Wednesday, June 15, 2005 |
In Defeat, Defiance: Nationals 1, Angels 0
Drese turned out to have a surprisingly good outing -- staggeringly good, really -- and the Angels couldn't come up with a single to close the deal in the ninth. (The fact that Dallas McPherson choked with yet another strikeout was just another appropriate moment. Kid's gonna have to learn to knock off that swinging and missing stuff.) I still don't agree with Sean's assessment that there's a quality pitcher waiting to bust out in Drese. As far as I can tell, he's just Ben Weber with more stamina.
Colon, of course, pitched a great game, a complete game one-run effort that went bad, and with the Rangers picking up a win, the Angels' lead is down to a game and a half.
Update: Ah, the class and composure that is the Nats. Frank Robinson:
"Donnelly knows he's breaking the rules, believe me," Robinson said Wednesday before the final game of the three-game series. "Bud Black knows he's breaking the rules, believe me. Scioscia knows he's breaking the rules, believe me.But of course your reaction to being dressed down in return doesn't count, huh? Guillen, on what he learned from last year:"But they allowed him to continue to do it. They got caught last night and they got upset about it. That's the tightrope you walk if you're going to cheat."
"[Scioscia] was talking to me last year about respect and class and how we have to move on," Guillen said. "I don't care really much about Mike Scioscia.Oh, that's rich. The petulant brat can't handle himself on the field, and so now Mike's a piece of garbage? I can only imagine that Robinson, whose manufactured charge of Donnelly carrying sandpaper places his surprisingly weak character on display for all to see, has encouraged Guillen in this faulty line of thinking. But, never you mind; it'll be fun watching Robinson have a stroke after Guillen says or does something insubordinate, and he will, because Robinson then won't have a leg to stand on."I have no respect for him any more, because I'm still hurt from what happened last year. Mike Scioscia to me is like a piece of garbage. I don't care if I get in trouble. He can go to hell."
All this is to say Guillen has to hate somebody. Look out, Frank, lest he turn on you.
Update 5/16: Tina never needed you, Ike. Now slither back to your "career".
But Frank Robinson never brings out the lineup card except in the first game of the series. It had nothing to do with Scioscia.
I also agree that this series means little over the course of the season. It's the full table results that matter, no one series in June. And, if we're both in the hunt come late August, then both sides can feel good about that.
As for L'Affair Donnelly, it is over, it is done with. Enjoy the rest of the season. Take shots at Frank and Jose all you want. It no longer really matters.
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