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Pickoff Moves
Today's Birthdays
Billy Cowan CAL b. 1938, played 1969-1972. One thing I noticed this morning in yesterday's Cedar Rapids game was the fact that three Kernels struck out five times each. Billy Cowan has the dubious distinction of owning the franchise record (with others unnamed in the Angels media guide) for single-game strikeouts, with six, earned in a July 9, 1971 20-inning marathon against the A's.
Tony Gonzalez CAL b. 1936, played 1970-1971. For his era, a solid outfielder; the Padres stole him from Pittsburgh in the 1969 expansion draft, and then flipped him to Atlanta. His moment of infamy for the Braves came in the eighth inning of the 1969 NLCS Game 1, when he allowed a ball to get past him with the bases loaded, allowing all three Mets to score and putting the game out of reach; earlier, he had homered against Tom Seaver. As an Angel, he played for the last part of 1970 and all of 1971, his last season in the majors.
Darren Lewis LAN b. 1967, played 1997. Played for both Bay Area clubs and both Chicago clubs, four of seven uniforms he would wear; a fringe starter and a fourth outfielder for most of his career, he seems to have been in some interesting games nonetheless, like the time he and Robin Ventura hit grand slams in a May 19, 1996 game, or the time he got erased with the hidden ball trick on June 28, 1995. A Gold Glover in 1994.
Goody Rosen BRO b. 1912, played 1937-1939, 1944-1946, All-Star: 1945, d. 1994-04-06. A Jewish, Canadian-born outfielder with the Dodgers' war-years teams, he once led the NL in fielding percentage, and was a pretty fair hitter, too. Traded to the Giants, he shortly thereafter broke his clavicle after a collision with a fence, ending his career.
Tom Satriano LAA,CAL b. 1940, played 1961-1969. Mainly a catcher, but he played every infield position, and even a little shortstop. In 1968, the Angels' main catcher, but whatever his abilities were, the Angels decided they needed someone with more specialization, and traded him to the Red Sox for Joe Azcue, a full-time catcher and one-time All-Star.
Joe Yeager BRO b. 1875, played 1898-1900, d. 1937-07-02. Supposedly the originator of the squeeze play, he started his career as a pitcher, and ended it as an infielder.
Roster Notes
- Don't expect much in the way of player movement from the Angels when rosters expand; Darin Erstad, Curtis Pride, Jeff Mathis, and Chris Bootcheck will be about it. Dallas McPherson, Kendry Morales, Tommy Murphy, and Greg Jones will all stay with Salt Lake through the AAA postseason, returning to the big club at some point.
- A bunch of the traded Dodgers aren't doing so well, including the DFA'd Jose Cruz, Jr.
- Frank Thomas wants a multiyear contract to stay with the A's.
- Ex-Dodger Dave Ross will be the Reds' primary catcher down the stretch.
- Former Angel Jeff DaVanon may be done for the rest of the season with an ankle sprain; he is to fly to Los Angeles to see a specialist about the injury.
Jeff Jenkins whiffed six times for the Brewers against the Angels back in 2004.
In the 1966 game, the Angels used six pitchers, three of whom have passed on: Marcelino Lopez, Howie Reed, Jim McGlothlin
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