Bronx Banter: They're Only Sleeping

post from Bronx Banter on 04 July 2006 11:31:00 AM. © Bronx Banter

After a rousing 16-run outburst against the Mets on Sunday night, the Yankee offense was ineffective again on Monday in Cleveland. Jason Giambi hooked a 3-2 breaking ball into the right field seats in the first inning against southpaw Jeremy Sowers for a two-run dinger and that was all the scoring the Yanks would do as they fell to the Tribe, 5-2. Generally speaking, if you haven't heard of the pitcher before, chances are they've got a good shot at beating the Yanks. Chien-Ming Wang wasn't his usual sharp self, but he wasn't awful either. This was a night where he needed the bats to help him a little something and it just didn't happen.

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Jeff Weaver Designated For Assignment

post from Beyond the Box Score on 04 July 2006 10:10:32 AM. © Beyond the Box Score

Happy Fourth of July to everyone; or if you're reading this from your office on the fifth of the month, welcome back to work. In order to make room for younger brother Jered Weaver -- in both the roster and the rotation -- Jeff Weaver has been[...]

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Dream Weaver

post from Baseball Musings on 04 July 2006 09:52:00 AM. © Baseball Musings

The Jered Weaver/Felix Hernandez showdown was all Weaver last night as the Angels rookie extended his record to 5-0 with a seven inning, one run performance. Weaver struck out nine. He's struck out more (31) and he's allowed men on...

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Finally Gaining a Game

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The Minnesota Twins came back from a 5-3 deficit after blowing a 3-1 lead to take a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals. That ran their winning streak to 11 and pulled them to 9 games back in the...

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Independence Day Update

post from Baseball Musings on 04 July 2006 08:27:00 AM. © Baseball Musings

Happy 4th of July! The Day by Day Database is up to date....

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Minor League Scorebook

post from 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 04 July 2006 03:09:00 AM. © 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

News

Brandon Wood made Texas League Offensive Player of the Week for his nine-game hitting streak, broken today; no Dodger prospects were so honored.
Tommy Mendoza made Pitcher of the Week with 13 K's over two games and 16.0 IP. Dodger prospect Steven Johnson was also so named for his 18 SO in two starts and 13.0 IP.
Watch this space for the roundup of minor league notebooks tomorrow.
Nick Adenhart's promotion made Baseball America's front page.
Speaking of BA, it's odd that this story about Jered Weaver's demotion would come just before Jeff got DFA'd and Jered made his triumphant (!) return. Excerpt:
"There's not much you can tell a kid who has pitched as well as he has," manager Mike Scioscia said. "He's done a terrific job, but he's not a finished product. He can use this time to clean some things up."
...
"I figured it was going to happen," [Jered] said. "I've got to stay positive, take it in stride, keep doing what I'm doing and work hard to get back up here."
...
"It's kind of a strange feeling," Jeff Weaver said. "There's no reason for it, other than there's a player coming off the disabled list. Jered is kind of the odd man out."
Also, Tony Jackson has some comments about Blake Dewitt's conversion from third to second base:
"One thing about playing in the middle of the infield is that he has to be able to get in position to turn a double play and not worry about covering so much ground," farm director Terry Collins said. "He wants to make double plays and still cover a lot of ground. Even the greats have to give up something to do something."

Scores

2006-07-03: Salt Lake 2, Sacramento 0 # Willits, R: 2-4, 1 BB, 2 K
Kendrick, H: 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Eylward: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Mathis, J: 0-4, 2 K
Myers: 2-4
Bland: 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 2 BB, 5.53 ERA
Hensley: (W, 1-0) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 0.00 ERA
Howie Kendrick drove in both runs on an eighth-inning RBI double, extending hishitting streak to ten games. In some ways, it seems like a slumpbecause he's got a lot of 1-4 games in there. Nate Bland got whatappears to be an emergency start (his third this year), gettingyanked after only 53 pitches. Matt Hensley, previously with the AZLAngels, came up and pitched his second game with the Bees for ascoreless seventh that netted him a lucky win.

