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Farewell Update

Well, we're sort of still around, on twitter @HaloHotline

Farewell

It's been a fun run, however, I am no longer able to maintain this site.  Between my new business, it's clients, and pro-bono work, I am having to drop writing here.  As you can tell, it's been coming, my posts have not been what they were in the past and I can't continue to keep up with this site, unfortunately.  Feel free to look at a couple of sites that we've done, below, and keep up with Angels Baseball on Halos Heaven.

• Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
• The Shepherd's Voice (LCGS Blog)
• DMIdeas Blog
• JFK Scholarship Foundation
• La Palma Chamber of Commerce (not yet launched)

Bad News for the Angels

Vlad is out with a torn pectoral 15d-DL, but out for at least a month before even being re-evaluated.
The bullpen can't pitch...but hopefully call-up from AAA, Rich Thompson will help that.
I hate the World Baseball Classic, it destroys pitchers.  We'll see if anyone has the time to go through all of the stats of guys that threw and see how poorly they do this time around.

Game 4 of 162

Hopefully the game tonight will help everyone start to work through the tragedy of this week.
Tonight sees the Halos welcome their arch-rivals (and traditional bane), the Red Stockings to Anaheim for a three game series.  We're sending Jered "Bob-and-"Weaver (0-0, 0.00) to the hill and they're throwing their stud, Tim Wakefield(0-0, 0.00).

The Angels will be playing tonight with only 24 men on their roster, in memory of Nick Adenhart.  In addition, they'll be wearing the patch, below, over their hearts on their home and away jerseys the remainder of the season.

Nick Adenhart - 1986-2009

It is a day of tremendous sadness for everyone in the Angels family, and in MLB.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Nick's family, the Angels family, and the families of all of those touched by the tragic accident this morning.

Angels information
OC Register story

Angels Drop Game 2

:  4R, 8H, 0E
:  6R, 16H, 1E

Well the Halos didn't waste any time in loosing a game this season, dropping the 2^nd one out of the gate.  Kevin Jepsen (L, 0-1, 1IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 18.00ERA) gets the blame and the loss in this game.  Facing only seven hitters, in the 7^th inning, he got shelled.  Darren Oliver (0.2IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 13.50ERA) didn't do too much better, in his brief appearance, facing only 5 hitters.  Jason Bulger (1.1IP, 1H, 1BB, 1K, 0.00ERA) tossed the last out in the 8^th and the 9^th to mop up.  Dustin Moseley (6.0IP, 9H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 4K, 4.50ERA) didn't look too bad in his outing, he looked like a #4/5 starter, pitching to contact - as evident by the number of hits by the A's.  No one looked outstanding offensively, with the exception of Kendry Morales (2-3, 1RBI, 1IBB, 3TB, 0LOB, .286) who looked like a demon at the plate, and Chone Figgins, who had his 1^st SB of the season, and Jeff Mathis, who scored from 3^rd on a WP by Trevor Cahill, on the basepaths.
Tonight, however, is another night, and will see Nick Adenhart (0-0, 0.00) facing Dana Eveland (0-0, 0.00) at 7:05PM.  We'll be talking about that game later today.

Game 2 of 162 - A's @ Angels

Well, here we go again, tonight is a 7:05 start time.  After last night's outing, tonight we see an interesting a not-so-interesting line-up for our Halos.
On the hill for the Halos is RHP Dustin Moseley (0-0, 0.00) and for the A's, making his MLB debut, is RHP Trevor Cahill (0-0, 0.00).
And the line-up:
Figgins - 3B
Kendrick - 2B
Abreu - RF
Guerrero - DH
Hunter - CF
Morales - 1B
Rivera - LF
Mathis - C
Aybar, E - SS

Halos Top A's

Final score
: 3R, 9H, 1E
:  0R, 3H, 0E

The Halos are 1-0 with their victory over the Oakland A's last night.  High points of the game were Howie Kendrick's (2-4, 1R, 2RBI, 1K) solo shot off of Braden (L, 0-1, 6IP, 9H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 3K, 1HR, 4.50ERA) in the 5th inning and 13 pitch 1-2-3 9th inning tossed by Fuentes (S, 1, 1IP, 0H, 0BB, 0K, 0.00ERA).  Joe Saunders (W, 1-0, 6.2IP, 3H, 2BB, 2K, 0.00ERA), who got the win, also looked sharp in his opening day outing.

Opening Day - LA Angels Host Oakland A's

Well, here we go, it's opening day...

0-0 vs. 0-0

Tonight's game, a 6:05 PM affair, features some interesting starters.  For the Halos, it is the projected #3 starter, Joe Saunders (0-0, 0.00) will be taking the mound.    Joe was 5-0 in 6 starts in '08 with a 3.18 ERA.  For the A's, it'll be Dallas Braden (0-0, 0.00).  Dallas was the projected #4 in the A's rotation coming into spring.  He was out of commission after September of '08 and was up and down to AAA before that.

UPDATE - Lineups:

Halos
Figgins, 3B
Kendrick, 2B
Abreu, RF
Guerrero, DH
Hunter, CF
Morales, 1B
Rivera, LF
Mathis, C
Aybar, E, SS

A's
Sweeney, R, CF
Cabrera, SS
Giambi, DH
Holliday, LF
Garciaparra, 1B
Chavez, 3B
Suzuki, C
Cust, RF
Ellis, 2B

Interesting that Mathis and not Nipples (Napoli) is behind the plate.  Also, interesting that Valdy is DH-ing with Rivera in LF and Abreu in RF... Wonder what Mike is thinking?