Halo Hotline

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.

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.

Booze at US Cellular...The Cause of Blind Umpires

Vodka Lemonade $6.75

What can you say about this? Maybe the cause of last year's umpiring issues.

Arrival

US Cellular Field

Tons of rowdy fans on the El. Reminds me of Boston. Except I was on the train with the Michigan State softball team and several of them were Halo fans so that helped when the VERY drunk college kid, and Sox's fan, declared to all of us that he was going to P**S himself and make sure it got on every Angel fan on the train.

Reporting From Chi-Town

Well, sitting here in the hotel room, looking at a grey and gloomy sky. It's cool and overcast. I won't be hopping on public transportation (Red Line) until after I post the line-ups. Let's hope that this blogger doesn't get killed wearing his Halo gear into the South Side of Chi-Town. I'm sitting just down the RF line past the dugout, I'll try to update the blog, if it's appropriate, from the field. I have a feeling that this will be an interesting evening for the Halos.

ChiTown

I'll be traveling to CHI-Town this week for business and I'm going to catch at least one game from US Cellular Field between the ChiSox and the Halos, if anyone has suggestions on activities, post them here.

Victory

Liz with the sparkling halo in the background

Bottom 8

Inning starts out with a stupid fan charging the field, then a K by AK. 6-3 by Figgy and a fly out to right by OC. Here we go, into the top of 9 for the win. It's time for K-Rod. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.

Top 9

Can he close the game, or, make it close? Juice is leading off, and he goes down, on the shift, 4-3. Here's Matsui, HOUR to right to pull within 1. Guess it's a make it close night. Here's Posada with 1 out, and the crowd is getting loud, big K, here's Cano, woith 2 out. The crowd is on it's feet, 0-2 count, now 1-2, now 2-2, not who you want up if you're a Yank fan, but, he singles to left. Now we have Bernie pinch hitting, 2 out, tying run on 1st, he's swinging freely, 0-2 count, and a wild pitch gets the runner into scoring position, 1-3 the halo's win and J-Rod sets a new club record for consecutive saves, with 21. Bring out the brooms tomorrow. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.