Kazuhito Tadano got the loss, though he technically pitched ascoreless inning and two thirds. I likedTadano's story about coming back after being blackballed by Japanesebaseball following an incident in a porn film; in fact, it was oneof the first things I wrote about when I started this blog twoyears ago. He's no longer with the Indians organization, and the A'shave him; outside of his adventures with the Angels, I wish him allthe luck in the world.2006-07-03: Tulsa 9, Arkansas 4 # Bacon: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Wood: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Wilson: 0-4, 2 K
Rodland: 2-3, 1 BB
Holcomb: (L, 0-7), 3.1 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 H, 5 K, 4 BB, 1 HR, 5.46 ERA
Hm. Back to being beat up on. I wonder if Ty Boykin is running out ofpatience with James Holcomb?2006-07-03: Inland Empire 4, Rancho Cucamonga 12 # Rodriguez, S: 3-5
Collins: 1-5, 1 RBI, 2 K
Sutton: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Toussaint: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
Lopez: 3-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Posey: (W, 3-9), 6.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 K, 4 BB, 4.92 ERA
Micah Posey gave up four runs, two earned, over six innings, didn'tstrike out a soul, gave up four walks, and still won. BaltazarLopez plated three, two on one RBI single. The 66ers made four errorsthat resulted in five unearned runs crossing the plate; Inland Empirestarter Chad Fillinger got chased in the fifth after giving up sixruns. Considering there was yet another strong (13 MPH) wind blowingout to right, it's amazing there weren't any home runs hit. Except forDrew Toussaint, every single Rancho batter got a hit.2006-07-03: Burlington 1, Cedar Rapids 7 # Coon: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Davies: 3-4, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 K
Statia: 1-4, 1 2B
Trumbo: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K
Albano: 2-4
Marek: (W, 9-1), 8.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 2.01 ERA
Typical Steven Marek game: little opposition scoring, few hits, nowalks, but almost no strikeouts. I wouldn't be surprised if he gotshelled at the next level, or that the Angels don't keep him in theMidwest League a while longer. It seems the Joe Saunders path mightbe his future.2006-07-03: Idaho Falls 10, Orem 4 # Pettit: 2-4, 2 RBI
Phillips: 2-5, 2 2B, 1 K
Johnson: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Mount: 0-2
Reinhardt: 2-2
Haynes: (L, 0-1), 0.2 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 5 BB, 3.38 ERA
Holler: 2.1 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2.45 ERA
Cowles: 3.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 4.76 ERA
Connelly: 2.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 8.31 ERA
Starter Jeremy Haynes lasted only two-thirds of an inning in thisblowout; Haynes faced nine batters. Tyler Johnson's solo homer endedChukar starter Rowdy Hardy's a 13.2 IP scoreless streak that startedhis professional career.2006-07-03: AZL Angels 12, AZL Brewers 11 # Colmenares: 1-4, 2 BB, 1 K
Sweeney: 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Conger: 0-5, 1 RBI, 1 K
Castillo: 1-2, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Ortiz: 3-5, 3 RBI, 1 K
Moore: 1-3, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K
Fuller: 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Jimenez: (W, 1-1), 5.0 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 0 BB, 5.84 ERA
Norberto Ortiz drove in three and went 3-5 as the Angels squeaked pastthe Brewers in a slugfest. Both Ortiz and Angel Castillo homered inthe victory. Esmerlin Jimenez got the win, and a much better outingthan his last couple starts, where he had averaged close to a run an inning.2006-07-03: Tucson 12, Las Vegas 2 # Valdez: 2-4, 1 2B
Aybar: 2-3, 1 2B
Loney: 0-4
LaRoche: 1-4, 1 K
Riggs: 2-4, 1 3B
Young, D: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Miller: 0-1
Robles: 0-1
Eckert: (L, 5-4), 3.2 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 7 H, 2 K, 5 BB, 2 HR, 6.58 ERA
Miller: 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 3.66 ERA
Mike Bacsik remains undefeated, going 8-0 for the Sidewinders; StephenDrew and Chris Carter both homered for Tucson, both three-runshots. Greg Miller pitched a scoreless two and a third innings toclose out the game.2006-07-03: Jacksonville 5, Chattanooga 2 # Hu: 2-5, 1 RBI
Abreu: 2-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K
Meadows: 1-5, 1 2B, 4 K
Garcia: 0-2, 2 BB
Ellis: 1-2, 2 BB, 1 K
Ruan: 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Ojeda: 6.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2.49 ERA
Hoorelbeke: (W, 1-2) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 1.52 ERA
Back to winning for the Suns, who got back on track in this game inthe top of the ninth with a three-run frame. The scoring came off thebats of Chin-lung Hu (RBI single) and Tony Abreu (two-rundouble). Wilkin Ruan also had a two-run homer.2006-07-03: St. Lucie 3, Vero Beach 2 # Paul, X: 1-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Dewitt: 3-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Dunlap: 1-5, 1 K
Raglani: 0-4
Hoffmann: 0-4, 2 K
Elbert: 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 2.37 ERA
Megrew: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 0.77 ERA
Pimentel: (BS, 3)(L, 1-6) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 2 HR, 4.68 ERA
2006-07-03: Columbus 4, Savannah 3 # Justis: 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Denker, T: 0-4
May: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Horlacher: 6.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 1 BB, 2 HR, 4.56 ERA
Pratt: (W, 4-3) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 5.10 ERA
2006-07-03: Casper 8, Ogden 1 # Rivera, J: 2-4, 1 RBI
Bell: 0-4, 1 K
Dasni: (L, 1-2), 5.0 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 7 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 3 HR, 9.75 ERA
Sanfler: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA
Chales (?) Dasni gave up three home runs in this contest. Not even close.2006-07-03: GCL Nationals 5, GCL Dodgers 8 # Ortiz: 2-5, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K
Carter, R: 3-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI
Garcia: 2-4, 1 2B
Mattingly: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Mathews: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Jansen: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Robinson: 0-4, 4 K
Melgarejo: (W, 2-1), 5.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 6 K, 3 BB, 4.20 ERA
Preziosi: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA
Mattingly's second multi-hit night.

