Tuesday, August 09, 2005
MORE ON MAUCH; NEWHAN ON THE ANGELS; ARTE ON THE TRADE DEADLINE
ESPN Classic's obit for Mauch (via Rob).
Two very nice pieces in the LA Times: one from Mike Penner and another from Ross Newhan. The obit is by Tim Brown.
Meanwhile, Mark Whicker has his say in the OC Register.
A Philadelphia persepective from Bill Conlin (registration required).
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Speaking of Ross Newhan, he has written a special to ESPN.com about how the Angel offense needs to be more consistent. Not news to anyone who follows the team, but ESPN probably thinks its readers will be surprised to learn about baseball happening in California at all.
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So, last night, driving home from work, I flip by 710 AM and hear Joe McDonnell interviewing Arte Moreno.
First of all, I want to apologize to my readers for listening to McDonnell.
Second of all, the only reason I didn't flip away upon hearing McDonnell's voice was that he was talking to Arte. They spoke of the trade deadline; Arte said that the Angels had thought they were going to make a trade, that it was going to add "about $30 million" to the payroll, and "at the twenty-fifth" hour the other team demanded another "young player" from the Angels, killing the deal.
My guess is that this is in reference to Mike Sweeney (who, if traded, would have been owed $12.5M for each of the next two seasons, plus the balance due this year), and that Allard Baird just got a bit too greedy at the deadline. Depending on what Baird's demands were, it's likely the Angels were wise to walk away.
ESPN Classic's obit for Mauch (via Rob).
Two very nice pieces in the LA Times: one from Mike Penner and another from Ross Newhan. The obit is by Tim Brown.
Meanwhile, Mark Whicker has his say in the OC Register.
A Philadelphia persepective from Bill Conlin (registration required).
***
Speaking of Ross Newhan, he has written a special to ESPN.com about how the Angel offense needs to be more consistent. Not news to anyone who follows the team, but ESPN probably thinks its readers will be surprised to learn about baseball happening in California at all.
***
So, last night, driving home from work, I flip by 710 AM and hear Joe McDonnell interviewing Arte Moreno.
First of all, I want to apologize to my readers for listening to McDonnell.
Second of all, the only reason I didn't flip away upon hearing McDonnell's voice was that he was talking to Arte. They spoke of the trade deadline; Arte said that the Angels had thought they were going to make a trade, that it was going to add "about $30 million" to the payroll, and "at the twenty-fifth" hour the other team demanded another "young player" from the Angels, killing the deal.
My guess is that this is in reference to Mike Sweeney (who, if traded, would have been owed $12.5M for each of the next two seasons, plus the balance due this year), and that Allard Baird just got a bit too greedy at the deadline. Depending on what Baird's demands were, it's likely the Angels were wise to walk away.
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