Five Mid-Series Questions with Halos Heaven

by Randy Booth on Oct 10, 2009 5:00 PM EDT in News Comment 8 comments

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Boston Red Sox's Hideki Okajima walks back to the clubhouse from the dugout through a cloud of smoke after the Red Sox loss 4-1 to the Los Angeles Angels in Game 2 of the American League division baseball series Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

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Down 0-2 in the series, I figured, "Hey, how about I ask Rev Halofan from Halos Heaven some questions?" It seemed like a good idea at 2 a.m.

Rev's ridiculous and unfiltered answers after the jump (OK, so maybe there's a hint of sensationalism in that sentence. Sue me).

OTM: The Angels stole their first base in game two. All the experts predicted the Angels would "run wild" over the Sox. Is this somewhat a surprise, or did you expect this?

Because most analysts cannot pinpoint Mike Sciosica's managing, they find the baserunning and fixate on it. This team does not live by speed alone.

OTM: So, word on the street was that the Angels' bullpen sucked. What happened? Who lied?

It was a work in progress and Scioscia finally found the right way to tinker with it... but it is STILL a work in progress.

OTM: How good is this Angels team compared to any other postseason team in the past 10 years?

Best starters, best overall offense although with less pop than 2002 but all around situational the best, best defense, bullpen is the worst Sciosica has ever had and it is scotch taped up every night in a slightly different permutation by Scioscia.

OTM: Finish the sentence: "If the Angels lose the next three games, I, Rev HaloFan, will ________________."

Be blaming Brian Fuentes.

OTM: Predict game five. Don't hold back, either.

Against the Yankees or the Rockies?

I tried to be optimistic by asking him to predict game five. He had none of that.

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Love it

by Justin_Bobo on Oct 10, 2009 5:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Last q is well played, Rev.

I gotta admit. But it ain’t over till its over.

Well, Yankee fans, there is ONE thing we can agree on: We're all smarter than Madonna.

by BoSox415 on Oct 10, 2009 5:34 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Grady Francona

Was I the only fucking one screaming at him to take Beckett out after the first guy reached in the 7th and actually calling the Stadium after the second guy does?

by www.SoxTherapy.Net on Oct 10, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

after the HBP (of Napoli)

I knew it was time to pull the plug…

I thought Becks was just too mad

by fenwaypark97 on Oct 10, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's one of the silliest things I've ever read

Beckett was at 85 pitches after walking Vladdy. The game was tied, 1-1. After the walk, Beckett got the next two hitters. The Sox’ pen hasn’t been great, and isn’t it very deep right now. All told, Beckett threw 103 pitches in the game. You have to give one of your best starters a chance to get out of the inning. You don’t play mix and match on the road in a tie game, unless you want to burn your pen (which is a dumb thing to do when your team is having trouble scoring runs).

Beckett was in great shape pitch count-wise going into the 7th. And he was one hitter away from getting out of the inning without much damage. He made a bad pitch to Aybar—and Ellsbury was playing way too shallow.

This is totally different than what Grady did. Anyone who understands baseball knows that. Grady left a spent Pedro in a game, when every scouting report noted that Pedro had trouble after 100 pitches. The Sox had a 3 run lead and 6 outs to get. That’s the time to play mix and match (especially since it was Game 7). But Grady didn’t like stats, match-ups, or scouting reports. He was the a gut-feeling manager and it failed. Tito understands scouting, match-ups, and stats. The two managers couldn’t be more different in their approach to the game.

I have no complaints with Tito’s management of his pitching last night. You can bitch all you like and blame the manager for the loss. But here’s a simple fact: few teams win games with only four hits. If you want to blame anyone, blame the hitters.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Oct 10, 2009 8:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs