Monday, May 31, 2004 |
Shoney Showed 'Em: Chisox 11, Angels 2
Dear Batgirl,RecapSometimes trades backfire. What Dodger fan doesn't remember the Pedro Martinez/Delino Deshields trade? Well, now Angels fans have something to remember the Chisox for, though maybe not quite as traumatic as trading the most dominant pitcher of our era for a total bust: the Scott Schoeneweis/Tim Bittner trade. Bittner's doing well in the minors, but he's also unable to help a rotation that looks like a bunch of kittens on the mound against the Chisox, or as you call 'em, the Bitch Sox. It's a bitch, ain't it?
Lackey, the then-rookie hero of the 2002 World Series Game 7, hasn't ever looked that good since, and a bunch of us Angels fans are wondering what's happened. Is big John getting cocky? Or has he lost his confidence? Did losing on opening day in 2003 to the -- gulp -- last place Texas Rangers unhinge him? Whatever, he's never been the same since.
I didn't watch the game -- I was attending the going away party of a friend moving to New Hampshire (of all the crazy, wrong places to move to) -- but when I got out and turned on the radio, it was already 7-1, and things just went south from there. Ben Weber got another chance to pitch batting practice, and that he did. Shane "Can't Hit, Can't Field" Halter got another chance to "play" third. And Raul "Sarcoma" Mondesi "DH'd" (0-2, 1 walk). Really, we wanted to help out your Twins, we truly did. It's just that Scioscia wouldn't make out a lineup card to get that done. Who knows, maybe Ortiz will work his way back into the rotation.
Love,Rob
1) Schoeneweis isn't this good. He'll fall apart- I promise you.
2) Bittner is going to make an impact in the Major Leagues.
3) The Angels had to make the deal. Schoeneweis made himself a clubhouse cancer, not to mention the fact that he sucked big time.
“Oh, and by the way, if "clubhouse cancer" is a reason to keep a guy off the roster, how comes it we've picked up Raul Mondesi?”Raul Mondesi has the reputation of being a clubhouse cancer, and while that's probably an accurate assessment, the Angels think that if you surround him friends from the DR it won't be a problem. Whether that’s right or wrong, who knows? Right now the Mondesi = cancer theory is really just conjecture.
Now it is a fact that Schoeneweis became a cancer in his last months with the Angels. His teammates and especially the fans genuinely disliked Shoney. That is what forced the Angels to trade him.
Also I’d like to point out that I was against the Mondesi deal, largely because of his reputation.
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