Who says you don’t get exposure when you play in Cleveland?
Grady Sizemore, center-fielder for the Indians and spring training target of a very prominent fan on this site, seemed a little miffed when pictures of himself in the altogether began bouncing around the Internet.
Let’s review shall we?
When the Angels hit Tempe there will be…
No John Lackey. We’ll miss him at the Buttes poolside bar.
No Chone Figgins smile.
No Darren Oliver and his solid setup.
No Vladdy and his improbable swing.
No Rex.
No Rory Markas.
Please stop already. Read the rest of this entry »
Horrible, horrible news.
The kind of news that kicks you in the gut, knocks the wind out of you and makes you say “Oh no,” out loud, even thought you’re sitting all by yourself at your computer.
Rory Markas is dead at 54.
It’s been a rough patch for us Angels fans.
And even though Paul Rudd was excited about getting a certain New York Yankees’ star (“It’s the baseball draft honey, I got Matsui!”) in “Knocked Up,” Matsui is not exactly the present I wanted Santa Arte to put under my tree.
Even though Jeff Miller thinks Angels fans like me are “idiots,” I agree with him. John Lackey has every right to take his $82 million from the team that broke the Angels’ hearts for years.
It’s a free country and yes, Mr. Miller, baseball is a business.
But it’s also my passion. I believe that part of the job of being a fan is becoming invested in your chosen team. John Lackey has every right to put on his new Boston baseball cap and show off his goofy$82 million grin.
And I have every right to hate him for it. I have every right to mourn the loss of Figgy, just like I mourned Eckstein and Erstad.
It’s my team, and I’ll cry if I want to.
Baseball is a big boy’s game run by very rich people who care very deeply about their personal bottom lines. But who wants to be a fan who doesn’t care when their favorite player moves on?
Will I boo Lackey when he comes to Anaheim next year?
Probably not.
Do I wish him luck?
I guess so.
But the stone-cold fact is — He’s not one of my guys anymore.
He’s gone to the dark side.
1. The uber-obnoxious Yankee fan who was screaming at everyone wearing red as he passed through the parking lot saying, “This is our time!” I knew we’d win the game after that.
2. Crazy, devoted Angel fans in section 510 who certainly didn’t act as of their team was on the brink of elimination.
3. John Lackey cutting through Yankees like a steak knife through butter.
4. Torii Hunter’s bat waking up.
5. Jeff Mathis’ bat staying impossibly hot.
6. The guy in the red shirt who jumped out onto the rock pile fountain having his 15 seconds of fame.
7. A line for the men’s bathroom.
8. Young Weavuh! Redeemed in the 8th
9. The Rally Monkey singing in the Aha video “Take On Me.”
10. The brand new, finally finished halo glowing for the first time.
Resilience: the ability to recover quickly from setbacks,
aka The Angels in the bottom of the 7th inning.
Let’s play two!
It’s no secret that the Angels - down three games to one - have hit the wall and their backs are firmly up against it. The Yankees have outperformed in this series, both offensively and defensively. Even a loyal fan like me can’t deny the obvious.
But we have one more game.
Ouch.
As the game wound down to its disappointing, 10-1 conclusion last night, I started to wonder what I could possibly write about such a frustrating loss. To get a fan’s perspective, I started asking people around me what they would say if they had a fan blog to air their opinions.
This isn’t what we hoped for.
Being down two games to the Yankees isn’t the way we wanted to start our set of ALCS home games. This is nervous time. The time when fans start to go into defensive mode and distance themselves for what what’s happening on the field. When we start placing blame on umpires and frigid temperatures and pitches left out over the middle of the plate.
But I don’t want to dwell on the frustration s of the last few games. That’s the job of sports writers and second-guessing baseball bloggers. They’ve had their say all weekend. Read the rest of this entry »
The Angels may be back in New York, warming up to face the Yankees, but here in the OC, fans are gearing up as well. The series will be a tough one, and we all need to look our best for the campaign.
I stopped by Dicks Sporting Goods in Tustin this morning to do my part and found I wasn’t alone.
Other Angels fans had the same idea and were browsing through the racks of Red Wear just like me. I met Kristine Bieber (pictured) of Laguna Hills who was buying shirts for her whole family. The Biebers are devoted fans who spent one of their first dates at an Angels game. Since they were married on Oct. 22, they’ve spent many anniversary dinners looking for a TV in the restaurant so they can check playoff scores. They’d love to celebrate their 21st anniversary next week with an American League Pennant for the Halos.
Dicks had an excellent selection, by the way. And if I were you I wouldn’t wait to long to start your shopping spree. Game 1 is just 24 hours away…
Ok, so how great was that?
Like anything worth having in life, yesterday’s amazing victory over the Red Sox was an uphill battle. There were many times during the game when I was glad that I wasn’t sitting in the stands in Boston. I was grateful for the diversion of a pile of laundry and a sink of dirty dishes to distract me from the fact that the Angels were down 5-1, trailing the Red Sox once again at Fenway Park.
But as I spent the next few innings, watching from the safe distance of my kitchen, I realized that something was very different.
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