A 2-5 start, and all kinds of Halo fans are ready to jump off the bandwagon and start rooting for the 2-4 Doyers. The pitching has been off, with only one starter getting a win (Weaver on opening day) and the team only getting wins when one starter starts (again, Weaver). The latest debacle was a 4-9 loss to the 1st place A's (go ahead, and read that again), and it made me wonder if my early love for the bullpen (even in their first couple of losses) was a little too soon. Either way, our 2-5 start has taught us a few things about our Angels, other than the fact that most fans are really idiots (we already knew that).
-- Our last place team may be 3 games back, but we sure have found our new offensive powerhouse. Hideki "Me So Sorry" Matsui leads this Angels offense with .370/2/5 numbers. People, including fans and local sports talk fools, gave us all kinds of crap for pick us Mats, but check him out. He's bringing the pain after the first 7.
-- Did we really get the better end of the GMJ for Stokes deal? I sure thought so after Stokes season debut of 2 shutout innings against Minnie. Then he went and gave up 3 runs to the Twins on Thursday. He may have gone 0.3 shutout innings yesterday, but it doesn't really restore the faith after his walk happy, piss poor outing from last week. Let's hold off and wait and see how this Stokes thing turns out. I'm pulling for you.
-- Hey, Brandon, we're waiiiiii-ting. This was supposed to be Wood's coming out party, and look where we're at after 7 games. Note: I'm still praying for Woods to be the man we need rather than the return of D-Mac, but I'm definitely putting him on notice after the first week. .053 is not a respectable batting average for the first week. Also on notice: Napoli (.111 means Mathis gets more starts), Ma$e (.182 as Wood's backup), and even Aybar (.232 as he comes crashing back down to earth after the hot start). The offesne has been off, I'll admit, but that's not the main problem after the first week.
-- Talk about going on notice, how about the starting rotation? Joe Saunders (7.36 ERA in his first 2), Matt Palmer (6.43 ERA in his spot start), Ervin (6 even in his first start), Piñeiro (4.50 in his debut). Weaver pitches with an even 3 ERA through his first 2 games, but the rest of the pack needs to step it up. Now.
We're 2-5, 3 games back of the A's (who saw that one coming?), and are off for our first roadie against the Yanks tomorrow. It's a day game, which sucks, and it's Erv Daddy (0-1, 6.00) against Andy "I never get old" Pettitte (0-0, 1.50). It's the return of H-Dek to Yankee Stadium, which I'm sure will be the reason that this series will get some play with the real media. So, will a series with a solid Yanks squad (4-2) be the thing that pops us out of this funk? Let's hope so.
-- Sent from my Palm Prē
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