Sunday, October 07, 2007 |
Tim Salmon Calls Out Bill Stoneman, And Olympic Shark-Jumping
"I love the way these guys won the division manufacturing runs," Tim Salmon said. "But why did we win the World Series? We won because Scott Spiezio hit a home run. We did not win because Scott Spiezio hit a single."... well, speaking of jumping the shark......
"It's frustrating to watch," said Salmon, who was careful to note that he was not being critical of the players or the manager.
"The players are great at what they do, and you'll never hear Mike complain about anything," Salmon said. "But you can't deny that every team in this position needs a couple of clutch hitters who, late in the game, can win a game in one swing."
The Angels have but one of those hitters in Guerrero, but two things are happening to him.
1) He's become a human dartboard for opposing pitchers such as Boston's Manny Delcarmen, who figure the Angels are toast without him.
2) He's become a human groundout, with three singles in his last 27 postseason at-bats dating to 2005.
Guerrero has limited, but inconsistent, help. Garret Anderson was hot late in the regular season, but he is no longer the regular power threat. Gary Matthews Jr. has some pop in his bat, but pop has also been heard in his knees.
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"I think we saw the other night, maybe the only way to manufacture two runs against a guy like Josh Beckett would be to hit a two-run homer," Salmon said.
Timmy's exactly right.
Labels: angels, postseason
Hey, at least you can say that if you were wrong about the regular season, at least say you were right about the short afterglow. Well, um, huzzah, man...I think. I'm sure I can find some confetti in here somewhere among these shredded scorecards.
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