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Friday, October 08, 2004Liveblogging: ALDS Game ThreeIt's do or die... Kelvim Escobar vs. Bronson Arroyo. I'm looking forward to Vlad and Troy leaving a few dents in the Green Monster. UPDATE: Has anyone else noticed that The Punter has been the Angels' best hitter (.571/.667/1.000) in the first two games? Who woulda' thunk it? UPDATE: GA loses a ball in the sun, and somehow it's Jeff DaVanon's fault for not playing both left and center. God I hate Chris Berman. UPDATE: Troy Glaus just clobbered a ball out of Fenway Park, and in the process has put the Angels in an unfortunate position. As we all know, Troy is a free agent at the end of the playoffs, and obviously his shoulder injury is a HUGE question mark. So much so, that Bill Stoneman would be, and should be, very hesitant to give Troy a multi-year contract. A few months ago that didn't look like a problem. The conventional wisdom (in some circles) was that Glaus would be best served by accepting a one-year deal- likely at close to his current salary- giving him a year to prove his value and health so he could then make a run at his big pay-day. Is his performance in the postseason going to change all that? He's hit two monstrous homeruns so far, and I'm sure he's caused a few GMs to raise an eyebrow. UPDATE: The sand in the Angels' hourglass is quickly running out. Escobar struggled and is now gone. Shields is in to attempt to save the season. Angels 1, Red Sox 3 UPDATE: And that should just about do it. Angels 1, Red Sox 5 UPDATE: What can you say about the defense? It's been iffy all year, but this is just ridiculous. UPDATE: Hey, at least now I can continue with my offseason preview... UPDATE: Spoke too soon? UPDATE: YES! Angels 6, Red Sox 6 UPDATE: Amezega vs. Foulke? There's no way that's going to end well. UPDATE: However this turns out, it won't change the fact that Brendan Donnelly pitched his ass off; 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 5 SO. Wow. UPDATE: Five walks off Boston pitching? Who are you and what did you do with my Angels? UPDATE: That's eight strikeouts for the Angels' bullpen tonight, and 12 total. UPDATE: Something interesting just passed the lips of Chris Berman (I know- I'm just as surprised as you are...)- in nearly three whole games played in this series, the Angels have lead for all of 1/2 inning. Ouch. UPDATE: We've got a rally in the making- bases loades, one out, GA at the plate. UPDATE: The Angels don't get it done. Why is it that everytime Troy Glaus steps into the box the strikzone stretches out from sea-to-shining sea? Seriously- what the fuck is that? UPDATE: Good to see the strikezone shrink right back down to nothing in the bottom of the inning... UPDATE: And we have bonus baseball. I hope this ends in time for the debate... UPDATE: Eckstein just saved the Angels' hides by digging out a Figgins throw to second. It looks like Figgins has a bit of the Knoblauch brainlock going on during the playoffs. Scioscia really needs to rethink this pattern of using him as a late-inning defensive replacement at third. I'll take my chances with McPherson, thank you. UPDATE: K-Rod done, Washburn in. I don't know about this... GAME OVER: Yeah, I'm going to have to call Scioscia on that one. The Washburn move was not smart. You have Percival down there for a reason, Mike. Oh well, it was just your entire season- no biggie. Angels 6, Red Sox 8 UPDATE: Alchemist comments: "That's why the Angels shouldn't care about lefty-righty matchups. They haven't for the last two years. Especially when your lefty is a flyball pitcher against a home run hitter."Exactly. Why start now? I hate to say it, but this one is on Scioscia. Stupid, stupid, stupid. |
