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Saturday, October 02, 2004 |
Pickoff Moves, Saturday Regrouping Edition
A Remembrance
From two years ago, for Angels fans who need reminding (as if!) or Dodgers fans who need hope:Terry Smith: ... and the 3-2 pitch is belted to right field...Scott Spiezio: (voiceover) I knew it would have a chance, but it felt like a half hour going to first base, saying, go out, please God, let it go out somehow.
Jon Miller: ... going back Sanders, to the warning track ...
Spiezio: I was standing on first base. I don't think I've done that my whole career where I've actually been standing on first base, waiting for the ball to go out.
Miller:... to the wall, it's gone! A home run! And Spiezio has made it a two-run game! The Angels are breathing, and right back into it!
The Grass Is Always Greener If It's Halo Red
Richard incites the baseball gods to smite us with select quotes from Athletics Nation posters. I had the same idea, but with a different quote, this one about player usage:Hopefully, this year will teach Beane and Macha, and more importantly Schott and Hoffman, a lesson about personnel management regarding injuries and exhaustion.In other words, Scioscia's wacky lineups -- including last night's, which started Alfredo Amezega and Adam Riggs, two guys of dubious major league pedigree -- look better to at least one A's fan then their own. Is this a consequence of an A's farm system in decline? Or is it just that they're more beaten down this year than last? Whatever, the thing that strikes me as totally ridiculous is that Scioscia, who follows those guidelines frequently, builds toxic lineups all the time, much to the consternation of Angels fans. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.Again and again, we see the A's:
- running guys out there who have "double-secret probation" injuries
- mis-managing platoon situations
- failing to give regular starters enough time off during the season
- not staggering the rest days of regulars (i.e., resting two or three regulars on the same day)
- not giving bench players enough semi-regular time to stay fresh
- having the front office and the field manager 180 degrees apart regarding the utility of certain players on the 25-man roster
- not being willing to throw rookie position players in to the mix mid-season (especially minor-leaguers for whom we don't have long-range plans)
Steve Bauman On Stone's Comments
Mike Bauman has some interesting things to say about the boiling pot of water Steve Stone suddenly finds himself in. Cut to the chase: "The Cubs are apparently on the lookout for enemies. For a while, they seemed to have found one in their very own TV booth. But Steve Stone wasn't the Cubs' problem Friday. Their problems were the Atlanta Braves and themselves, not necessarily in that order."Ichiro Does It
259. I don't speak Japanese, so I'll just say it in English: Congratulations, Ichiro!
Comments:
Omodeto-Gozaimasu (Congratulations inJapanese)
eyespy - Go Halos Beat the A's
eyespy - Go Halos Beat the A's
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