was about as bad as it gets. Being on EDT and having an infant daughter makes my ability to catch any of the night games difficult, but last night I caught the top of the first after she went to bed, and the bottom of the ninth when she woke up.

I can’t believe the injuries sustained in / around one game. Just astounding. Feeling a bit sick today, to be honest.

There is still too much baseball to play and the Angels haven’t secured anything yet. With the middle infield a mess, Eck could provide some stability for the next few weeks as HK does need to go on the DL. The Angels need a high-quality hitter in the #2 spot and Eck is ideal; his OBP is solid, he continues to post good line drive rates and his bat control is very good.

           _LD__Avg__OBP
2006: 21.9% .292 .350
2007: 22.3% .309 .356
2008: 19.7% .274 .353

SRod by comparison has a LD rate of just 9.1%, is hitting .160 and has an OBP of .259

Furthermore, SRod makes contact on only 76.6% of pitches. Eck this year makes contact on 92.3% of pitches (94.4% in 2007).

-call up bwood and kendry.
-keep resting the senior citizens (vlad, ga) twice a week.
-let kendry get some playing time in the of – he should be in place of gmj.
-put bwood at short, get aybar out.
-put srod at second, get howie out.
-when necessary, go Q at 3, wood at SS, and srod at 2.
-keep shuffling these guys around so that guys are getting ample rest, but still fairly regular playing time. let the ones on the brink of injury sit out for a week. get the bees bats warmed up for the playoffs. scioscia knows how to get guys their playing time (unfortunately that includes gmj).
-hopefully this was just a bump in the road for hokie joe. i’m not even contemplating the fact that he wont perform the rest of the season.

Put him at SS. Put S-Rod at 2B and hope he gets it together quickly this time around.

As for Hunter; Willits is back, give him a day or two.

Don’t want to see Matthews or Quinlan in the lineup more than strictly necessary.

I think Howie might miss a week or 2, so SRod is about to get some serious playing time. maybe he can figure out how to hit?

If Aybar is out for a week, then we need to call up Wood and see what he can do? If, and i mean IF he can continue what he’s doing in AAA right now, we’re not going to have a problem. Also, SRod and Wood played together in AAA, so they should be comfortable together up the middle.

Figgy doesn’t seem serious, so we can put up with Q for a few days….

When Aybar comes back, you can rotate Wood between SS and 3B almost every day whenever Aybar/Figgins needs some rest.

Great analogy! Although I probably would have substituted “diarhea” for “indigestion”.

We could go Morales, Wood, SRod, Tush, left to right in the infield. If any 1 of those 3 strapping young lads could figure out how to hit in the bigs in a jiffy, we can manage for a week or two.

We’ve been hearing about how Brandon Wood is the future. Well, the Future is NOW!

Last night, I thought it was almost as bad as the team charter plane going down. I had flashes of getting swept in round 1 again, if not getting beaten by Texas down the stretch. However, after a good night’s sleep, and reading some of your options, I now feel like we can pull through this and still win a ring.

Thanks guys. You’re like a support group for me right now.

I looked for an email address for you, but was unable to find one. Where can I contact you at?

I could live with that. Though it would help a lot if Figgy could get back….

The Angels’ poor drafts from 2006 on are starting to catch up to us a bit.

Only managed to sign 5 out of the first 14 picks

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…I would have considered more improbable than " 2nd baseman Jaun Rivera" would have been, “now catching, #57 Francisco Rodriguez”.