Baseball!

Okay...I don't do a lot of random baseball posting. But I will today. And I'm posting on the Red Sox-Mariners game from yesterday which, oddly, has a great deal of interest to me as an Angel fan. Not for any bearing on the pennant race or anything like that -- it's April (and, c'mon, it's the Mariners), but for two things.

#1: Something for the Tiger fans to enjoy

	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Weaver (L, 0-1)	2.0	7	7	7	2	1	1	31.50

That's the pitching line for Jeff Weaver who was AWFUL for the Angels last year (was cut in favor of his little brother) and ended up on the Cardinals. And, of course, with the Cardinals, he ends up finding himself all baseball/spiritually renewed and is a huge key to beating the Tigers and winning the World Series. This guy dominated. It didn't make any sense. You know, because he usually stinks.

And then he went back to the American League. And, in his first start with Seattle, gave up 7 runs in two innings. And my favorite thing about Jeff Weaver is that he's the only player I know of who, consistently, looks absolutely terrified. It's true. This isn't one of those "terrified" pictures, but it is something that became fairly common during his tenure with the Angels -- walking sadly and slowly from the mound with his head down. Looks like it'll be the same deal with Seattle, assuming they let him pitch much more.

Maybe Jeff should've stayed in the NL after all. Just a thought. O maybe there was no way around it. He was given one great month in the big leagues. And, hey, the next time the Tigers get to face him, they'll clobber him. Of course, they'll just be beating the Mariners.


#2:
I'm glad to see that great rivalries carrying on. The Angels and Nationals got into a brawl a couple of years ago that included a little bench clearing and a lot of angry talks from the two teams. Now this feud has taken on new life with the Mariners and the Red Sox. Two of the key guys from that previous grudge match have landed on these teams and Brendan Donnelley and Jose Guillen evidently still aren't the best of friends.
Here's more:
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10119576

Sigh. We'll see what the rest of the Angels will get from Guillen when the Angels and Mariners play later this season. Because Donnelley wasn't the only one who didn't dig the guy. It should be fun.