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Monday, August 09, 2004

Angels 1, Royals 3

Note: I wrote this during the ninth inning when the Angels were down 3-1 and things were looking bleak. I should have known that the Royals daily meltdown was coming. It's a good post- it'd be a shame to let it go to waist. Let's just imagine this took place in an alternate reality, in which the Angels lost to the Royals by a score of 3-1. A little 'what could (should) have been', if you will.
Why did we lose to the worst team in the American League? I don't know- why don't you go ask Rob. I'm sure he knows how this happened.

A little good news/bad news:
Good news: Ramon Ortiz looked very sharp. Maybe he really can fill the void left by Washburn's injury. But then again, all he did was shutdown the Royals, which is not all that impressive a feat when you think about it.

Bad news: The offense still looks awful. Tonight we got shutdown by Brian Anderson for seven innings. Anderson came into the game with a 6.01 ERA, 1.68 WHIP and a .328 (!) BAA. Not. Acceptable.

Good news: We won three out of four. Hoo-ray!

Bad news: Other than the fact that we won the games, this was quite possibly the worst the Angels have played all year (at least with the bats).

Good news: The Red Sox and the Rangers both lost, keeping us in a three-way tie for the wild-card.

Bad news: The A's won, and will continue to win in the future, so we can kiss the division good-bye.
Steve Physioc 'quote-o-the-day': Heard after a wild-pitch advances Angels' runners to second and third in the ninth inning, just one batter after Adam Kennedy popped-up a sac bunt attempt:
"It's just like the sacrifice worked!"
No Steve. It's just like Kennedy cost us a run.

Rex Huddler 'quote-o-the-day": Heard after Kevin Gregg balked in the Royals' third run:
"You can't blame him for that one."
I suppose it was society's fault?

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