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Thursday, July 03, 2003
Posted
10:17 AM
by Sean
John Lackey threw his first career shutout last night against Texas, a purt' fair hittin' team. The Angels have now won five of their last six, and can see the wild card with binoculars again. After finishing up with Texas tonight, they'll complete the pre-All-Star-Game portion of the schedule with a quick trip up to Oakland and a homestand against Kansas City and Minnesota - not exactly the easiest row to hoe, but certainly an opportunity to see if this team is going to rise to the occasion or keep puttering along.
John Lackey threw his first career shutout last night against Texas, a purt' fair hittin' team. The Angels have now won five of their last six, and can see the wild card with binoculars again. After finishing up with Texas tonight, they'll complete the pre-All-Star-Game portion of the schedule with a quick trip up to Oakland and a homestand against Kansas City and Minnesota - not exactly the easiest row to hoe, but certainly an opportunity to see if this team is going to rise to the occasion or keep puttering along.
Posted
10:12 AM
by Sean
Looks like Jarrod Washburn is looking to make himself a little cash when he becomes eligible for free agency in 2005. He's not interested in signing a long-term contract now, when he'd be worth less than what he'd make as a free agent - assuming he stays healthy and doesn't have a couple of bad seasons between now and then.
Looks like Jarrod Washburn is looking to make himself a little cash when he becomes eligible for free agency in 2005. He's not interested in signing a long-term contract now, when he'd be worth less than what he'd make as a free agent - assuming he stays healthy and doesn't have a couple of bad seasons between now and then.
Monday, June 30, 2003
Posted
5:32 PM
by Sean
With three days' worth of voting left, it's Troy Glaus 627,189, Eric Chavez 469,324. Barring an online onslaught in favor of Chavez or Robin Ventura (who's about 20,000 behind Chavez), Glaus looks like the Angels' first All-Star starter since Wally Joyner in 1986.
With three days' worth of voting left, it's Troy Glaus 627,189, Eric Chavez 469,324. Barring an online onslaught in favor of Chavez or Robin Ventura (who's about 20,000 behind Chavez), Glaus looks like the Angels' first All-Star starter since Wally Joyner in 1986.
Posted
2:51 PM
by Sean
MLB.com's subscriptions page now has a section for "Digital Delivery Service," which is apparetly what they're calling their pay-per-download stuff. Right now, they've got Clemens's 300th win, Millwood's no-hitter, and the no-hitter thrown against the Yankees by six Astros pitchers. Each download is $3.95. Considering that you can also buy by-the-day access to the video archives, I'm hopeful they'll make some of those older games available for download too.
MLB.com's subscriptions page now has a section for "Digital Delivery Service," which is apparetly what they're calling their pay-per-download stuff. Right now, they've got Clemens's 300th win, Millwood's no-hitter, and the no-hitter thrown against the Yankees by six Astros pitchers. Each download is $3.95. Considering that you can also buy by-the-day access to the video archives, I'm hopeful they'll make some of those older games available for download too.
Posted
10:42 AM
by Sean
Up, down, up, down. The Angels swept the Dodgers in Anaheim over the weekend, and have won four of their last five to bring themselves back to one game over .500. Unfortunately, despite the fact that a win's a win, the three victories over the Dodgers are somewhat misleading. While the Angels' starting pitching limited the Dodgers to just two runs in the three games, the Angels themselves were somewhat mediocre at the plate. They scored just three runs in each of the games, a rate of production that might be sufficient to beat Los Angeles but won't cut it against many other teams. Granted, the Dodgers themselves have some pretty excellent pitching, but at the moment the Angels rank just seventh in the AL in OPS and 10th in runs scored. With Brad Fullmer out for the season just after coming out of a slump, the onus is on everyone else - particularly Shawn Wooten and Jeff DaVanon, who figure to get the bulk of Fullmer's playing time - to pick up the slack.
Up, down, up, down. The Angels swept the Dodgers in Anaheim over the weekend, and have won four of their last five to bring themselves back to one game over .500. Unfortunately, despite the fact that a win's a win, the three victories over the Dodgers are somewhat misleading. While the Angels' starting pitching limited the Dodgers to just two runs in the three games, the Angels themselves were somewhat mediocre at the plate. They scored just three runs in each of the games, a rate of production that might be sufficient to beat Los Angeles but won't cut it against many other teams. Granted, the Dodgers themselves have some pretty excellent pitching, but at the moment the Angels rank just seventh in the AL in OPS and 10th in runs scored. With Brad Fullmer out for the season just after coming out of a slump, the onus is on everyone else - particularly Shawn Wooten and Jeff DaVanon, who figure to get the bulk of Fullmer's playing time - to pick up the slack.