ANGELS NOTEBOOK: CLOSER BETTER, BUT HIP HURTS.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer BALTIMORE - The Angels can only hope closer Troy Percival Troy Eugene Percival (born August 9, 1969 in Fontana, California) is a Major League Baseball reliever on the St. Louis Cardinals. Percival came out of retirement on June 8, 2007 when he signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals[1]. isn't out as long as center fielder Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). , who hasn't played since April 19 and today will try to run the bases for the first time since his strained right- hamstring tendon forced him to the disabled list. But for now, Percival's degenerative right-hip situation is sounding similar to Erstad's plight. It hurts, the Angels say they don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how bad it is, and they can only wait to see whether it gets better. ``There's always a risk of a worst-case scenario worst-case scenario n → Schlimmstfallszenario nt being a really extended time,'' manager Mike Scioscia Percival said he's been around too long to get worried over an uncertain injury situation. He looked to be in pain as he ambled around the grounds of the White House on Tuesday but actually said his hip felt better. ``It's starting to last longer,'' he said of his endurance while walking on the hip. ``The first day on it, an hour felt good. I'm up to three to four hours of feeling good on it now. But I don't get that impatient with it.'' Percival was placed on the disabled list Friday and is eligible to come off June 8. If it gets near that time and he's still not feeling better, then he said he will feel concerned. --Middle men: The middle of the Angels' lineup has gone into a simultaneous funk. No. 3 hitter Tim Salmon Cleanup hitters often have the most power on the team and are typically the team's best all-around hitter; their job is to "clean up the bases", hence the name. Garret Anderson has three hits in his past 26 at-bats, and No. 5 Brad Fullmer has just 10 hits in his past 56 at-bats. Those three have combined for just three RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in the past five games, including one in Tuesday's 12-4 loss to Sidney Ponson and the Baltimore Orioles. ``Any time a pitcher's in control of three pitches, he's not going to get hit,'' Anderson said of Ponson. ``That's the bottom line.'' --Perks: The Angels' box-office success and elevated profile from winning a World Series is evident in preliminary American League All-Star balloting released Tuesday. An Angel is in the top five at every position except first base and outfield. Troy Glaus leads third basemen with 107,273 votes, almost 2,000 more than Oakland's Eric Chavez. The Angels have not had a player voted in by fans to start an All-Star Game since first baseman Wally Joyner in 1986. CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. BALTIMORE - Gabe Lacques |
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