Friday, July 23, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves
Dodgers 3, Padres 2
One day, age will catch up to Gagné. Naturally, we want to think of him as he is now, dominant, the reason, almost, we show up to the ballpark: the chance to see him pitch. One day last year, the team had an unexpected outburst of offense in the eighth, and the crowd started chanting, "Don't score! Don't score!" knowing Gagné might not come out with a four-run lead.One day, Gagné will become Rod Beck. Tonight, though, he's the winning pitcher. Thanks, Belly.
Angels 8, Mariners 2
Didn't watch it. In fact, I didn't watch anything but the last inning and a half of the Dodgers game -- as you can imagine, I'm a little bit freaked right now.Figgins now has the fourth-highest VORP of any AL third baseman right now, higher even than Eric Chavez. With another homer under his belt, it's conceivable he's got even higher numbers.
A Kiss Is Just A Kiss...
... unless it's a kiss-off, which Doug Krikorian applies to the Angels in this Press-Telegram article:Vladimir Guerrero is a marvelous hitter, but, oh, is he a dumb one late in the game when relievers, knowing Guerrero's penchant for swinging at anything, routinely get him out in clutch situations on errant pitches he should ignore.No wonder, indeed. Sorry stuff, and I have to say I agree with it.The fellow batting behind him, Jose Guillen, is just as careless.
These two guys might be the worst situational hitters in their sport.
But, still, the Angels have unraveled because of their faulty pitching, not their undisciplined hitting.
I don't blame Ramon Ortiz for being peeved at Mike Scioscia. The guy has been remanded to the bullpen where he has watched with growing dissatisfaction one lame performance after another by the Angels' starters, especially by the wealthiest of them all, Mr. Colon.
What a bust this guy has been, irrespective of his better-than- average performances in his last three starts, including Thursday's three-hit, seven-inning effort against the Texas Rangers.
Mike Scioscia should stop being Colon's enabler.
Instead of insisting that Colon is a mere "five to six pounds over his usual weight,' Scioscia should in no uncertain terms let Colon know he's in terrible shape and that he should drop at least 40 of the 270-or-so pounds he's lugging around on his bulging anatomy.
No wonder the New York Yankees and many other major league teams took a pass on Colon during the offseason.
Congratulations, Jon?
Jon is offline, leading to speculation his wife's in labor. Best wishes, regardless, Jon.Yankees 8, Red Sox 7
"My ineptness and their good at-bats in [the fifth and sixth] were the game, in my mind," said Schilling.Seven earned runs for Schilling, though Foulke got tagged with the loss. Schilling isn't the Yankee-killer he once was. Or maybe today wasn't his day. The replays on ESPN showed a badly beaten Schilling sobbing uncontrollably in the dugout after he'd been pulled.
Nine and a half back. Only the NL West (25.5 games between the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks) has a bigger spread between the top and bottom teams (20.5 between the Yanks and Blue Jays).
this is looking like a team of destiny.
dodgers v. cards NLCS? would be awesome series.
mattkew
: 7/24/2004 12:05:00 AM
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