Maybe if the Angel pitchers would actually DRILL SOMEONE AND SEND A MESSAGE to the RedSox hitters, they might actually show they've got some halos!!!

Vlad hasn't been healthy the last THREE postseasons the Angels have been in... I seem to remember Vlad hitting a GRAND SLAM at Fenway in Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS ... before Scioscia screwed that game up by having Washburn pitch to Ortiz as Percival watched from the bullpen!!! When healthy, Vlad is a Monster... unfortunately, he hasn't been.

The thing with VALD is a team like the RED SOX wouldn't sign him onthe cheap. Theo hates players who are free swingers and don't work the count. VLAD is a great hitter when he connect but more times than not against a #1 on a staff he struggles. They know him and can pitch to him. He swings at evrything and for that he is very costly.

Vlad is like A-Rod in some ways but there are differences. He makes a little less money and Madonna won't screw Vlad.

nice 99...don't see you on this board today. guess your team couldn't live up to the hype AGAIN. and vlad is just another arod, only ugilier and stupider with less talent. can't get it done...have you clowns figured out no one is impressed by the regular season yet???

xvier25, its obvious you dont watch the Angels very often. Angels do get on base. Thats what they do best. they dont depend on power hitting. they depend on getting on base, stealing bases, hit and runs, suicide squeeze, first to third running, with the right players that is. vladdy shouldnt try that with a bumm knee. and now they have some power in the middle of the line up. teixeira, vladdy, hunter....and only 1 run, now thats frustrating. <br />im from Orange County so i love my Angels but i also grew up watching the dodgers so im rooting for them and a freeway series WS. thats would be wicked awesome!!! lol<br /><br />anyway, Santana has been our ace as of late and i think he will keep the the bahston bats on check while we smash on Dice-noK. He always allows base runners and the Angels are a scrappy team that will take advantage of that. theyve owned dice in every game that hes pitched. <br />GO HALOS!!!

There are plenty of insults going around here but the m-o-r-o-n-s that make this board intolerable are done for the day.<br /><br />I like to give people a hard time but do it short of insults. At least I try.<br /><br />I was in Anaheim in mid-July for the three game sweep. The Sox were'nt so tough on the Angels that weekend. It sucked.

Nice to be on a blog where people aren't constantly insulting one another. I'm an Angels fan and have been for years. Concerning Vlad. Yes, he is impatient at the plate. Yes, he swings at too many first pitches....<br /><br />But, maybe it's the reason that makes him such a great hitter. It obviously works for him and has for years. Now, if we could just find a way to keep him off the bases.....<br /><br />Good luck to both teams in the series. The Sox are always tough on the Angels in the playoffs. Maybe that was the understatement of the year.........

Angels/Dodgers World Series? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You funny! East coast owns the AL! Go Sox! Repeat!

I actually like the Angels.....just a little. They train in Tempe so I go to their spring training games. It's great after a long winter without baseball.

Yes. I'm from Rhode Island but I live in Phoenix now. I go to Anaheim every summer to see the Sox play if they have a weekend series vs the Angels. I've been four of the last six years.

Because every team knows the 'book on Vlad' he rarely gets a good first pitch. They'll bounce one or leave it way outside hoping he swings away and gets behind in the count. Nomar was the same way when he was young, a first ball fast ball hitter. I think he's changed a little.<br /><br />If Vlad held off the first pitch half the time he'd be ahead in the count and get better looks later in the at bat.<br /><br />I just don't think patience is in his nature. The man has talent and can hit any pitch, toes to nose as they say, but he'd be better off he didn't try to hit those pitches.

I actually like Vlad. You're corect about his need to use Manny as an example. Patience at the plate is a great asset if a player has it. I look at Vlad's impressive stats and wonder how much better they'd be if he was more disciplined.

There's no truth to the rumor that Vlad is being benched today so Mike can use him as a pinch runner late in the game.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, formerly the Anaheim Angels, formerly the California Angels, formerly the Los Angeles Angels..........a team of great tradition.......will not get out of the first round.<br /><br />Dice-K does walk too many batters. He's always pitching out of jams and drives Sox fans crazy with ten men on base every game. Tonight he's fortunate to be facing a team that chokes in a stadium that will be half empty in the ninth inning as the fair-weather Los Angeles fans of Anaheim leave when their team is down a few runs.<br /><br />It will be quiet when the Red Sox are giving high fives after the game.

The only thing that happened bad for Vlad was the base running error. He didn't hit anything out but he's getting base hits. You gotta love Vlad though. He's a down to Earth, truly good guy, I'd take him on my team any day! Dice K's gonna have a tough night tonite! GO ANGELS! GO VLADIMIR!

Take away Dice-K's walks this season, look at the numbers. Ace quality. He pitches better in the stretch with runners on base. Of course, you'd rather have clean innings, but he does the job and keeps the team in the game. The Angel's line-up can be incredibly dangerous, but I've seen nothing from Texeira, and it's been nothing but classic Vlad swinging away. Should be interesting to see how Santana does tonight against the Sox, he had a nice year.

How about an Angel Dodger WS??? screw the east coast!

Before the Dodgers/Cubs' NLDS began, I think Ken stopped short of taking the Dodgers to win this series. The way Manny Ramirez has been hitting the baseball, the timely execution & the solid pitching, I won't be shocked if the Dodgers finish the job at home last tomorrow night. Besides, Manny is playing for another fat contract in the offseason, and 2 homers in the first 2 games of this series certainly helps his chances.

The only real Los Angeles team getting out of the first round will be the Dodgers. Bring back the Anaheim Angels.