The Halo Fan ([info]halofan) wrote,
@ 2004-10-05 21:45:00
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A.L.D.S. GAME 1
Well, we did have runners on base during every inning until the 8th.

Oh well, better to have the pitching duel game also be the blowout game.

At the moment of the first hard chopper to Figgins the first thing you think is why not Amezaga at 3rd and Figgy at 2nd. What a mess.

Washburn was basically okay. If the throw home is a double play, he goes five and gives up three.

We can go on and on form there. Boston seized the moment and the momentum. All we can hope for is a good game out of Bartolo, as our sticks can definitely do it.

We were going to take Amtrack down but at Union Station this morning, Amtrak employee J.R. Lacy held up the line for no reason other than he could, made us all wait in a line and then the train left. It left. My girlfriend and I jogged back to the parking structure, hopped in her Toyota and hit the 5 South, but others waiting to get on the Southbound Surfliner were stranded. Never gonna be a big league team if we cannot take public transportation to the game. You can get to Yankee Stadium on the subway, Arte, but you are at the mercy of this slovenly apathete for a playoff game. All around bad.

Lot of drunken idiot Boston transplants got arrested at the game. Go back to your Wooster Winters.

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figgins
(Anonymous)
2004-10-06 10:40 am UTC (link)
My journey to see the Angels get their ass kicked in game one.

My buddy and I jumped in our car at 11:45 am. We live no more than ten minutes from the stadium. We jump on the 57 fwy going south towards the ballpark, we bogart our way onto the Katella off ramp(mistake number one). It is stop dead. 12:05 pm. We take the right lane of the three lane off ramp and think if we flip a bitch at the next signal all things will be good (mistake number two). We make the right turn and are in the left turning lane going into Hooters, where we flip the bitch. No dice-chaos. I assess the situation and decide to turn right from the left hand turn lane going into Hooters, which is four maybe five lanes of traffic, to the other side of the street thinking i can finally make my u-turn and get back on Katella and head towards the stadium (mistake number three). Crossing all the lanes of traffic, flipping the U-turn on the side street; all easy, done in a matter of seconds. Just turning left onto Katella... Oh yeah, 12:30 pm. We waited at the signal for a good 10 minutes to turn left. We were also first in line to turn left. It was as if the Anaheim Traffic and Police peeps have never had more than 18 people go to Angel game until today. Nevertheless we make the turn and we are back on Katella; us and 25,000 other people all wearing red and i am wondering how come all the other sellouts i can get into the park in a few minutes and today i feel like Gary Bettman trying to get a hold Bob Goodenow during the NHL Lock Out. Oh yeah, it is 12:45 and we are staring at Hooters and XTRA 690 signs. All i can think about when i see this is how Mychael Thompson and Vic the Brick Jacobs think Kobe is innocent and he never did anything wrong. How the Mighty 690 became the propaganda machine for the Lakers and how retarted they all have become. It is now 12:55 pm and we are hoping they are going to delay the start of the game for tv issues, but we realize that the Dodgers are getting their asses handed to them so there will be no delay. Thanks Dodger Blue. From our position on Katella we can hear fireworks and other noise... The starting lineups... 1:00 pm we are turning right to go into the ball park. My buddy who is as frustrated as I am makes a joke that he is willing to pay $10 for parking as oppossed to the $8 just to speed things up. At this point, if you can get us in the park before the second inning we would pay $20. How funny, parking is $10 and it didn't speed up anything and we roll in to the park. We meet up with some friends who have been keeping some burgers warm for us for the better part of an hour as well as a parking space. The first inning has started and our friends inform us that they have been ticketed for drinking. No open containers, no bottles, no cans, just a poor sap with a cup of cheap light beer in a red cup. Go Halos! The Playoff's are a new world with new rules none of which changes the game on the field. It is 1:30 and we are walking into the park; it is the top of the 2nd inning and we are down by one.

cupie

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[info]halofan
2004-10-06 06:43 pm UTC (link)
Gotta love the 5 FWY South Diamond Lane.

Next time, take Wayne's whiskey flask and a six pack of Pepsi!

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