fan_since79

Remind me again why Maronde was converted into a reliever.

Hope his forearm doesn't get a twinge after he throws a few pitches. That could mean a year or two on the DL.

Henley knows how to play 17, lands his tee shot 5 feet from the hole. He birdies it, of course. Nine birdies today! A double at the 7th hole his only blemish.

A bunch of guys are going low at the Players. Sergio is having a great round, minus-6 through 13 holes. Tied for the lead with Russell Henley.

I don't know how many times the announcers have told us that Frieri will continue to be an "important part of the bullpen this year." That's the party line and everyone's sticking to it. They're going to keep trotting him out there as he tries to figure things out. He's not going anywhere.

I wonder who he's going to get mad at tonight.

Angels 9th inning: three up, three down, and quickly too. Ugly.

He'll be 1-12 when Jerry trades for a starter in the summer. By that time we'll be 10 games out.

Oakland gains a half-game with the doubleheader split. Seattle as well.

Fans are leaving in droves now that Jeter has batted.

A Jeter slam would be an appropriate punishment for this bullpen.

He was 0-7 before he got his first win on May 23rd.

Nuno, hands down. "Well, he's a quality pitcher. The ball was coming out of his hand well tonight, he kept our guys off balance. You have to tip your cap."

Arenado's hitting streak at 27 now.

Toronto has scored 8 runs in the seventh inning and there's still only one out. Encarnacion has a triple and a 3-run homer in the inning so far. Most of the damage off of Cliff Lee. 12th batter coming up for the Jays.

For Burnett, 2 weeks = mid-August 2015 He won't even be on our team.

Roberts will not hit another home run until July.

Guy gets hot, then gets hurt. Welcome to Angels baseball.

70% chance of setbacks in the 10-day forecast, however.

Peter Bourjos, 3-for-3 so far tonight with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored, and they're only in the 5th inning. St Louis leading Atlanta 6-1.

Dishonorable mention: Ernesto Blantoneri, 6 home runs in 14 innings.

Things that upset me about Mike: 1. His OCD style of managing (righty-righty, lefty-lefty, 7th inning man, setup man, closer in the 9th man, contact play, bunt bunt bunt, etc etc) 2. Playing veterans who can't hit, night after night, for months at a time or even a whole season (Steve Finley, anyone?) 3. Pulling starters too soon who are pitching well 4. Bullpen mismanagement, well documented here and elsewhere 5. Tipping cap to opposing journeyman hitters after horrible losses caused by manager/player mistakes. See, it's not even near the top of the list.

...and four more years to come, until Scioscia's contract expires.

Without the bullpen and some of the mismanagement, we'd have the best record in the AL.

Arenado got a double in his final at-bat. I was wrong about the streak. He's now at 26 games.