The Angels were never going to do that. |
The Angels, who have not had a lefty in the pen, last week traded for Jason Christiansen from the Giants. Told that Angels manager Mike Scioscia had mentioned Shields in connection with the MVP last season, Francona cracked, '' Vladi [ Guerrero ] wasn't too bad, either. Let Shields hit fourth and see who's MVP. |
The ball came out of his hand very well. I don't think he executed all of his pitches. He didn't look like he got tired. There are good days ahead. |
The ball, just when he throws it down, guys just swing and miss or they hit grounders. He's in a little bit of a tough spot with us. We have a very full, veteran staff but we certainly like what we see. |
The comfort I have is our ability to play. I know that we will show up and play the next game, and that's what gives us the most comfort. |
The doctor said he could see a fly on that wall. In other words, he's got unbelievable vision. |
The excitement is there, and then it kind of wears off, and the guys are ready to move on, and I think we're ready to move on. |
The excitement level will be off the charts. You'll see a lot of guys running to the ballpark. I might jog. |
The goal is to wear a ring at the end. |
The good thing was, we weren't losing. But you could feel it in the ballpark and in the dugout, to get hits like that are huge. |
The hard part about that is there's always a chance for a late trade that could change something. But I don't think we'll be in a position with one last outing, where they'll be some pitch-off or something like that. |
The hope is that he can play on Thursday, but even if he can't the news is good. He's going to be OK, we've just got to let him settle down. |
The idea for David for the next two weeks is to do his work inside, whatever conditioning he's doing with the trainers. He'll do his long toss. But he's trying not to weight-bear his conditioning for another two weeks. |
The idea of the importance of winning today is there; it's been there, |
The kid kind of bailed us out a little bit. Three outs, at a time in the game when we desperately needed them. |