a) never assume you are supposed to win a game based on the opposing team’s W-L record. Your
team will inverably lose the game.

b) while taking two of a three game series is acceptable to some, we are the Angels baseball team,
and every game and every win is important. When your celebrated power hitter is down with flu, it
makes no sense at all, none, to sit your power hitting catcher that hit a two run homerun in the
previous day’s game. Especially when the game ends up tied going in to the ninth inning
(remember it’s the freakin nats).

c) the catcher that needs to be rested is Jeff Mathis and not because of physical fatigue but more a
case of mental fatique. It shows on his face and it shows in his defensive performance lately. If
Mike Napoli read your number three about needing rest, he would probably laugh shyly and tell
you to go fuck yourself. None of us should even pretend to know what Soth is thinking, or what
his strategy for an upcoming series will be, because we will probably be pleasantly surprised
that our predictions were wrong.