ANGELS NOTEBOOK: DONNELLY: LET THE CHIPS FALL.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer ANAHEIM - While other teams ponder magic numbers Magic numbers The number of neutrons or protons in nuclei which are required to fill major quantum shells. They occur at particle numbers 2, 8, 20, 50, and 82. and playoff dates, and teammates have their eyes on tee times and hunting expeditions, Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his has a date of his own in mind - Sept. 30, when team medical director Dr. Lewis Yocum will remove those bothersome bone chips from his throwing elbow. Donnelly has been pitching with the chips in his elbow for most of the second half of the season, and though his ailment ail·ment n. A physical or mental disorder, especially a mild illness. hardly rivals the season- ending injuries suffered by third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Troy Glaus Troy Edward Glaus (born August 3, 1976 in Tarzana, California) is a Major League Baseball player who plays third base for the Toronto Blue Jays. Previously, Glaus played with the Anaheim Angels (1998-2004) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2005). and designated hitter designated hitter n. Baseball Abbr. DH A player designated at the start of a game to bat instead of the pitcher in the lineup. Noun 1. Brad Fullmer Bradley Ryan Fullmer is a major league baseball player who bats left handed and throws right handed. He was born January 17, 1975 in Chatsworth, California. Fullmer last played at the Major League level during the 2004 season with the Texas Rangers. , it has impeded him nonetheless. Watching the team struggle without its core has pained Donnelly more, but it hasn't dimmed his appetite for next season. ``I'm looking forward to a lot of things next year,'' said Donnelly, who has a 1.65 ERA but had a 0.38 ERA before the All-Star break. ``Personally, I'm looking forward to regrouping myself and being healthy on a daily basis, to where there's nothing hindering me to do my job at 100 percent. Relievers are never 100 percent, but you try to get close.'' As the season nears an end, Donnelly admits he and his teammates find some dark humor in the video montages on the Edison Field video screen, since many of the stars of the clips are on the shelf. He figures it can only get better next season. ``You watch the highlights on Diamondvision, and it's like, Erstad's not here, Fullmer's not here, he's gone, he's gone,'' Donnelly said. ``It got to the point where you wonder, who's next?'' --Bengie is golden: Bengie Molina Benjamin José ("Bengie" or "Ben") Molina (born July 20 1974 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the starting catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. After being initially regarded as a "good glove, no hit" catcher, Molina has developed into one of the better missed the last month of the season with a broken wrist, but manager Mike Scioscia said he believes the Angels catcher did enough before his injury to justify a second consecutive Gold Glove selection. Molina played in just 119 games this season before a collision at home plate Sept. 3 ended it. He leads American League catchers by throwing out 41 percent of potential basestealers (41 for 76) and is second with a .993 fielding percentage. Last season, he played just 122 games because of hamstring problems. ``He's still, in my mind, the best defensive catcher in the league,'' Scioscia said. ``Did he play enough to establish himself as a Gold Glove candidate? I'd say absolutely.'' Scioscia said he'd also like to see second baseman Adam Kennedy (Cal State Northridge) earn consideration. --Record crowds: Wednesday's crowd of 32,503 pushed the Angels' attendance to 2,847,494, breaking the previous franchise record of 2,807,360, set in 1982. The Angels already have sold more than 3 million tickets and will exceed that mark on their final homestand, beginning Monday against Seattle. |
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