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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Rundown

K-Rod questions linger

Why did Frankie blow up last night? Depends on who you ask!

Frankie Rodriguez:
"The last 22 games, only three times on the mound? How do you expect the velocity to be there?" he said before Tuesday's game.
Mike Scioscia:
"It's more due to a mechanical thing than to him being too rested or tired," Scioscia said.
Bud Black:
Pitching coach Bud Black said the Angels had backed off Rodriguez after using him 10 times in the previous 17 days.

"We thought, let's get him as much rest as we possibly can," Black said. "That can affect command. That can affect stuff. That's probably what you saw."
Too little work, too much work, bad mechanics, dead-arm, those extra innings thrown in winter ball, and all manner of other doomsday scenarios have been offered as excuses. Could we be missing the obvious? The one thing that seems to be lost in all of this is the fact that Frankie was working for the third straight day. If the guy was indeed tired, wouldn't it likely be attributed to that?

UPDATE: Chronicles goes deeper into this and finds that Frankie has been frightenly bad in the past when pitching three days in a row. So it looks like we have a winner.

No one likes Scott Schoeneweis

This guy just doesn't get it (same article as above):
Schoeneweis pitched for the Angels from 1999 to 2003 and served as player representative during the 2002 season. On the eve of a threatened strike, Angel players dodged baseballs, pizza boxes, water bottles and other objects thrown onto the field. Schoeneweis said that night that he understood the fans' frustration but compared the minority of fans who went beyond boos to children who threw things when they did not get their way.

"That's making guys susceptible to injury. I had a problem with that. We all did," he said Tuesday. "I said the majority of the people in the stadium handled themselves with respect. The actions of a few shouldn't spoil it for everybody. I said I thought our fans would have more class than that. That's all they remember - the class thing."
I was in the crowd that night (it's one of my most vivid and cherished memories). I assure you, the ruckus-makers were no minority. Calling them "classless" was calling every Angel fan - no, make that every baseball fan - classless, because we were all in the same boat. And that's why you're the most hated man in Anaheim. Dickbag.

Here's Matt Welch's take on that night - one of my favorite posts ever.

Help on the way?

Don't look now, but Bret Prinz has 12 K's in just 8 innings of work over his current rehab assignment. That's pretty remarkable for a guy coming off an arm injury.

Anderson injury could be arthritis flair-up

So says the OC Register. Oh goody. So who do we acquire to play left next season?

Comments:


The one thing that seems to be lost in all of this is the fact that Frankie was working for the third straight day. If the guy was indeed tired, wouldn't it likely be attributed to that?

Ding ding ding! We have a winner ...

-Chronicles

posted by Blogger The Chronicler @ 3:53 PM
I'm still blaming it on the hurricane.

posted by Blogger Seitz @ 4:09 PM
Of course, he didn't pitch that well the day before, either.

Schoenweis is a freakin bastard. If anyone was classless, it was certainly him. He has the mindset of a prima donna in a mediocre pitcher's body. I cheered the day the Angels traded him.

posted by Blogger Unknown @ 4:11 PM
With GA, people seem to overlook the fact that it's his left knee and right back that's hurting. Now, I'm no doctor, but could it also be a valid thought that by huring his left knee and compensating with it that it could cause the right side of his body to hurt?

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 5:16 PM