SATURDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Guerrero and Hunter To DL, Sanchez Pitches Gem For Giants
by WiHaloFan on Jul 11, 2009 7:43 AM PDT
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Up next for Angels: Saturday vs. New York Yankees - Los Angeles Times
Jered Weaver vs. Andy Pettitte
Even without heart of order, Angels don't miss a beat - Los Angeles Times
On the same day they lost the heart of their order, No. 3 hitter Torii Hunter and cleanup batter Vladimir Guerrero, to the disabled list, the Angels showed they still have a pulse. Facing a club that had won 13 of 15 games, the Angels rode three-run home runs by Kendry Morales and No. 9 batter Erick Aybar to a 10-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
Team Reports - MLB at CBSSports.com
--OF Juan Rivera left Friday's game after seven innings with tightness in his left quadriceps and his right hamstring. Rivera took a tumble at first base after reaching on an error by Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez in the fifth inning. Rivera's status will be re-evaluated Saturday.
--LHP Joe Saunders got a no-decision Friday after allowing five runs on nine hits in five innings. Saunders is 2-2 with a 6.65 ERA in eight starts since the start of June. He has allowed 21 home runs this season (19 to right-handed batters), matching his season total for 2008 (and career-high) and leading all American League pitchers.
The Injuries...
Angels' Torii Hunter, Vladimir Guerrero could be out for a month - Los Angeles Times
Both are put on 15-day disabled list, Hunter because of a muscle strain in groin area, Guerrero because of a strained muscle behind his knee. Hunter will miss All-Star game.
Hunter's DL stint dismays him, Angels - OCRegister.com
"It's not in my DNA to sit out," Hunter said.
Angels Sluggers Land on DL: Panic Time in O.C.? - Bleacher Report
No team wants its top offensive threats to miss 15 days, let alone 15 minutes. But the situation the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim find themselves isn't as bad as it could be.
Injuries have Wood taking on big role - angelsbaseball.com
"When you loose two big bats out of your lineup, you are going to be looking at a number of different bats and see who is swinging well and what the matchups will be," Scioscia said. "Brandon could be right in that mix. "It isn't going to be an everyday role -- probably not right now -- but there is a role for him here and to get at-bats."
Oh yeah, it gets worse...
Angels lose Rivera to leg tightness - angelsbaseball.com
Rivera hurt his left quad when he accidentally ran into Mark Teixeria while running down the line to beat out a throw by Alex Rodriguez in the fifth. While the throw was off the mark and Rivera was safe, he was noticeably in pain after losing his footing.
Morales ably fills void left by Teixeira - Yahoo! Sports
On Friday night he hit his 15th home run (all of them from the left side), this from a gorgeous no-effort swing that jolted a Joba Chamberlain(notes) curveball nearly 450 feet to center field. The homer covered the final three runs of what had been a four-run deficit for the Angels.
Clay Daniels' firing has Angels backing out of international market - ESPN
The Los Angeles Angels' recent firing of international scouting supervisor Clay Daniels, who is under investigation by Major League Baseball as part of a probe into bonus skimming, has stalled the organization's actions in Latin America.
Giants' Sanchez baffles Padres for MLB's first no-hitter of 2009 - USATODAY.com
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonathan Sanchez pitched a no-hitter and that was amazing enough. If not for an eighth-inning bobble, he could've been perfect.
A peek at the filming of Ken Burns' sequel - Yahoo! Sports
The nine-part "Baseball" series Burns delivered on PBS in 1994 wasn’t just a documentary about a sport. It was an oral history of the nation’s last 100 years told through a game that so often mirrors its country’s fortunes, and the 15 years since begged for Burns’ eye to be turned on baseball once more.
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WiHaloFan, I love ya, but...
…nobody, except old Midwestern men in polyester slacks and white belts, uses the term “Frisco” for San Francisco.
Even a born-and-raised 3rd-generation Southern Californian wouldn’t refer to his idiot brethren in the North as “Frisco”.
by George Kaplan on Jul 11, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, I'm an old midwestern man (at least for the last few years)
what do you expect??
Okay, I changed it…thanks.
by WiHaloFan on Jul 11, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do
and i do it on purpose to annoy the bay area contingent
by Rev Halofan on Jul 11, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, we do. We do not call it “The City” as the NorCal’ers do.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Jul 14, 2009 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch.
As a native SoCal, I agree on the use of “Frisco” … I still laugh when Londoners call it Frisco. Same thing with “the Cali” or “the OC”. I have to stifle a giggle.
But I would really like to give me utmost thanks to new 2009 HH editor WiHaloFan for providing these great roundups (superb new feature) and of course the incredible cartoons.
Great job Jim, pity about the Haggar slacks and white belts and XL polo shirts with the collars turned up. :)
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Jul 11, 2009 9:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Dang!
The article I was most interested in was Clay Daniels firing, but I’m not an ESPN insider. Anyone care to summarize this for me? … I am particularly interested in why we don’t do f—- all in Japan. Does this story address that or just Latin America?
(Although Eddie Bane assured us in his recent live chat that Daniels firing was not going to make a significant impact on the Angels’ efforts abroad.)
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Jul 11, 2009 9:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It's an insider article??
Sorry about that. Here’s the important part:
Los Angeles had been actively involved in trying to sign pitcher GianCarlos Santana, Ervin Santana’s younger brother. In early May, the Angels had sent Daniels to scout Santana, and Daniels had been put in charge of signing the pitcher. Now the Angels have fallen far behind in attempts to sign Santana and are likely out of the sweepstakes, according to a source close to the situation.
The Angels have yet to determine how they will rearrange their Latin American operations. There is no timetable for naming Daniel’s replacement.
“We will be open to anything when the time comes,” Bane wrote.
by WiHaloFan on Jul 11, 2009 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am glad Ken Burns is doing a 10th inning to his excellent Baseball series
So much has happened since the original series it needs to be updated, if not provided with an epitaph. Steroids, the influx of Japanese and Latin players, steroids, steroids …
Pity that Burns is such a Chowd that the ‘04 World Series is bound to be the centerpiece, based on this article. Still, it will be worth watching just for the Ichiro interview alone. Burns is a master at drawing out awesome quotes from his subjects, I’m itching to see what America’s documentarian has managed to get out of the Zen Master.
Don't call me Desmond
by highlandhalo on Jul 11, 2009 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Brandon Wood is playing third base today everybody!
I am the Iron Man
by 44FAN on Jul 11, 2009 12:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Weaver wastes to many pitches to pitch a no no
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Jul 11, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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