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Thursday, January 11, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves, Lunchtime Edition
Bread And Services
The Dodgers have announced their intention to sell all-you-can-eat seats in the right field pavilion. My questions:- Did they think that 5,000 or so of the fans in the stadium were eating 90% of the food?
- Or, is this just another way of running a buffet with the bet being most people won't eat the price difference in food? Or that slow lines will dissuade them from doing so?
- Is Tommy Lasorda moving there?
Teams Baserunning Badly
Chone Figgins adds almost five runs per season with his speedy baserunning, part of a well-above-average Angels team that adds 13 runs per season that way. The Dodgers, by contrast, cost themselves about eight runs over the season on the basepaths, and almost all teams were negative, with the surprising exceptions of the Phillies and Mets. The worst team? The Chisox, who cost themselves 22 runs.The Angels' fortitude on the basepaths is astonishing considering what a lumbering giraffe Vlad has become, but let me tell you about this thing called slugging percentage...
Bartolo Colon's Rehab On Track, Other Miscellany
- Bart's rehab is going well, and he'll be throwing in Arizona this week.
- Casey Kotchman's stint in Puerto Rico is going well, hitting .261 with "three home runs, six doubles and 11 runs batted in, 12 walks and 12 strikeouts in 111 at-bats."
- Juan Rivera's injury could keep him out from three to eight months.
- Bill Stoneman found out about Kendry Morales's knee injury the same way we did, in the press. Cibao team physician Rosario Antomarchi said he wanted a definitive diagnosis before contacting the Angels. Seems kind of a weak excuse to me, but whatever. He might end up being flown to Florida if the results of his MRI, scheduled today, are bad enough.
- The Angels have opened negotiations with Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez for long-term deals.
- Tim Worrell will get the remaining $2M on his contract despite retiring.
- Barry Bonds failed an amphetamine test last season; he blamed it on something teammate Mark Sweeney gave him. There you go again, Barry, puttin' things in your mouth.
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