Wednesday, October 05, 2005 |
Wednesday Morning Quarterbacking
Your first inclination was to say yes. It seemed like a routine, catchable fly ball when it left Cano's bat. And Anderson, who was playing at slightly shorter than medium depth, appeared to get less than a good jump on the ball that landed in front of the warning track.Apparently, Cano rarely hits the opposite way with power, something that was pointed out to me this morning by Stephen Smith. So his game-winning double came as a near-total surprise. What's more, Bischeff points out another important fact: Anderson hits much worse when he's DHing....
Anderson, apparently moving quicker after the game than he sometimes does in that laconic style of his on the field, was already gone when reporters entered the home team clubhouse afterward.
But everyone else in the Angels' room was quick to defend the team's less-than-healthy left fielder.
"If it's in the air, Garret can catch up to anything," said Ron Roenicke, the coach who is in charge of positioning the outfielders. "But when it's hit on a line like that, there's nothing he can do."
Roenicke said he had Anderson playing medium to slightly in on Cano, figuring he was more likely to hit something in front of the outfielder.
"For me, I'd rather play for a line drive," the coach said. "Most left-handers usually don't hit the ball very far the other way in this park. If the guy ends up smoking it and hits it over his head, he (Cano) deserves it."
I've called Sciocia's desire to win into question after running Erstad out there behind Vlad, but maybe not:
Well, that roaring Topanga Fire of last week took a sharp turn Thursday and wound coming within a few hundred yards of Scisocia's multi-million-dollar home in Thousand Oaks.All I can say is I hope he's learned from yesterday, but given the popgun offense he's stuck with, maybe not. Anyway, I'll be at the park tonight. Hopefully, something good happens. It better."And you know what?" Scioscia said after Game 1 Tuesday night. "I would have rather had my house burn down and get that win tonight."
A lone reporter, stunned by that statement, asked the manager if he was serious.
"Yes," he said. "As long as no one would have been hurt. You can always build another house. But you can't get another chance to win a game like that one."
I wish GA could prove the doubters wrong, yet he is one year away from retirement
: 10/05/2005 09:19:00 PM
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