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Sunday, May 09, 2004Donnelly's rehab cut shortFuture Angels' Steven Smith reports that Brendan Donnelly threw only 8 pitches before he "called out Mike Brumley, handed him the ball and walked off the field." (link via 6-4-2) Is it an injury or a temper tantrum? Judging my his comments during a guest spot in the booth on Saturday, Donnelly didn't seem to happy about being sent to Salt Lake for more rehab (I personally find Salt Lake City a wonderful place to visit- it's like Canada, just not quite as foreign). He's also struck me as a bit of a jerk in the past, so let's just hope it was a little meltdown. We shall see in the morning. Update: From Brent, left on an Angels newsgroup: I was at yesterday's Salt Lake Stingers/Tacoma Rainiers game in Tacoma, sitting right down the left-field line in the first row, in front of the Salt Lake bullpen. I was able to watch a number of guys throw, including Bootcheck, Turnbow, Mizuo, and Donnelly. During Donnelly's warm ups in the pen, he visited with a trainer, complaining about elbow pain. He eventually came into the game anyway, walked the first batter he faced, and threw 3 pitches to the next batter before departing due to elbow soreness. I couldn't get much more info than that, so it's hard to even speculate on his return.So the club's relief ace is on a rehab assignment and complains of elbow pains, and the trainer agrees to let him in the game anyway!? Fire that guy right now! There is no excuse for that. |
