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Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
Pickoff Moves
I Believe In Miracles: Angels 6, Indians 4
I turned this one off after the Indians made it 4-2 on Frankie's bad pitching; about ten minutes later (I was driving home), Helen called to ask if I was still listening. When I told her, "no", she told me about the slam, so I had her punch the Record button, just in case the TV had been overrun by a poltergeist. Not so much.When I said that K-Rod's decreased velocity was nothing to worry about a few days ago, I may have been overstepping. Still, Frankie's had weak starts and finished well, so I'm not going to palpitate too much about it now.
Torii Hunter's slam was a thing of beauty but also a gift: Joe Borowski's don't grow on trees, and JoBo couldn't find the plate to save his life. We know this because both Garret Anderson and Gary Matthews, Jr. walked. It certainly shows the power of Earl Weavery-offenses.
Clayton Kershaw, Ned Colletti's On Line One: Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 3
Let me say this: when your opponent's ace has nothing, you'd better capitalize better than this steaming heap of a game. For all that I think the Angels' Darren O'Day will be down at Salt Lake practicing his sidewinding art by the end of May, at least they had the sense to bring him up and see what he could do rather than giving his spot to some piece of bloody chum like Esteban Loiaza.dzzrtratt in yesterday's DT game thread:
Plaschke or Simers column to come, possibly as soon as tomorrow:I'm not as enamored of Hunter or GMJ as all that, but they're collectively better than Juan Pierre and — so far — Andruw Jones. I didn't watch the game last night, and only heard it on the radio, but listening to the Dodger postgame show briefly I heard the hosts make the shocking announcement that no less than Vin Scully had called Jones a "major disappointment" during the broadcast, caveats for small sample sizes duly noted. Jones was a bad idea at the time, limited by the two-year duration of the contract, but appears to be fulfilling every negative expectation I had of him when I heard of this signing. He was 0-for-4 in today's game and stranded five. Ye gods."Jones vs. Hunter: Angels trump Dodgers again."
I'm just sayin'... He hit two bombs to win their game tonight.
Roster Notes
- Howie Kendrick left last night's game with a jammed thumb and is day-to-day.
- K-Rod is now saying he may need some DL time because of his bad ankle.
- Nomar Garciaparra is taking batting practice.
- Update: Forgot, for completeness, that the Dodgers released OF Nook Logan and Wilken Ruan, and pitchers Brian Shackelford and Alfredo Simon. (Via Jon.)
- Rich Harden was scratched from his start against Toronto with back stiffness.
- The Dodgers also placed Anthony Raglani on the restricted list; paraphrasing Andrew at True Blue LA, this is where teams like to dump their players with pending felony charges. Cory Dunlap was also suspended.
Labels: angels, athletics, diamondbacks, dodgers, indians, injuries, recaps
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