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Friday, July 23, 2004Angels 8, Mariners 2I have no idea what the brew-ha-ha between Vlad and Boone was all about, but hell, when Vlad got hit on the hand I was looking for an ass to kick (after the season was done flashing before my eyes of course). The good news (the great news) is that Vlad's hand appears to be fine. He may miss a couple of games, but we'll deal with it. I would usually say that hitting Vlad would require retaliation of some sort against a comparable player, but looking at the M's lineup I can't figure out who that might be. Maybe Sele can drill Raul Ibanez twice or something...(no, Leone does not count.) Something was clearly amiss with Lackey tonight. Nine hits in five-plus innings? Still, he managed to get out of trouble every time it would arise. It looked as though he had no clue where he was putting the ball. Rex mentioned something about him shaking his arm after pitches, suggesting an injury, but it could have just been that he was releasing early, as he has been prone to do in the past. A note about the KCAL 9 coverage: I wasn't too thrilled with the whole Jose Mota "man on the field" thing, but it's really starting to grow on me. He always has a great insight that you would never catch on a normal telecast. Tonight he pointed out that Moyer had changed his slide-step in anticipation of the Angel's running game. Great stuff. Boxscore |
