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Friday, July 16, 2004Three mighty oaksVlad Guerrero, Garret Anderson, and Jose Guillen- man those guys can hit. Now if only they could catch the occasional fly ball, we might have a shot. Three mighty oaks- rooted to the ground. That was really the difference tonight- too many cheap hits for the Sox. Guillen owes Kelvim Escobar a nice, big steak dinner for that "defense" in the fourth inning. He lost a ball in the sun and wasn't given an error, which led to two "earned" runs being scored off Escobar. It looked almost as though he didn't have the ball off the bat- he appeared to run forward as if to back-up Eckstein, who was tracking the ball for some unknown reason. The ball landed about 20 yards behind the both of them. Beautiful. It was just one of several cheap hits given up by the outfield. Other than that, the Halos did well. Adequate pitching from Escobar, and the offense did get to Pedro to the tune of five hits and four walks. Unfortunatly they couldn't seem to get the big hit and step on his neck. Why can't we work counts like that every night? In other, happier news, it looks like the Angels really are in the Randy Johnson sweepstakes after all. This rumor has Jeff Mathis and Casey Kotchman headed to Arizona, and could possibly include Ervin Santana or Scot Shields. Rob doesn't seem to want to part with any of the system's stars, but I'm a-ok with a Mathis/Kotchman deal. However I'm afraid Santana is deal breaker for me. Yeah, I know that I've been saying Kotchman is un-touchable, but tonight's pitiful display of defense got me thinking. Garret Anderson needs to be at first base. He's our first baseman of the near-future, and Kotchman is just going to get in the way of that move. Besides, Kotchman's abysmal performance at the major league level early this season, and the complete lack of power at the minor league level, has got to make you wonder. |
