Monday, June 19, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Bob Aspromonte BRO,LAN b. 1938, played 1956, 1960-1961
Butch Davis LAN b. 1958, played 1991
Larry Miller LAN b. 1937, played 1964
Jerry Reuss LAN,CAL b. 1949, played 1979-1987, All-Star: 1975, 1980. Without a doubt, my favorite pitcher of that era. Fernandomania was something else, to be sure, but Reuss pitched the first and only complete-game no-hitter I ever saw. He's in the broadcast booth now for the Dodgers, and mostly pretty tolerable in that role.
Jim Slaton CAL b. 1950, played 1984-1986, All-Star: 1977. Another end-of-career special, Slaton was a draftee by the one-year Seattle Pilots, later the Brewers; he was 6-10 on the 1985 squad that almost went all the way. Traded to Detroit the next year, he was out of baseball after 1986.
Bill Swift BRO b. 1908, played 1941, d. 1969-02-23
Quote, Unquote
"Crosby will have a check."— Steve Karsay, on Bobby Crosby's game-winning walkoff walk in Saturday's 17th inning marathon. The A's agreed to give the player who came up with the winning run $1,000."Let everybody know I want to continue for the cause of this team. I'm happy with my performance and happy with the idea that I can still pitch. I saw comments in the paper that I have nothing left. I'm only 29 years old. Everybody has their ups and downs. I'm going to keep working my tail off. ... If a team pays me that kind of money, they believe I can be one of the best in the game. Everybody thinks I'm a troublemaker. But I've learned that if things aren't fair, be a professional and do your job."
— Odalis Perez, who pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen, and is being considered for a rotation spot in the wake of Aaron Sele's second bad outing in a row."I thought the ball was going to be caught. (Heck), I was almost on second when he hit the ball."
— Jeff Kent, on the double play he was involved in on Saturday's game. With one out in the eighth, Kent stole second, but Andre Ethier flied out to short left, making Kent an easy double-play target. Kent threw off his helmet in disgust when the ball was caught, letting the double play happen."It's a question you don't even need to ask. It's at his discretion if he wants to or not."
— Andre Ethier, on whether Jeff Kent could have made it back to first safely."You've got to expect a mental letdown. Even if you do well in the big leagues and you have a mental letdown here, you're going to get hit.
It was obvious he was a little off. But I know Jered. One of the biggest things that pleases me is he's young, but he's handling himself like a pro. His makeup is solid."
— Salt Lake Bees manager Brian Harper, on Jered Weaver's disappointing outing yesterday."I can't let it bother me. I knew they had to make a decision. I mean the guy [Colon] has been in the big leagues 10 years. I understand I was the odd man out."
— Jered Weaver
Kath -- Kemp also stole second, but somewhere in late innings.
I wasn't aware of it, but there's an Angel blog sponsored by mlb.com. The link is . . .
http://armchairangel.mlblogs.com/armchair_angel_down_on_th/
Perhaps you should link to it.
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