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Friday, April 16, 2004

Angels shut down by Hudson

Wow, Hudson was dealing. The Halo's never had a chance against that stuff, but Colon did do his best to keep them in the game (though I was troubled by the two homeruns he gave up to Byrnes and Melhuse, two nothing hitters.). The Angels had a chance there in the 8th- bases loaded, one out, Erstad at bat and the A's bring in the lefty Rincon. Erstad then proceeded to have one of the worst at-bats I have seen in my life:

Pitch 1: 90 mph fastball, belt-high and right over the heart of the plate. No swing. "Ok, I guess Ersty's trying to be patient. I'm ok with that... though it is true that the first pitch you see is often the best in these types of situations."

Pitch 2: Slider in the dirt. Swing and a miss. "Well I guess he got fooled on that one... though it did looked low right out of Rincon's hand. Still, I have the utmost confidence in Erstad's skill as a hitter."

Pitch 3: Slider low and away- way away. Swing and a miss. "Go sit the fuck down Darin."

Guerrero followed with another strikeout to end the inning and the Angels last threat. Oh well, so much for that.

I was pleased to see the "G-String" back intact with Glaus back in the lineup and Guerrero back in the field. Shields also looked pretty nasty in his inning of work, hopefully a sign that he's coming back into form. We'll get em' tomorrow with Washburn against Mulder.