No Remedy Like Laughter
October 4, 2008 by Ryan
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If you are down about the mess with the economy, frustrated with the election, and depressed about the Cubs & Angels losing, let me offer this to cheer you up!
One night we were just playing as a family and Jeremy started crackin’ up when we’d toss this little beanbag. We’re not always good about getting it on video, and even worse about getting from the camera on to YouTube or our blogs, but we’re gonna try to be better!
Stay Humble
September 24, 2008 by Ryan
Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images
Jose Arredondo grabbed the maintenance hose and started spraying his teammates and the fans that stayed hours after the game to wait for the clinch. And clinch we did…
- First Team to clinch the playoffs this year!
- Earliest clinching of the division title in franchise history!
- Fifth-fastest team in Major League history!
In a weak AL West, we’ve had a comfortable lead for quite a while, but Mike Scioscia and the Angels aren’t/haven’t let up! “Stay Humble” has been the theme for the end of this season so we don’t get overconfident. The example last year of the streaking Rockies shows how important it is to go into the playoffs hot, so I’m very glad that Scioscia is doing this.
Go Halos!
A Few of Highs Points of the Season for Me
Angels Step Up
July 29, 2008 by Ryan
For a couple of years now the Angels have held on to their talent pool so tightly, it started to frustrate their fanbase. I suspect they have been taking a page out of Oakland’s Moneyball, being in the same division. Finally, today, the Angels stepped up and dealt for a huge piece in pursuit of the Championship, dealing Casey Kotchman and a minor league pitcher for Mark Teixeira! He’s the power the Angels have needed to get over the top.
As it is, they are at the top! a full 3.5 games over the Chicago Cubs for the best record in the majors. Almost more meaningful is their recent dominance over the Red Sox, sweeping the last series and winning last night!
This is our year!
Little Angel
July 20, 2008 by Ryan
We recently went to an Orem Owlz game, and we went all decked out in Angels unis (The Owlz are the Angels’ Single A team). We were taking pictures and in these pictures it looks like Jeremy might have some red in his hair! It’s actually not too surprising because Papa Ottley had red hair.
Kim had a blast running all around the outfield grass seating and on the huge playground. She had a pink Angels jersey and wore here Daddy out.
Go Angels!
What a Time to be from Boston!?
October 31, 2007 by Ryan
I was rooting for the Rocks, but that was just silly. So much for another 80+ year drought. The worst part of the Red Sox winning is all the new Red Sox fans! Don’t think that buying a worn-in hat is gonna fool anyone! Here’s an example of why I don’t want more of them:
At an Angels game. Playing the Red Sox. Somewhere in the 6th inning all the Red Sox fans start chanting, “Yankees Suck! Yankees Suck!”
WHAT?! What does this game having anything to do with the Yankees!? Get the freakin’ chip off your shoulder!
Maybe that will be one positive about the Sox winning again…the Sox can get over their inferiority complex to the Yanks.
But man! What a time to be a Bostonian!? The Sox are champs. The Pats are being talked about being the “best offensive team ever,” not to mention that defense! (Looking forward the Super Bowl XLI and 1/2 this Sunday) And then the Celts get Ray Allen AND Kevin Garnett! Too bad the Bruins aren’t going to do anything.
It takes me back to when the Lakers were in the middle of their three-peat, the Angels had just won the World Series, and the Ducks were streaking all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. Ahhh, good times!
Right Where We Want Them
October 4, 2007 by Ryan
I’ve decided that it’s a good thing that the Angels lost game one. Why?
If you look back, in the Scioscia-Era, in every playoff series we won, we lost game one.
In the two playoff series we lost, we actually won game one!
So if history prevails, we’re right on track! At least that’s how I’m viewing it. We’re going to beat the Red Sox, even if that have freakin’ Josh Beckett!
Game 1…
October 3, 2007 by Ryan
Freakin’ Josh Beckett!
Let the Playoffs Begin!!!
October 1, 2007 by Ryan
I’m sitting here watching the Padres playing the Rockies in their one-game playoff to see who get the NL Wild Card. It’s the bottom of the eleventh and they’re tied 6-6! That just shows you what kind of race its been to get to the playoffs. This season was full of drama!
A couple of my playoff hopes came through…
- The combined rise of the Phillies and the fall of the Mets…Go Phillies!
- The back and forth between the Cubs and Brewers…Go Cubs!
A couple of hopes that were dashed…
- The Yankees charging all the way back from last place to make the playoffs, but since there were going to make it…
- The Yankees not overtaking the Red Sox and the Mariners not staying close enough to take the AL Wild Card and thereby leaving the Sox out!
A couple of things I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted…
- The Wild, Wild NL West…the D-Backs, the Padres and the freakin’ Rockies?!
And then of course…
- The Mariners run to within 1 of first and their complete meltdown…
And then finally and most of all…
- Go Angels!
