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Sunday, May 23, 2004 |
Angels Bench Makes Gammons' Most Surprising List
Peter Gammons published his "Better Than Advertised" list, and not surprisingly, Chone Figgins is on it:
[Figgins has] played short, third, center. He's a good leadoff hitter. "He's on base when he hits the ball on the ground, but he hits pitches you don't think he'll hit because he's got surprising bat speed." Going into Sunday's game, Figgins, Robb Quinlan, Jeff DaVanon, Jose Molina and Casey Kotchman were hitting between .286 and .375.Good stuff, and no kidding. I just keep wondering when the magic will wear off. We're playing the Blue Jays and Chisox this week, while the A's plays Boston and Cleveland, and the Rangers play the Chisox and Jays in the reverse order. There's no cakewalks and no hope of getting Anderson back soon, so we've gotta keep the kids hot. Good luck, guys....
Figgins has been a surprise, as has been the entire Angels bench. So has Kevin Gregg, who they think has starter stuff but right now is replacing Brendan Donnelly setting up for Francisco Rodriguez and Troy Percival. Rodriguez and Gregg allowed 33 hits, six earned runs and struck out 61 in their first 48 2/3 innings. Everyone thought the Angels would be good, but to have the best record in the league with Garret Anderson, Troy Glaus, Tim Salmon, Darin Erstad and Donnelly all hurt?
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