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Thursday, August 23, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves
More On Yesterday's 30-3 Blowout
From ESPN:- Second-most runs all-time in a single game, the most being a 36-run outing by the then-Chicago Colts (now Cubs).
- Most runs in the modern era (post-1900), the previous highs being a 29-4 Red Sox rout of the St. Louis Browns on June 8, 1950, and a 29-6 pounding of the Kansas City Athletics by the White Sox on April 23, 1955.
- Travis Metcalfe, who hit one of the two Rangers' grand slams, had just been called up that day. He did not even start the game, but was called in as a seventh-inning defensive replacement at third, replacing shortstop Michael Young in the batting order.
- With the Rangers' subsequent 9-7 victory in the second game of the doubleheader, the Rangers set an AL record for most runs scored in a doubleheader.
- Update: Via the Wall Street Journal's Daily Fix column, the last time a U.S. pro sports team lost 30-3 the Carolina Panthers got squished by the Baltimore Ravens on November 13, 2005.
- From the Dallas Morning News, Jarrod Saltalamacchia set a Rangers record for RBIs by a rookie in a single game, with seven.
- The game represented the largest margin of victory in the modern era.
- Ten hits in an inning tied the franchise mark; their 29 hits set the franchise record.
- It was only the sixth time in major league history that a team has scored nine or more runs in two innings.
- The Rangers' 65 plate appearances tied the AL record, previously set in a 22-2 blowout by Milwaukee vs. Toronto on August 28, 1992. The major league record of 66 was set by Philadelphia in 1922.
- Wes Littleton got an unusual three-inning save, but "the oddest save by a Ranger against Baltimore" was Joaquin Benoit's seven-inning save, the longest in major league history, on September 3, 2002.
No A-Rod For Me, Thanks
Kurt Streeter thinks the Angels ought to pass on adding A-Rod to their lineup. His answer is to acquire Torii Hunter, by hook or by crook, and move Anderson to perma-DH status. Dude, that's a logjam at DH, and it's iffy if Anderson brings enough to the plate these days to justify using him there. Besides, Garret has historically struggled as a DH.Roster Notes
- Ervin Santana is not going back down. What happened in Salt Lake?
"There were certainly some mechanical issues he was dealing with, some continuity in his delivery," Manager Mike Scioscia said. "One time everything was together, his arm was in the right slot and the ball came out easily. The next pitch, he was out of sync, the arm was low and he was fighting against himself."
He's getting increasingly annoyed with the media, whom he claims misquotes him without providing an example.That wasn't a problem last week, as Santana regularly pitched in the mid-90s.
"He went down there, got his confidence back, is turning the ball loose and has all his stuff," pitching coach Mike Butcher said. "He had confidence in every pitch that he threw. He expanded the strike zone with his fastball and slider. He threw some good changeups. He was very aggressive and had a good demeanor about him."
"They're all bad, they're all bad, they're all bad," he said. "I was happy in triple A. I was happy because nobody bothered me."
- Chone Figgins has a bone bruise on his left pinkie, but no damage otherwise. Still, it's expected he'll be out for a while, though so far no mention has been made of DL stint. I'm assuming now that the reports earlier about the damage being to his elbow were wrong, and the issue is in his hands somewhere.
- Bartolo Colon threw 45 pitches yesterday, and will start a rehab assignment on Saturday with Salt Lake. He'll need three or four of them before the Angels want him back in the majors.
- Casey Kotchman will have x-rays taken today of his hand injured in yesterday's game.
- Ryan Budde's dad has forsaken Hawaiian shirts, or for that matter, shirts with any kinds of buttons on them, because he's busted them all after his son's walkoff double in Tuesday's game. Unfortunately, because the game went long, his DVR shut off and he wasn't able to see his son's big hit immediately, though he did catch it on ESPN's SportsCenter.
- There'll be no callup for James McDonald. McDonald has mostly dominated in the Southern League, but he's lost about 5 MPH on his fastball lately, a possible sign of fatigue.
- The Dodgers could sign David Wells, but "Nothing's imminent. Nothing's close," according to his agent, Gregg Clifton.
Labels: angels, dodgers, injuries, orioles, rangers
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