Thursday, June 16, 2005
TRAVEL DAY NOTES
-Okay, I'll retract that thing from yesterday about our Lads being suspicious in taking balls out of play at the end of innings. I know that most teams do this, but it always seemed to me, watching on TV, that the Angels were more adamant than others. There have been enough comments here and elsewhere to convince me that my suspicions were a product of a limited point-of-view (I am lucky to make it to one game a year) and a conspiratorial mind.
-Missed last night's game as I went to see Batman Begins (which was very good). I intended to go home and watch the game on tape, but no sooner had the movie ended than a good friend of mine from DC called to gloat. Seeing that it was only 9:30, I quickly assumed that we lost 1-0, and I let my friend fill me in on the tragic (for me, anyway) goings-on. I still intended to watch, but then I decided that doing so would just make me sad and angry.
As a result, I have no idea how Ryan Drese managed to flummox us so, though I suspect that if I had watched it would still remain a mystery to me. I've never thought Drese was very good, even though he had a good year in 2004, but now in his career against the Angels he is 5-3 with a 3.48 ERA in 51 2/3 innings. He's exactly the kind of lousy pitcher that tends to give the Angels fits for reasons beyond my understanding.
-Anyway, it's been about three weeks since I last did a Watch List Update, so hopefully I'll have one up this afternoon.
-Okay, I'll retract that thing from yesterday about our Lads being suspicious in taking balls out of play at the end of innings. I know that most teams do this, but it always seemed to me, watching on TV, that the Angels were more adamant than others. There have been enough comments here and elsewhere to convince me that my suspicions were a product of a limited point-of-view (I am lucky to make it to one game a year) and a conspiratorial mind.
-Missed last night's game as I went to see Batman Begins (which was very good). I intended to go home and watch the game on tape, but no sooner had the movie ended than a good friend of mine from DC called to gloat. Seeing that it was only 9:30, I quickly assumed that we lost 1-0, and I let my friend fill me in on the tragic (for me, anyway) goings-on. I still intended to watch, but then I decided that doing so would just make me sad and angry.
As a result, I have no idea how Ryan Drese managed to flummox us so, though I suspect that if I had watched it would still remain a mystery to me. I've never thought Drese was very good, even though he had a good year in 2004, but now in his career against the Angels he is 5-3 with a 3.48 ERA in 51 2/3 innings. He's exactly the kind of lousy pitcher that tends to give the Angels fits for reasons beyond my understanding.
-Anyway, it's been about three weeks since I last did a Watch List Update, so hopefully I'll have one up this afternoon.
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