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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 |
The Washed-Up Fish? Red Sox 5, Angels 4
It's probably too much to assign the overall blame for the Angels' loss to Salmon's seventh-inning strikeout with the bases loaded, but two important facts remain:
- Owing to the necessity of having him face lefties, he plays but rarely; today's game amounted to the seventh in August.
- During the last four of those games, he hasn't had a hit, and has collected only a single walk.
Of course, we're not talking about this if Kelvim Escobar hadn't offered up a pair of dingers at particularly bad times, i.e., with runners on base. His subsequent manly recovery didn't make much nevermind, except to save the bullpen from another inning or three of work. With Oakland's win, it's back to five back.
Comments:
I have to agree. If you're gonna treat Salmon like an irregular, don't be surprised when the wrinkles don't iron out. That AB in the seventh was a lesson in blinking.
What's the point? You have Murphy, Willits, Aybar. All are hungry, and all considerably less gimpy. Pat on the ass to the good man, and off to your new hitting instructor throne, good sir.
And put the red light on hot-to-trot Vlad. That man is a tattooed tear of lost opportunity.
What's the point? You have Murphy, Willits, Aybar. All are hungry, and all considerably less gimpy. Pat on the ass to the good man, and off to your new hitting instructor throne, good sir.
And put the red light on hot-to-trot Vlad. That man is a tattooed tear of lost opportunity.
# posted by 
: 8/24/2006 12:36:00 AM
: 8/24/2006 12:36:00 AM
The Angels were 3 for 15 with runners in scoring position and were successful in only one of their final 13 such situations.
This is not a playoff caliber team right now and with the performance last night, I'm starting to think we'll never catch up to the A's. To place our hopes for the playoffs on another team getting cold is futile.
This is not a playoff caliber team right now and with the performance last night, I'm starting to think we'll never catch up to the A's. To place our hopes for the playoffs on another team getting cold is futile.
# posted by : 8/24/2006 09:35:00 AM
: 8/24/2006 09:35:00 AM
Because the team lost for the first time in a week they aren't playoff caliber? Does that mean that the A's aren't playoff caliber because they lost twice to the Royals last weekend?
I am not saying they will for sure make the playoffs, just to say that they are not a playoff-caliber team when they barely lost to a "better" team that theoretically is playoff-caliber DESPITE abnormally poor RISP BA is ridiculous. As ridiculous as it is to claim that the A's are not playoff-caliber because they lost to the Royals twice over the weekend. Individual games do not a playoff team make (or break, for that matter). And this game was not indicative of prior performance, as I highly doubt that the Angels' season RISP BA is .200.
The Angels should not have lost the game last night. They had so many friggin opportunities to tie or take the lead and yet they couldn't capitalize on them. With 35 games left in the season, NOW is the time for players such as GA, Salmon and Chone to step up big time. Teams that usually succeed in the playoffs don't let these opportunities pass them by. That's what my point was. I'm with them till the end though. Go Halos!
# posted by : 8/24/2006 11:29:00 AM
: 8/24/2006 11:29:00 AM
And my point was just that even the BEST players and teams can't win every game. Hell, they don't even win every game they should. That's just how it is. Declaring the Angels' season over because they lost a tough game in which they spotted their opponents a 4 run lead in the 2nd after a 5 game win streak is ridiculous (and I realize you didn't say the season is over, but you said everything but that).
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