Anaheim Angels at New York Yankees, A.L. Division Series Game 1, October 1, 2002 

RU-vid never gave an explanation, other than a canned email saying I was engaging in "spam and scams." That, of course, was nonsense. I contacted them via Twitter; they said they would look into it, but replied 24 horus later with the same canned reply. They refused to say what was the "scam" or where I had "spammed" anybody. When a video is uploaded to RU-vid, they have algorithms that check for any rights claims. Most of the time, if a video or audio clip is flagged, it says that the claimant allows use of it so long as I don't charge and RU-vid can run ads on it. That's about 95% of the time. So they know it's there, but they grant permission anyway. With the rest, I can file an appeal. The claimant has 30 days to respond. 99% of the time, nothing happens. I always file an appeal based on the Fair Use doctrine, citing it was a live news report of a baseball game. I've never had a problem with that appeal, if anyone reads it at all. So what happened with the old channel? I think it was glitch on their end, and they refused to admit it. This time, I created three channels, one for baseball, so if one gets nuked the others remain.

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Just to show what fustercluck these algorithms are ... On another channel I just uploaded my tape of CNN's 9/11 coverage. It was blocked by a claim by a Romanian company that claimed it owns two minutes of that footage. Total nonsense. I filed an appeal, but it takes 48 hours minimum to clear. If the Romanian company actually responds and denies the appeal, then I have to delete the segment. RU-vid has no way to appeal a fraudulent claim.

@@StephensBaseballArchives I used to file claims. But it never works. I just make the edit to my videos if it means having to either mute or clip the segment, unfortunately.

@@TheBricksAndIvyArchive I've had pretty good luck. I've yet to lose a baseball game on appeal. On my other channels, I had a few that I lost, but I knew it was a risk, e.g. I just lost an episode of the PBS series "The American Experience." It was cleared, but then a day later it was blocked by PBS. I'm not going to win that one, so I deleted it. On the old channel, I uploaded a documentary about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. It was fine for a couple weeks, then I received an email from the creator asking me to remove it. I did, but I explained that I did due diligence to see if it was in circulation (it was released in 1987) and couldn't find it for sale anywhere. I once uploaded an old Griffith Observatory documentary narrated by Leonard Nimoy. It was the day he died; I wanted everyone to see this side of Leonard. I received an email a few days later from someone at Griffith. They were nice about it, and understood it was because of Leonard's passing, but they said it was still for sale in their gift shop. I think it boils down to where and how to pick your battles. :-)

He was a dope though

It was a washed out team

The Angels were just a great team that season.

They certainly didn't look like a team that won 103 games that year

​@@matthewholmes4278well like I said they were garbage 🗑️ due to the trading deadline.

Troy was good for the 9th inning, but his track record was that he didn't do so well when brought in to pitch in the 8th or earlier, especially in the middle of an inning. I think it was his mindset.

Weren't the Angels in the playoffs in 2014? I think they lost to the Royals.

@@ryanevans8566 Yes. The Halos had the best record in baseball in 2014, with Mike Trout taking home AL MVP honors. That Anaheim team is overlooked, because they got swept by KC in the ALDS. It was the only time in the 2010s the Angels have been in postseason play. And it's wait til next year again for the team in Red.

The Angels had scouted the Yankees and realized New York had poor arms in the outfield. The Angels had lots of speed and played "contact ball," putting the ball into play, which exploited those poor arms. That was the secret.

i dont know. Angels just were red hot. El duque was pitching fine in game 2. Games 3 and 4 angels were hitting everything

@@chrisforgioneMariano wasn’t going to blow it. El Duque already pitched 3 innings. Torre was an L

Ehhh NY sucks either way so tomatoe, tomato etc

if it wasnt for 2002, the Angels would be known as a cursed franchise, whether its LA-California-Anaheim-LAA

Yeah from 2002-2009 the Angels had a good run (1 WS Championship, 5 Division Titles with three ALCS appearances), but after that...terrible.

They lost the game what you talkin' about bro.

I would scream at the television not to pitch to Salmon and the Yankees would just let him beat them like a drum.