Check out this graphic I made...

Not much of an artist, but I was trying to make a graphic to my Angels Blog, First 2 Third.net. I haven't made it the official graphic just yet, but I'd love to hear your opinions.

Rain Delays be Damned: Game 6 Karma for the Angels

Building some Angel Karma, lets win Game 5

Are you kidding me!?! Hunter is the man!!!

R.I.P. Nick Adenhart

What I don't know about Nick Adenhart could fill volumes, however what I do know about Nick Adenhart makes this story seem ever so tragic. A prized prospect who only last night pitched a great six innings of baseball for my beloved Baseball team. And some idiot who decided it would be okay to drive while intoxicated ended Adenhart's lfe. "Adenhart, 22, made his season debut against Oakland on Wednesday night, shutting out the A's for six innings in a game the Angels eventually lost, 6-3. A 14th-round Draft choice in 2004, Adenhart made his Major League debut on May 1 last season and pitched in three games, going 1-0 in the three starts..." according to MLB.com

I'm sure many will write more indept about the person, the player, and the tragedy. However the tears that fill my eyes are all I can shed. Its a horrible tragedy, another friend has passed away whom I never got to meet.

God Bless You Nick Adenhart, please keep him in your prayers.

I love my daughter...

This is old but I still think its awesome. Durning the week of the World Series I had picked up my beautiful daughter Lily from day care. As we are driving home, I turned on the Home of the Angels AM830 KLAA. The afternoon drive time program is called "The Drive with Dave Smith" I enjoy his program as he has an undeniable Angels bias and thats exactlly what I want to hear in my sports programing. Anyway, Smith starts talking about Angels 1st Basemen Mark Teixeria. Big Tex who is now a free agent is being persued by the Boston Red Sox. Smith announces he thinks Teixeria will be signing with the Red Sox. Lily starts yelling BOO!!! Because it's increasingly getting closer to Halloween I ask her "Are you being a ghost?" Lily's reply was priceless. "No Daddy, we boo the Red Sox!" After I errupted with laughter, which she joined in, I realized, I must be a candidate for Father of the Year! I shared that with some baseball bloggers I visit on occasion. They gave me this joke.

“I am a Red Sox fan,” a first-grade teacher explains to her class. “Who likes the Red Sox?”

Everyone raises their hand except one little girl.

“Janie,” the teacher says, surprised. “Why didn’t you raise your hand?”

“I’m not a Red Sox fan.”

“Well, if you are not a Red Sox fan, then what team do you like?”

“The Angels,” Janie answers.

“Why in the world are you a Angels fan?”

“Because my mom and dad are Angels fans.”

“That’s no reason to be a Angels fan,” the teacher replies, annoyed. “You don’t have to be just like your parents. What if your mom and dad were morons? What would you be then?”

“A Red Sox fan.”

The ALDS be a hash mistress.

100 Wins and 62 Losses in the regular season and the best record in baseball does not seem to translate well in post season success. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have been able to clutch on to defeat out of the welcoming hand of victory against the Boston Red Sox. As the series stands the Angels are down 2 games to zero and will be having quite the akward trip to Boston.

Last night game proved to me that there is a mystic about facing the Red Sox that our franchise just cannot shake. Pitching that has been lights out, becomes vunerable. Offense that has been on fire is quickly exstinguished. It feels as if the Angels bottom of the batting order has fallen down a proverbial rabbit whole, but instead of finding a wonderland on the other side we've found an inability to count on offense from anyone not named Torri, Vladimir, or Mark. And a team who is know for its base running seems to become lost. More so, guys who play the best defense in the bigs, mutate into little league players. Bear in mind, the Red Sox are playing hurt and last night's game did not include Mike Lowel or Jed Lowrie. And last years most intimidating hitter, Manny Ramirez is playing for a different team and wiley veteran Curt Schilling remains on the DL.

The Angels join their National League Counterpart the Chicago Cubs, The Milwaukee Brewers, and the Chicago White Sox as teams who are down 2-0. Although it is unlikely, the Angels still have an opportunity to take the best of five series. I'm naturally a pessimistic and I find it especially hard to be optimistic about the Angels opportunities at the Green Monster. Much like the Angels offense I have fallen down the rabbit whole. Unfortunately there is no wonderland for me either. In fact there is just a bad taste in my mouth and a cornicopia of bitterness. I will be watching the game on Sunday with one hand over my eye, peeking through. As if the last few years of suffering through playoff loses have taught me anything; ghost, ghouls, and goblins don't make the month of October frightning, it is the way the Angels play haunts me year after year.

The Lily Show: Lily Cheering for the late inning Rally!