Sixty hours 

Posted 11:43 AM by Sean
Honest to God, if Bill Stoneman still thinks he needs to concentrate on getting another pitcher before the trade deadline, he deserves to be strapped to a chair and forced to watch last night's game in a continual loop, Clockwork Orange-style.

A bat. Get us a bat, Bill. Do your job.

Last-minute programming note 

Posted 4:55 PM by Sean
Tonight's game against the Blue Jays is also being broadcast in HD by, um, INHD. Woo!

Selig to Rogers: Drop Dead 

Posted 3:24 PM by Sean
Kenny Rogers's appeal has been denied; he starts serving his 20-game suspension tonight. He'll miss the remaining two games of the Rangers' series with Baltimore, then three with Toronto, three with Tampa Bay, three with Baltimore, three with Boston, four with New York, and two with Cleveland before being eligible to return on August 18.

Small Sample Size Theater Presents 

Posted 9:16 AM by Sean
Bengie Molina's numbers as a DH:

13 AB, 8 H, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 0 K, .615/.588/.923

Almost...there... 

Posted 8:56 AM by Sean
One more day of insanity at work, and then things ease off a bit and quasi-regular posts resume.

Last night's game wasn't on inDemand (or InDemand, or iNdEMaNd, or whatever the hell it is) - games with Toronto are for some reason usually not shown - which is probably a good thing for my blood pressure. The Jays are a fairly decent team, but the Angels are going to have to beat the fairly decent teams pretty regularly to have a shot at holding off Oakland.

Anyway, the feeling appears to be that the Angels are doing some fairly serious shopping around for a free agent, probably a pitcher. I'm a bit nonplussed at the idea of getting another starter; it seems to me some depth in the bullpen and/or a quality hitter to put at DH remain the real priorities unless there's something wrong with Escobar that they're not telling us about.