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Maury Wills Knows A Lot About Stolen Bases,
But...

post from 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 04 July 2006 02:04:00 AM. © 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

this sounds a lot like sour grapes:

"That wasn't a true steal of home," said Wills. "[Cabrera] saw that Chad wasn't watching and took advantage. That's not a true steal of home and I know what that is, Al Campanis taught me how, there's a technique to it. The timing has to be perfect, with the primary lead and secondary leads."

Maybe, maybe not. All I know is that Cabrera scored a run uncontested.

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Five, Six Zero: Angels 7, Mariners 1

post from 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog on 04 July 2006 01:34:00 AM. © 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog

Jered Weaver is 5-0, allowing only a single run while striking out nine over seven innings of work, walking only one batter. Outstanding!

Cabrera got a hit, extending his on-base streak to 60 straight games. Also, outstanding!

The Angels scored a lot of runs, though not necessarily while Weaver was on the mound, and off King Felix, to boot, though Hernandez hasn't been lights out much this year.

Napoli walked twice, Vlad had a pair of hits, and Kendry Morales had a 3-4 day at the plate at the 136 AB mark, including his first homer since June 25. I won't call it a turning point, but I will suggest that he is learning. Anderson actually worked a couple of walks, and that must have caused his head to implode.

Izturis is back to being a liability and probably shouldn't be hitting second. I'll be glad when McPherson comes back.

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I missed tonight's game...

And I'm kind of glad I did. Seriously, what the hell? Losing by ten runs to the Yankees...okay, I'm not real happy about it, they're our arch-nemesis and all, but at least they're the Yankees. Losing by ten runs to the Pirates? At home? TO THE FUCING PIRATES? I'm not sure the word exists for how unbelievably unacceptable this is. I don't want to say too much about it, since I missed the game, but...wow. It's becoming clear to me that a starting rotation made out of paper clips and glue is not going to last long-term. I'm not sure there are words for what happened today, and if there are, none of them are good.

Tom Glavine faces Zach Duke tomorrow at 1:10. They better win tomorrow, that's all I'm going to say.

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