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Monday, July 11, 2005 |
UTK Quick Hits
From today's UTK:
- On Bonds: There’s ... a good bit of internal discussion about keeping Moises Alou in LF and playing Bonds in the smaller RF or even at 1B. I still think that once Bonds starts swinging, things will come together very quickly, making any sort of timeframe difficult at best to determine. Update: Bonds in right? That's crazy. Right at SBC is full of crooked corners and balls that deflect obliquely off everything. It's not called Triples Alley for nothing; putting Bonds out there would be begging for him to rip up his surgically repaired knee with all the sideways stress he'd be putting on it.
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On the Dodgers: The Dodgers, Braves, and Yankees deserve special mention for having a ton of key injuries yet staying within hailing distance of the playoffs. Instead of blaming the medical staffs or the GMs, we should be giving them credit.
Update 2: Forgot this comment: We had a Greg Miller sighting in Vero Beach. One of my best spring training sources says that Miller looks “ordinary” in his rehab work there... Welcome to the bigs, kid.
- Angels: The Angels have a bit of a cushion in the AL West, allowing them to overcome some injuries and get their players the rest they need. Unfortunately, the injuries are starting to pile up. Orlando Cabrera is starting to think seriously about surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. A few years back, Rich Aurilia missed only two weeks after having the surgery, so this is one where doing it sooner might be significantly better than later. The Angels should get CF Steve Finley back shortly after the break. Finley and his magnets hope to get his season back on track despite a shoulder injury that devastated his bat control.
Frankly, the longer Cabrera stays out, the happier I am, though I'm willing to amend that if the bone spur has been affecting his swing. Ditto for Finley's shoulder trouble. Shoulder injuries, as Angels fans should know from Troy Glaus last year, are hard to diagnose properly and tend to be long-lasting once they get started. My uninformed speculation is that fifteen days without playing won't help enough to get Fins' swing back, and he'll need a whole offseason to get back into fighting shape.
Comments:
Braves record 50-39
Yankees record 46-40
Dodgers record 40-48
Talk about a dodger apologist. There is a difference between being 11 games over .500 and 8 games under.
Yankees record 46-40
Dodgers record 40-48
Talk about a dodger apologist. There is a difference between being 11 games over .500 and 8 games under.
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: 7/11/2005 05:49:00 PM
: 7/11/2005 05:49:00 PM
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