Posted 12:21 PM by Sean
All right, all right, so it's been a while. I have a life, you know.

Anyway, it's been one damned thing after another with the Angels lately, specifically one damn injury after another. Kennedy returned the other day, but let's toll the list at the moment:

Frankie Rodriguez is on bereavement leave, so that he can attend his grandmother's funeral in Venezuela. I didn't even know there was an official bereavement leave policy in MLB; turns out you have to be gone for at least three days. He's expected back this weekend.

Erstad's hamstring continues to keep him out of games. He underwent an MRI on Monday that showed no signs of a tear, but continues to be unable to play and now it looks like he left last night's game with an infected foot, a recurrence of a problem he had a couple of weeks ago. Last time, he missed two games; no word yet today on whether he'll play tonight.

Kevin Appier is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained muscle in his right forearm. Scot Shields is expected to start tonight in his place against the Red Sox.

Let's see...am I missing anyone? Oh, right: Tim Salmon, despite an uncharacteristically hot start, is playing with leg pain and will be moved to DH when the Angels play in Toronto.

Ye Gods. Typical Angel luck, of course, and I assume they'll spend all their time in Toronto--on and off the field--wearing those absurd surgical masks to protect them from SARS. I mean, wouldn't you?