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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Angels 4, Pirates 2
What's the cure for a club stuck in a 2-7 tailspin? Why, playing a club stuck in a 1-13 tailspin, of course.
- Great game from Washburn. What is it with this guy? He pitches like shit, and the offence scores 15 runs to get him a win. Then he'll spin a beauty, and pick up the no decision.
Wash also collected a hit in his only at bat (he also had a sac bunt) to bring his career BA to .350. Can he play first base?
- Speaking of first base, Darin Erstad actually looked decent today. I guess Kotchman's stay in Anaheim desensitized me to the point where anything resembling production from a first baseman gets me salivating.
- Yet another example of why Figgins isn't the answer at third. That ball in the 7th ate him alive, and his error led to the game tying run. He did come through with the game winning hit though, so it's hard to stay mad at him. Just proves that he does belong somewhere, just so long as it isn't third.
- That's two straight games with a homerun for Anderson. Today's was a monster to dead center. It's great to see that the arthritis hasn't affected Garret's bat speed.
- I've been getting all over Scioscia for not using Robb Quinlan lately. Today he finally called Quinlan's number to pinch-hit for Washburn in the 7th, so one might assume that I'd be pleased by that move. Well, I'm not! Mike passed over Tim Salmon to get him in the game, and not using Salmon is even dumber than not using Quinlan. Tim Salmon must be the number one option from the right side, especially in NL parks where he's not going to get any other playing time.
- PNC Park sure is beautiful (the only stadium in the same league as SBC Park, IMO), but man is it ever a strange place to play a game of baseball. Jose Mota did a fabulous job of pointing out some of the oddities, including: some of the thickest grass in baseball, infield grass which reaches the baselines between 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd, and some mighty imposing dimensions for right-handed power hitters.
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