Friday, July 09, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
New Home For John Hill
Arrive In The Third... passes on the fact that John Hill has a new home at Chavez Ravine. I'm not much on MVN's stable of writers; many of them are barely literate. John should therefore be a substantial improvement over their current roster.Purgatory Online Returns
... and thank heaven, this time with a review of 1997's "White Flag" trade by the Chisox. Welcome back to one of my absolute favorite bloggers.Pride
... goeth before a fall, but thanks to our recently clobbered friends in Arizona who went on to clobber the Giants last night, the Dodgers are now in first place. Woot!Sweet Mother Of Randy Johnson
... not this rumor again.Many say the Angels would be front-runners for Johnson — he owns a home in Newport Beach, has a good relationship with Moreno and has said he has no interest in playing in New York, and the Angels are one of the few organizations with the high-caliber prospects to satisfy the Diamondbacks' trade demands.I'm glad he said that, because it means the team will still have a productive farm system; guys like Kotchman, no matter how weakly he may have hit in his first test, don't grow on trees, and neither do D-Mac and Mathis. All three of these guys will fill absolute need positions in the coming years.Relations between Colangelo and Moreno have been strained since Moreno, former minority owner of the Diamondbacks, tried to buy out his Arizona partners in 2001, and those close to Colangelo say he would be reluctant to deal Moreno a player who could help the Angels win the World Series.
The Angels also might balk at the idea of mortgaging a good chunk of their future for a pitcher who has virtually no cartilage left in his right knee. [emphasis mine]
"My philosophy hasn't changed, and I don't see it changing," Angel General Manager Bill Stoneman said Thursday. "The strength of any organization is its scouting and player development, and I'm not going to disrupt that to jeopardize the future."
Best single line from this story: "Scioscia, who is convinced Colon's problems are mechanical, doesn't want Colon to feel pressured to turn it around immediately." Immediately? What, seven losses aren't enough to prove he's a lost cause?
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