****THE Official ALCS CHISOX vs. LAA Thread****

[Matt Williams]

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Man, I hope you're right. I've been a Sox fan all my life. I'd give anything to get to see them in the Series.

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Don't worry, Chicago has a good team. Enjoy your week win or lose. I am a Yankee fan, so I know what it's like. Just be prepared for sleepless nights and double guessing managers!

[Dominic]

Season series:

Angels 6
White Sox 4

No starting pitching? We don't know if Colon will pitch again this year,true...but Washburn will more than likely be ready for his next start...Escobar was the Angels #2 starter before getting hurt - but now he's healthy,and in the bullpen...but he's naturally available to start. Santana has been filling in for Escobar ever since Escobar was hurt and he has been putting up more-than respectable numbers. Both Shields and Gregg have have started games in the past, and the Angels will no doubt add 2 morepitchers to their playoff roster tomorrow. I think reports of the Angeles starting pitchers' demise are unwarranted.

As for the bullpen, Donnelly and Gregg haven't pitched much, Shields has a well-known rubber arm, and K-Rod excels in the post-season. Why would they be tired?

[JayLear]

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Escobar was the Angels #2 starter before getting hurt - but now he's healthy,and in the bullpen...but he's naturally available to start.

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Is this coming from the Angels, or speculation on your part? Escobar has been pitching strictly out of the pen since coming off the DL. I'd be surprised if they felt his arm was stretched out enough to start.

[Dominic]

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Escobar was the Angels #2 starter before getting hurt - but now he's healthy,and in the bullpen...but he's naturally available to start.

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Is this coming from the Angels, or speculation on your part? Escobar has been pitching strictly out of the pen since coming off the DL. I'd be surprised if they felt his arm was stretched out enough to start.

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With Colon's status unknown,it would not be surprising to see Escobarstart a game, if needed.

[B00T]

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plus the CWS can really hammer a weakened Angels bullpen

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A weakend Angels bullpen will give them just an average bullpen as their bullpen is usually leaps and bounds above most other teams'.

You heard this here first:::

<font color="red">The Angels will steal one game in this series by Scioscia just flat out owning Guillen in the manager's chess match.

Another bold prediction possibly coinciding with the above is Guillen will pull a Grady Little in this series and cost them a trip to the WS. </font>

[scott8]

Lackey owns the Sox and will pitch 2 games.

[Jorge10]

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Another bold prediction possibly coinciding with the above is Guillen will pull a Grady Little in this series and cost them a trip to the WS.

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Except his press conference wont be him trying to make excuses, it will go something like this.

Press: Why didnt you take out (insert pitcher)?
Guillien: [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored] (insert pitcher) [censored] [censored] [censored] [censored].

That will be it, and it will be one hell of a sound bite.

[LoaferGee12]

I'm still confused why people think the Angels bullpen is superior to the WSox.
Just going by our top 4 guys

Cotts: 1.94
Politte: 2.00
Hermanson: 2.04
Jenks: 2.75

We also have added El Duque who looks to be superior comin out of the pen.

Angels bullpen as far as i know it:

Rodriguez: 2.67
Shields: 2.75
Escobar: 3.00
Donnelly: 3.72

Am I missing something here?

[lastsamurai]

I heard on the angels radio that colon might not even be on the roster tomorrow. They will post the roster 10 AM PST

[LoaferGee12]

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I heard on the angels radio that colon might not even be on the roster tomorrow. They will post the roster 10 AM PST

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And my day gets better.