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Wednesday, August 04, 2004Will the real Mr. Angel please stand up?Sean points out a very interesting factoid that somehow got missed during last night's game:
"...last night, Garret Anderson got his 5695th at-bat as an Angel, giving him one more than Tim Salmon."I don't know about you, but this one really snuck up on me. I had no idea that Garret was anywhere near Salmon or Downing on the list of all-time Angel at-bats. Here's the top ten (active players in bold):
It's hard for me to wrap my head around Garret Anderson being the "old man" of the Angels. It seems like he's always played in the shadow of Tim Salmon. No offence to GA, but Salmon has always been the face of this club and will continue be in my mind, even if (when?) he has been completely erased from the club's record books. So even if being the club's all-time leader in at-bats doesn't necessarily make you "Mr. Angel", it is still a truly impressive feat for GA. It's also a testament to his "shut-up and play" style of baseball for him to have done this so quietly. |
