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Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves
Colon, First Angels 20-Game Winner Since Ryan?
According to the Times, Bartolo Colon could be the first Angels pitcher to be a 20-game winner since Nolan Ryan in 1974.A's 8, Mariners 1
Ichiro hit his fifth career leadoff home run, but it was all the scoring the M's could muster against the A's, who pounded them 8-1. Barry Zito got the win, and Jamie Moyer took the loss for the Mariners; Moyer gave up seven earned runs. Marco Scutaro homered in the win, Eric Chavez went 3-5, and Bobby Crosby got three RBIs on the night. The A's are 16-8 in June, four games under .500 at 36-40, and 11 games back of the Angels.Mike Scioscia, Queen For A Day
Drama queen, that is, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:Frank Robinson hadn't made anyone look this bad since the Cincinnati Reds traded him to the Baltimore Orioles for Milt Pappas, Jack Baldschun and Dick Simpson.Five stars? It's worth noting that George Steinbrenner and Mike Tyson only got four; what was Ray Buck thinking?Scioscia -- one of the good guys in baseball -- missed the point when Robinson, manager of the surprising Washington Nationals, recently called out Los Angeles Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly for having pine tar on his glove. Donnelly was inspected, ejected and suspended.
Scioscia got in Robinson's face, then ordered one of the Nats pitchers checked out for a loose string on his glove.
"It happens with a lot of pitchers," Scioscia said of the pine-tar incident.
Sure. And it's only cheating when you're caught.
RATING: * * * * *
Via the Times.
Hot Prospects
Baseball America's Hot Sheet lists Andy LaRoche of the Dodgers and Brandon Wood of the Angels third and fourth respectively, noting their fine offensive performances this year. Also "In the Team Photo", RHP Justin Orenduff of the Dodgers. Update: ... and Howie Kendrick of the Angels.
Comments:
I sent the following e-mail to Ray Buck and got a response. He didn't really answer the question though.
To: Buck, Ray
Subject: Drama Queen
Thanks for that great article. I mean if there is a
sports figure who is always drawing attention to
himself for the sake of attention it's got to be Mike
Scioscia. Have you ever heard an interview with
Scioscia? It's text book, "one game at a time,"
"110%," "so and so pitched a great game, just left one
pitch over the plate and got burned."
Mike Scioscia was made to look silly by the pine tar
situation and reacted poorly, but how this vaults him
over TO and Mike Tyson is just kinda funny. Are you
grasping at straws trying to give Ranger fans a reason
to "hate" (in a rivalry sense) the Angels?
Either way, very cute,
Scott
Subject:RE: Drama Queen
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005
From: "Buck, Ray" rbuck@star-telegram.com
Scott,
I appreciate the thoughtful email.
You may find this interesting [I was just told by my editors] ... that
in today's L.A. Times is a story on the story. In it, Scioscia had some
witty remarks to the D.Q. charge. Apparently, the players were kidding
him, and four copies of the story were signed to raise money for
charity. So says the L.A. Times story ...
Again, thanks for your comments,
Best,
Ray
To: Buck, Ray
Subject: Drama Queen
Thanks for that great article. I mean if there is a
sports figure who is always drawing attention to
himself for the sake of attention it's got to be Mike
Scioscia. Have you ever heard an interview with
Scioscia? It's text book, "one game at a time,"
"110%," "so and so pitched a great game, just left one
pitch over the plate and got burned."
Mike Scioscia was made to look silly by the pine tar
situation and reacted poorly, but how this vaults him
over TO and Mike Tyson is just kinda funny. Are you
grasping at straws trying to give Ranger fans a reason
to "hate" (in a rivalry sense) the Angels?
Either way, very cute,
Scott
Subject:RE: Drama Queen
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005
From: "Buck, Ray" rbuck@star-telegram.com
Scott,
I appreciate the thoughtful email.
You may find this interesting [I was just told by my editors] ... that
in today's L.A. Times is a story on the story. In it, Scioscia had some
witty remarks to the D.Q. charge. Apparently, the players were kidding
him, and four copies of the story were signed to raise money for
charity. So says the L.A. Times story ...
Again, thanks for your comments,
Best,
Ray
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