[Bozzs]

wanderer, on 11 October 2009 - 02:23 PM, said:

Some insurance would go a long ways here.

Aybar you son of a...

Well it's good to know that Ortiz wasn't replaced by a random guy wearing a Papi mask.

how the $%#@ is this happening ???

[wanderer]

That was just terrible.

[thanman2]

EPIC FAIL

[Jack Hayden]

This is just brutal.

[BillyJo]

Terrible outing by Paplebon. And he was the one reliever that I had full confidence in!

[matty2578]

See you in February.

[BillyJo]

I think this Angels team has a very good chance against the Yankees.

[acr]

I never want to see Jonathan Papelbon pitch another game in my life. He's dead to me.

[wanderer]

Wow, just one of the most brutal postseason eliminations ever. I don't think I care to watch any of the rest of the playoffs at this point.

[Joey Slugs]

**** THE ANGELS

[coloradojack]

fail. epic fail.

[thanman2]

Whither Okajima?

[Joey Slugs]

Daniel Bard - 2010 Red Sox Closer?

[RedSoxAnni]

If you consider the two inherited runners who scored on the single by Rivera, Papelbon was responsible for five runs in 1 1/3 innings. Not good...

[DominusNovus]

acr, on 11 October 2009 - 03:05 PM, said:

I never want to see Jonathan Papelbon pitch another game in my life. He's dead to me.

This. Okajima did what Pap had a dozen chances to do, with 2 pitches.

[RedSoxAnni]

LA Angels                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Figgins, Chone 3b                    4  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  2  .000
 Abreu, Bobby rf                      5  2  3   2   0   0    1  0  0  .556
 Hunter, Torii cf                     4  1  1   1   0   0    0  1  1  .200
 Guerrero, Vladimir dh                4  1  2   0   0   0    2  1  0  .400
 Morales, Kendry 1b                   4  1  1   0   0   1    1  1  0  .200
 Rivera, Juan lf                      4  0  2   0   0   0    2  0  0  .273
  Willits, Reggie pr-lf               0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
 Izturis, Maicer 2b                   4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .143
 Napoli, Mike c                       2  0  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .250
  Matthews, Gary ph                   1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Mathis, Jeff c                      0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .333
 Aybar, Erick ss                      4  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .364
  Totals                             36  7 11   4   0   1    6  4  6 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Ellsbury, Jacoby cf                  5  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .250
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b                   4  1  1   1   0   0    2  1  0  .167
 Martinez, Victor c                   4  0  1   0   0   0    1  0  1  .182
 Youkilis, Kevin 1b-3b                4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .083
 Bay, Jason lf                        3  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .125
 Ortiz, David dh                      4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .083
  Gathright, Joey pr-dh               0  1  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
 Lowell, Mike 3b                      3  1  2   0   0   0    1  1  0  .200
  Anderson, Brian pr                  0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Kotchman, Casey 1b                  0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
 Drew, J.D. rf                        4  1  1   0   0   1    2  0  0  .222
 Gonzalez, Alex ss                    2  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  0  .167
  Lowrie, Jed ph                      1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Totals                             34  6  7   1   0   1    6  4  3 
 
  LA Angels         0 0 0  1 0 1  0 2 3  --  7
  Boston            0 0 3  2 0 0  0 1 0  --  6
 
 E_K.Youkilis. LOB_LA Angels 7, Boston 5. 2B_B.Abreu 2, T.Hunter, M.Napoli, 
 D.Pedroia. HR_K.Morales (1) off C.Buchholz, J.Drew (1) off S.Kazmir. 
 SB_J.Rivera (1), J.Gathright (1). GIDP_J.Rivera. DP_Boston 1 (M. Lowell, D. 
 Pedroia and K. Youkilis).
 
  LA Angels                   IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Kazmir, Scott                 6      5  5  5  3  1   1  90-54  7.50
 Bulger, Jason                 1      0  0  0  1  1   0  18-10  0.00
 Jepsen, Kevin                2-3     2  1  1  0  1   0  21-12  6.75
 Oliver, Darren (W 1-0)       1-3     0  0  0  0  0   0    4-3  0.00
 Fuentes, Brian (S 2)          1      0  0  0  0  0   0  13-10  0.00
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Buchholz, Clay                5      6  2  2  1  3   1  95-58  3.60
 Bard, Daniel (H 1)            2      0  0  0  0  2   0  25-16  0.00
 Wagner, Billy (H 1)          2-3     1  2  2  1  1   0  19-11 18.00
 Papelbon, Jonathan (L 0-1;B)  1      4  3  3  2  0   0  32-20 13.50
 Okajima, Hideki              1-3     0  0  0  0  0   0    2-1  0.00
 
 Buchholz, C pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
 
 IBB_off J.Papelbon (T.Hunter). 
 HBP_by C.Buchholz (M.Napoli). 
 BK_C.Buchholz.
 T_3:49. A_38,704.

[ghostoffoxx]

I'm so glad that I'm out in California this week for work. I can't believe I'm already catching shit from all these brand new 'die hard' Angels fans in the Bay Area.

So, I couldn't catch the game (and I guess that's a good thing) this morning, what the hell happened in the 9th? Did he not locate pitches? Did the Angels just hit well thrown balls? How in the hell did they score 3 in the 9th?

This post has been edited by ghostoffoxx: 11 October 2009 - 03:37 PM

[acr]

DominusNovus, on 11 October 2009 - 03:26 PM, said:

This. Okajima did what Pap had a dozen chances to do, with 2 pitches.

I know that shit happens and great pitchers get beat sometimes, but there's a difference between a bloop that breaks a tie in a tight game and a closer who comes in with a 3 run lead and allows five to come home over two innings. He had the Angels down to their last strike 3 times, and couldn't finish the job. It's not like he was facing the '27 Yankees either, he let Erick Aybar and Chode Figgins extend the game for him.

He was lights out for a few years, and I'm glad he helped us win it in 07, but the last two seasons he just hasn't been the same. That game he blew to Dan Johnson completely turned the tide of the 2008 AL East race, he almost never seemed to have a clean inning this year, that Mets game he blew to Omir Santos this year was still one of the most frustrating moments of this season, and then he pulls this one off today. Plus there's the whole contract situation and him always shooting his mouth off.

Give Danny Bard the ball in 2010, deal Papelbon while we can get something for him in the offseason.

[acr]

ghostoffoxx, on 11 October 2009 - 03:35 PM, said:

I'm so glad that I'm out in California this week for work. I can't believe I'm already catching shit from all these brand new 'die hard' Angels fans in the Bay Area.

So, I couldn't catch the game (and I guess that's a good thing) this morning, what the hell happened in the 9th? Did he not locate pitches? Did the Angels just hit well thrown balls? How in the hell did they score 3 in the 9th?

He was overthrowing the ball when it got to two strikes, missing his target until it got to a count where he had to throw a strike, and at that point it was right down the middle and they just tagged him. Hard contact on all the hits, Figgins with a shot up the middle, Abreu smoked it off the monster, and Guererro hit it into CF. They weren't fluke bloops at all, he flat out got destroyed.

[Sox Sweep Again]

acr, on 11 October 2009 - 03:44 PM, said:

He was overthrowing the ball when it got to two strikes, missing his target until it got to a count where he had to throw a strike, and at that point it was right down the middle and they just tagged him. Hard contact on all the hits, Figgins with a shot up the middle, Abreu smoked it off the monster, and Guererro hit it into CF. They weren't fluke bloops at all, he flat out got destroyed.

Yes.

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