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Thursday, September 09, 2004 |
Money For Nothing: Blue Jays 1, Angels 0
Like I said, you've gotta beat the bad teams, a lesson the Angels got the hard way last night as the Red Sox pounded the A's 8-3. That is, they could have advanced to a game behind Oakland. You want to know why I don't think the Angels will be there when it's all done? It's games like this one. League of Angels reminds us that earlier this year the Angels walloped Miller for five earned runs in one inning. When a guy comes into a game with a 5.64 ERA, you'd think the Angels would have a chance of beating him. Sheesh.
To divert you from the immediacy of the Angels' problems, Chronicles has a good column about K-Rod's ascendency into the Angels firmament, now that he has the single-season club lead in strikeouts in relief, overtaking the cipher De Wayne Buice. It's not surprising, though; baseball gives you lots of things to count. Put it this way: does anybody remember the guy Kotchman displaced as a rookie with the longest no-strikeout run after being called up? Anyone? Angels history is full of guys like that.
To divert you from the immediacy of the Angels' problems, Chronicles has a good column about K-Rod's ascendency into the Angels firmament, now that he has the single-season club lead in strikeouts in relief, overtaking the cipher De Wayne Buice. It's not surprising, though; baseball gives you lots of things to count. Put it this way: does anybody remember the guy Kotchman displaced as a rookie with the longest no-strikeout run after being called up? Anyone? Angels history is full of guys like that.
Comments:
Sadly, I think you might be right that the Angels aren't going to make into the post-season because of performances like last night's loss to the Jays.
On Escobar's poor run support, I think what happened in the first half was the Angels hitters got lax because they knew he would probably pitch well. People describe him as the team's most consistent starter, which is true. It's also true that he's been their ONLY consistent starter. What's happened in the second half is that the hitters, realizing they weren't giving him run support, have been overthinking and trying too hard to remedy the situation.
On Escobar's poor run support, I think what happened in the first half was the Angels hitters got lax because they knew he would probably pitch well. People describe him as the team's most consistent starter, which is true. It's also true that he's been their ONLY consistent starter. What's happened in the second half is that the hitters, realizing they weren't giving him run support, have been overthinking and trying too hard to remedy the situation.
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