Thursday, September 01, 2005 |
Today Is Brought To You By The Letter Q And The Number 54: Angels 3, A's 0
Anyway, with Magic on the mound at home and at night (is he a vampire or something?), everything was in his favor about as much as it could be. The kid just dealt his way through the game, and when he got in trouble, managed to pull a GIDP out'n his hat to get out of the only real jam he got into, with men on the corners in the eighth.
So, we're back to the ol' knife fight to the death again, with the Angels facing a relatively light schedule, and the hobbled A's -- minus Crosby, Rich Harden (again, thank God we missed him), and Mark Kotsay -- slide into September. And did I mention the Angels are getting Escobar back this week? No?
Heh.
Update 9/2: And with the win, Scioscia accrues his 500th career win. He remains second on the Angels all-time managerial win list; only Bill Rigney with 625 has more, meaning Mike should probably surpass him in 2007. Congratulations, Mike!
I guess what I object to is the usual annoying tone so many of the A's fans adopt that make it sound like Beane never makes a mistake. Hello, Mike Magnante? Jermaine Dye? Hell, Jason Kendall?
I dunno who would be raspberrying Santana. Do sound the klaxon when Weaver has four games against any four NL contenders as dominant as the ones Santana has had against Boston, Chicago, New York, and Oakland. The kid melts against the Indians and Devil Rays? I'll take that any day for a good chance to shut down the big boys.
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