. So far, this is possibly the worst year for seattle sports…

hopefully the seahawks can go to the playoffs again this year. I think they will.
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I just hope the Raiders go 8-8! !lol

that would be amazing. I rememer when I was a kid and the Seahawks were in the AFC West, going to Seahawks Raiders games. That was a pretty good rivalry, fun to watch, unlike the rest of the NFC West… but at least we go to the playoffs…

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yep. So far, this is possibly the worst year for seattle sports…

hopefully the seahawks can go to the playoffs again this year. I think they will.
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I just hope the Raiders go 8-8! !lol
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Cheers to that! 5 wins is the most we've had since '02.

PISSED!!!! That is all.

EDIT- Well, my man Juan came through in the 8th with a bases loaded double. Salvaged tonight, but recently…well, my original post says it all!

Fuck you friend. Why would he deserve that? He had no choice in the trade.

well I don't know anything about that, but I'm stoked to have him on my team.

HELL, YEAH! Angels clinch the AL West!! Kind of bummed only because I was at the games on Monday and Tuesday night, but today was a day game and that damn thing called work got in the way. And now Boston/TB are in extra innings, delaying the start of Baseball Tonight. I want to see the celebration!!! !lol

So I missed the clinching game, but I was at the game where Frankie Rodriguez broke the all-time save record. It was incredible. Besides a playoff game, I've never been in the stadium when it's been that electric. Flash bulbs going off everywhere on every pitch. The entire stadium on their feet chanting. The celebration afterward. Awesome!

The best part is that my 12-year-old nephew and I were on TV! I had made a sign and they showed the sign 4 times, but us holding it only twice. My sister TiVo'd it so my nephew could show his friends.

And Jon, looks like it's shaping up to be Angels/Red Sox in the first round. What do you think? (Well, I know what you think, but how do you think we match up?) Anyone else want to discuss playoff baseball? I can't wait!

It's always awesome to be in attendance to see a record broken.

I remember a couple years ago when Ichiro broke the hit record. The Mariners were terrible that year but it was still packed the last few games to see him hit and Edgar Martinez retire. I sure do miss Edgar.

Also, I was there when the Mariners won their 116th game in 2001, the first game at Safeco Field, the Home Run Derby and All Star Game in 2001 and a lot of other great moments. I really wish I was old enough to go to the games in 1995. Must have been a fun year to be an Angels fan :p

So far it has been. All that matters now though is the playoffs!

I meant 1995 must have been a fun year to be an Angels fan

Oh, oops. I don't knnow about that. I didn't really get into baseball until after I graduated from college. My dad always hated it so I never grew up watching it. I did go several Angel games in high school though. When I moved back to the O.C. after college, I had a boyfriend who was a huge Angel fan. He got me hooked and I've been a fan ever since.

What Jon, no smack talk? With the ALDS starting tomorrow? I'm not a smack talker, but I really hope we are 2-0 when we go to Boston! Lackey concerns me, but Santana and Saunders are solid, I think! !lol

Sports discussions bore me.

STOP THEM NOW.

Then ignore this thread!

AAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGgggggg,g,g,g,g,g,g I caaant

Boston 1 California/Anaheim/LA Angels of Anaheim: 0

With the Yankees out, I have to say I'm siding with Jeanie in the Boston/LAA series, but anyone following Dodgers/Cubs? How 'bout Torre and Manny?

And Jon, don't worry, the complicated set of circumstances that involved me being a Yankees fan in Boston doesn't extend to any other sports 😛

Dude stop saying that shit. Your team's doing just fine without him… better even.

So is mine.

Everyone's happy!

PS, sup Cubs? How's it feel to SUUUUUUCK?

LOL – I have no idea about baseball but that was fucking hilarious!!!

I do have to agree that Manny was a dick, but his trade was pretty much a win-win situation for all involved…except the Pirates (lolz)

I'm in a good enough mood to join a good old lol so…. LOL!

Exactly so shut up.

I'm not worried at all. They're playing great.

No it took 4 games. They won last night.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty pathetic display by the Angels! It still stings a bit, but I'll get over it. But, when you leave more than 40 men on base in four games, you're not going to do too well. We'll see who we keep and who we lose with all our free agents!

So now I say Go Rays! Sorry Jon, but you have to understand my frustration with the damn Red Sox! !sad That, and I'm sure Max is dreaming up ridiculous sigs for me right now! !lol

I'm sorry your team lost jeanie, I know how much that sucks. Let's hope the red sox go all the way and I'll come up with a great sig for you.

You guys are funny.

I saw that! What's going on with NFL refs this year???

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[quote1223493094=Jeanie]Sorry Jon, but you have to understand my frustration with the damn Red Sox! !sad That, and I'm sure Max is dreaming up ridiculous sigs for me right now! !lol
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yeah, the sox have beaten out the angels a couple times now, huh?

eh, the saints lost monday night and that hurt a lot.

especially with shit like this not being called:

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What?…looks to me like he just needs a hug realllly bad.