ANGELS NOTEBOOK: EDMONDS DUE BACK WEDNESDAY.Byline: Joe Haakenson Center fielder Jim Edmonds James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edmonds is affectionately known as Jimmy Baseball [1], "Lassie" and as "Hollywood"[2] among Cardinals fans. has remained in Anaheim to get treatment on his strained groin and sore shoulder but is expected to join the club in the next few days and be back in the lineup in Oakland on Wednesday when he's eligible to come off the disabled list. He hasn't hit since March 29 in Arizona, but Edmonds won't need a rehab assignment, manager Terry Collins said. Just a couple days of batting practice and Edmonds will be ready to go. ``This may sound crazy, but this guy can hit in January,'' Collins said. ``He's a special player. We'll get him some BP and he'll be fine. I for one don't think he needs a rehab assignment.'' Fastpitch past: Collins' bio in the Angels media guide has a curious gap. It shows that he was a player for the Dodgers' Triple-A team in Albuquerque from 1976-78, and again in 1980. But under 1979, it says only ``Did not play.'' Collins explained that in 1979 he managed a fastpitch softball Fastpitch softball is a sport played commonly by girls, though male and co-ed fastpitch leagues also exist. The United States fastpitch softball team has won back-to-back-to-back gold medals at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. team in his hometown of Midland, Mich. He said the team won a world championship. Taking what he can get: Orlando Palmeiro Orlando Palmeiro (b. January 19, 1969, in Hoboken, New Jersey) is a Major League Baseball outfielder, currently with the Houston Astros, who went to the University of Miami. His better known cousin Rafael Palmeiro was also a Major League player. was in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes again Saturday - batting leadoff and playing left field - for the fourth game in a row. It might not last long with Edmonds due back Wednesday, but Palmeiro is trying to make the most of it. Friday, he led off the game with his first career home run. Saturday he had singles in his first two at-bats, including an 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 bunt single with two out. ``When you're starting, you have to have a mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. of what you want to do,'' Palmeiro said. ``For me, I want to see a lot of pitches, get on base, move guys over. I think it takes a while to settle down and get in a comfort zone. You realize you don't have to do it all in one day.'' Hot Salmon: Tim Salmon n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. by a Texas opponent in the history of the club. Salmon's lifetime batting average against the Rangers was .395 (100 for 253). Also, his two hits Friday gave Salmon 927 in his career, passing Wally Joyner (925) for sixth on the Angels all-time list. ANGELS vs. TEXAS Time: 5:05 p.m., at The Ballpark in Arlington. Radio/TV: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ; KLAC-AM (570), XPRS-AM (1090). Matchup: Tim Belcher (0-0, 10.40 ERA) will make his second start as an Angel after a not-so-good first start. On opening night, Belcher gave up five runs and six hits in 4-1/3 innings before the Angels rallied for a 6-5 win over the Indians. Aaron Sele (1-0, 0.00 ERA) will start for Texas. The Rangers have eight players on their 25-man roster who are either ex-Angels (Mark McLemore, Lee Stevens and Luis Alicea) or ex-Dodgers (Tom Goodwin, Todd Zeile, John Wetteland, Mike Morgan and Roberto Kelly). - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): Box Box: ANGELS vs. TEXAS (See text) |
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