Wednesday, July 07, 2004
THE TIME HAS COME ...
... for no more screwing around. The Angels have to win nearly every series from here on in; they haven't managed to do that lately. They took two of three from the Dodgers in late June, but that was the first series they won since the two-game sweep of Boston on June 1st and 2nd. Series record by month:
April: 4-3
May: 5-4
June: 2-5-1
July: 0-2
This is, of course, a horrific trend. As Richard pointed out, we need to play around .650 ball for the rest of the season to have a reasonable chance at the playoffs. Last night's win against the ChiSox was a good start.
With a long weekend and a hectic work schedule, I haven't been around for a few days, so let me just hit-and-run some stuff ...
... Scioscia put Garret in front of, instead of behind, Vlad last night, and plans to stick with it. I don't think this is a big deal, but it seems to me that you want to get Vlad as many plate appearances as possible, and that you want him to come up in the first inning. But maybe that's just me ...
... Are we going to change our name? I doubt it. I also don't care. And I also doubting making it "Los Angeles" would really make any more money. Just keep it how it is, Arte ...
... Not that he's channeling Lou Gehrig or anything, but The Punter has his line up to 287/330/390. Okay, yeah, that's not very good, but he's been hitting 333/398/500 since his return from the DL. It's only 66 at bats, and there's no reason to expect him to keep that up, but let's enjoy it while we have it, eh?
... for no more screwing around. The Angels have to win nearly every series from here on in; they haven't managed to do that lately. They took two of three from the Dodgers in late June, but that was the first series they won since the two-game sweep of Boston on June 1st and 2nd. Series record by month:
April: 4-3
May: 5-4
June: 2-5-1
July: 0-2
This is, of course, a horrific trend. As Richard pointed out, we need to play around .650 ball for the rest of the season to have a reasonable chance at the playoffs. Last night's win against the ChiSox was a good start.
With a long weekend and a hectic work schedule, I haven't been around for a few days, so let me just hit-and-run some stuff ...
... Scioscia put Garret in front of, instead of behind, Vlad last night, and plans to stick with it. I don't think this is a big deal, but it seems to me that you want to get Vlad as many plate appearances as possible, and that you want him to come up in the first inning. But maybe that's just me ...
... Are we going to change our name? I doubt it. I also don't care. And I also doubting making it "Los Angeles" would really make any more money. Just keep it how it is, Arte ...
... Not that he's channeling Lou Gehrig or anything, but The Punter has his line up to 287/330/390. Okay, yeah, that's not very good, but he's been hitting 333/398/500 since his return from the DL. It's only 66 at bats, and there's no reason to expect him to keep that up, but let's enjoy it while we have it, eh?
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