ANGELS NOTEBOOK: EDMONDS TO SLOW UP ON HIS RECUPERATION.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer The Angels sent a message to 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. Sunday: Slow down. Edmonds has been so eager to return to the field that he has pushed his surgically repaired right shoulder too far, and the club has decided to ease off on his rehab work. Edmonds was informed of the plan in a meeting with manager Terry Collins, 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 , hitting coach Rod Carew He was born to a Panamanian mother on a train in the town of Gatun, which at that time was in the Panama Canal , trainer Ned Berger and team medical director Dr. Lewis Yocum on Sunday afternoon. The gist of the meeting was that such a surgery requires four months of recovery time. Given that the surgery was April 22, don't expect Edmonds back until mid-August. ``Jim is making progress and we're happy with his progress,'' Yocum said. ``But we're going to slow him down with his swinging. Our date of four months hasn't really changed. It's predicated on the biology of the surgery. It takes that time for the tissue to heal. Rushing that can damage the labrum labrum /la·brum/ (la´brum) pl. la´bra [L.] an edge, rim, or lip. la·brum n. pl. la·bra A lip-shaped anatomical edge, rim, or structure. labrum pl. or result in further damage.'' For now, there will be no batting practice, only hitting soft toss with Carew. ``He progressed well from hitting off a tee to soft toss,'' Yocum said. ``Then he started hitting off Terry, and Terry throws heat. Jim got sore, a little too sore. It's not safe to take live BP until he builds more strength.'' Yocum said his biggest concern is Edmonds' ``enthusiasm to get back.'' ``But just the sight of Edmonds taking batting practice had people in the organization - not just Edmonds - a little too giddy,'' he said. ``They got excited, I got excited and it was like, `Wait a second.' There's not pain in the problem area. It's just sore in the muscles around it, which is good.'' Hill on the mound: Pitcher Ken Hill will be activated from the disabled list today and start tonight's game against the Padres
Not to be confused with San Diego Padres. . Hill hasn't pitched since June 30 because of an inflamed right elbow. He had surgery on the elbow in June 1998. ANGELS vs. SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Time: 7:05 p.m. at Edison Field. TV/Radio: Fox Sports West; KLAC-AM (570), XPRS-AM (1090, Spanish). Matchup: Ken Hill (3-8, 5.58 ERA) will make his first start since June 30, having recovered from an inflamed right elbow. His health is key to an Angels pennant Pennant A continuation pattern in technical analysis formed when there is a large movement in a stock, the flagpole, followed by a consolidation period with converging trendlines, the pennant, followed by a breakout movement in the same direction as the initial large movement, the run, or a possible trade. Matt Clement Matthew Paul Clement [cluh-MENT] (born August 12, 1974 in McCandless Township, Pennsylvania) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Boston Red Sox. (5-8, 4.78) will start for the Padres. - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): Box BOX: ANGELS vs. SAN DIEGO (see text) |
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