Halo Hotline

Offense, Where?

The Halos have no offense. Scioscia, it seems, was resting and protecting people from injuries.

Finally!!

Justin Speier is in the game and pitching for the Halos. This was an AWFUL outing for poor Joe Saunders. He should've never pitched to Thames in the 5th. Now Speier is in to keep the Halos close and looks SHARP.

Wood Hatred?

Well, surprisingly, I think, there is a LOT of Brandon Wood hatred in the stadium tonight. His poor AVG and his errors aren't helping either. The, "boo birds," are actually out.

A Better 2nd & Even Better 3rd

Saunders looked better, nutting up in the 2nd. The Halos looked fair in the bottom of the 1st offensively too. We still need better offense!

Saunders Without His Stuff?

VT Joe just doesn't look sharp today, he's struggled to get out of the first, giving up 3R on 32 pitches... And he got a visit from Mike Butcher... We'll see how it goes for him now.

Headed to the Big A

The HaloHotline team will be at the game tonight... Hopefully we will be able to do some mobbloging, stay tuned. If you're going to be at the game let us know, in the comments, and we can meet at the game.

Big Daddy Busts Out & The Defense Busts The DPs

Just Another Halo Victory ...
Two wins in two days... The Halos are looking sharp on defense and offense.  Vlad busted out tonight with his 2-4, 2HR, 4RBI night.  In addition, the wizards on defense pulled the pitcher's butts out of the fire with 3 DPs tonight, following 3 last night!  Tonight's glove work was done by two combos:

Rodriguez, S*-Izturis-Kotchman (2)
Kotchman-Izturis-Kotchman

Pitching today for the Halos in their win were:

Garland (W, 5-3, 6.0IP, 8H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 1K, 4.34ERA)
Arredondo (H, 1, 1.0IP, 2H, 1K, 2.25ERA)
Shields (H, 10, 1.0IP, 1BB, 1K, 3.72ERA)
Rodriguez, F (S, 19, 1.0IP, 1BB, 2.66ERA)

*Rookie

Headed To Canada

The Halos are heading to Toronto to confront the Blue Jays...  We'll have to see is Scioscia can get the offense moving again... It's tough with Figgy & HK on the DL and Vlad "slumping."  Maybe he needs Giambi's "golden thong."  Also, Lackey (0-0, 1.29 ERA) is taking the bump for his 2nd start, so, that's a good sign for us keeping the Jays under control.

Find the active roster (along with the rookies noted by a *) after the break.

The Justin Speier Line-ups Video

Well, we decided we didn't want MLB or FOX to sue us for infringing on their copyrights...so we're working on getting the video set up.... when we can have it online we will tell everyone.

The Cobra

The Cobra, AKA, Justin Speier did the Angels line up for FOX. This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. It'll be digitized after the game, stay tuned...