ANGELS NOTEBOOK: ANGELS TAKE A CHANCE ON ERIK HANSON.Byline: Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune The Angels have signed pitcher Erik Hanson The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. , and assigned him to triple-A Vancouver. Hanson, 33, had shoulder surgery last year and began this season on the disabled list. He was 0-3 with a 6.24 ERA in 11 games this season for the Blue Jays before being released June 16. ``He's a quality veteran guy, and if he gets his arm in shape we'll have a guy we might be able to go to, Angels manager Terry Collins said. ``He can give you those quality innings and he possesses pretty good stuff. It's a matter of making sure his arm's in shape. ``He needed a place to get squared away, Angels general manager Bill Bavasi William J. Bavasi (born December 27, 1957, Pasadena, California) is the current general manager and vice president of baseball operations for the Seattle Mariners. The son of longtime Major League Baseball executive Buzzie Bavasi and the brother of Peter Bavasi, also a former MLB said. ``He feels he's down 4 to 5 mph on his fastball. He wants to go down and pitch for a month.'' Decision time: Catcher Todd Greene Todd Anthony Greene (born May 8, 1971 in Augusta, Georgia) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Anaheim Angels (1996-2000), Toronto Blue Jays (2000), New York Yankees (2001), Texas Rangers 2002-2003) and the Colorado had his right shoulder examined by Dr. James Andrews James Andrews can refer to:
Greene consulted Drs. Lewis Yocum and Frank Jobe before seeing Andrews. If he decides against surgery, he could come back this season to DH and play first base. ``I'm not putting the screws to him to do something,'' Bavasi said, ``but I'd like for him to get a gameplan in motion. In pain: Tim Salmon was unavailable for the third consecutive game Thursday after receiving a cortisone cortisone (kôr`tĭsōn'), steroid hormone whose main physiological effect is on carbohydrate metabolism. It is synthesized from cholesterol in the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland under the stimulation of adrenocorticotropic shot Monday night in his left foot. Recovery time from a cortisone shot typically takes 48 to 72 hours. Salmon, limited to DH duty the rest of the season because of a partially torn ligament in the foot, said the most difficult part of the injury is mental. ``I'm really just getting tired of dealing with it, he said. ANGELS vs. SAN DIEGO Time: 7:05 p.m. at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. TV/Radio: Channel 9; 1110-AM, XPRS-1090 (Spanish). Matchup: In the first of a three-game interleague series, Angels right-hander Jason Dickson (8-4, 5.48) will face right-hander Kevin Brown (8-3, 2.71). --- Marc J. Spears. CAPTION(S): Box BOX: ANGELS vs. SAN DIEGO (see text) |
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