Tuesday, July 27, 2004
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
Rob and Richard have already been there, but let's give some kudos to the Angels for signing 14th-round draft pick Nick Adenhart. Adenhart entered last season as the top high school pitcher in the country, but dropped due to undergoing Tommy John surgery, followed by a seemingly ironclad devotion to attending college. But now he's in the Angel stable, and is expected to start pitching again next year. Of course high school pitchers are often risky, but as Adenhart has already hit a big injury, one would hope some of that risk is alleviated. This is a nice move ....
All you need to know about last night's game is that Josh Paul played left field. Josh Paul! Left field! And I don't care what the announcers tell you, Kelvim Escobar did not pitch a good game. Sure, he gave some innings, and a the bullpen a needed rest, but those little numbers they put on the scoreboard count for something, you know. He didn't keep us in the game, and he (finally) deserved the loss.
The crazy thing is that the Angels are only three games out of the wild card. It seems like if they could just catch a break -- any break -- they might be able to move away from the pack.
Rob and Richard have already been there, but let's give some kudos to the Angels for signing 14th-round draft pick Nick Adenhart. Adenhart entered last season as the top high school pitcher in the country, but dropped due to undergoing Tommy John surgery, followed by a seemingly ironclad devotion to attending college. But now he's in the Angel stable, and is expected to start pitching again next year. Of course high school pitchers are often risky, but as Adenhart has already hit a big injury, one would hope some of that risk is alleviated. This is a nice move ....
All you need to know about last night's game is that Josh Paul played left field. Josh Paul! Left field! And I don't care what the announcers tell you, Kelvim Escobar did not pitch a good game. Sure, he gave some innings, and a the bullpen a needed rest, but those little numbers they put on the scoreboard count for something, you know. He didn't keep us in the game, and he (finally) deserved the loss.
The crazy thing is that the Angels are only three games out of the wild card. It seems like if they could just catch a break -- any break -- they might be able to move away from the pack.
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