ANGELS NOTEBOOK: FIGGINS IS MUM ON HOT STREAK.Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. Staff Writer all it one of the closest guarded secrets since the formula for Coca-Cola was invented in the backyard of an Atlanta pharmacist. Getting the detailed recipe on the Big Mac's special sauce Special sauce is the sauce used in the McDonald's Big Mac hamburger. The name derives from a 1975 advertising campaign featuring a list of the Big Mac's ingredients: Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. might be easier than getting Chone Figgins Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figgins (born January 22, 1978 in Leary, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite the unusual spelling of his first name, "Chone" is pronounced as "Shawn. and Nathan Haynes Nathan Raymond Haynes (born September 7, 1979 in Oakland, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He debuted with the club on May 28, 2007 and has played both center field and right field since debuting. to come clean on just how Figgins went from two days on the bench to one of the hottest hitters on one of the hottest teams in baseball. Figgins is in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of a season-best, seven-game hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak , batting .500 (14 for 28) over that stretch to raise his overall batting average batting average 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. from .133 to .220. His current mark isn't impressive, but certainly headed in the right direction. Figgins claims Haynes gave him a hitting tip that has made all the difference the past week. Haynes says it was just a way to approach at-bats that helped him to a .391 batting average at Triple-A Salt Lake over the first two months of the season. Getting either to pin down exactly what has taken place is futile. "I can't say," Figgins said. "It's nothing major. It's just something that he talked about that he's been working with. "He's always been a good hitter and it's been successful for him and he said to just try it and it might work for you." Surely Haynes will tell. He's only been in the major leagues for less than two weeks, and explaining how he jump-started an established major leaguer might help his credibility. "It's not a trick, it's just his approach that was a little off," Haynes said. "I just wanted to share the success I had and maybe get him back to it. That's all it was. "I 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. if he got away from it or not. I wasn't here to see it, but I noticed it when I got back here and I just wanted to share with him. It doesn't mean he wasn't doing it. Sometimes somebody can point something out to you in different terminology and it's able to click better." Old friends: The Angels will run into some old friends this weekend as their opponent, the St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. , have three players that played on the Angels' 2002 World Series championship team. David Eckstein David Mark Eckstein, (born January 20, 1975 in Sanford, Florida), is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is noted for his size, as he is a small (for professional sports) 5' 7", but weighs 175 pounds. , Adam Kennedy and Scott Spiezio all played under Mike Scioscia. "The three guys in St. Louis when you talk about Eck, AK and Speiz, they left a huge footprint here and certainly were a huge part of what we accomplished, Scioscia said. "They carry that feeling forward. Eck and Speiz got that feeling again in St. Louis. You feel good for these guys." Izturis moves up: Maicer Izturis had his rehab assignment transferred to Triple-A Salt Lake from Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Izturis has been on the disabled list since May 22 with irritation in his right hamstring and already is eligible to return to the major-league roster. Angels pick pitcher: The Angels used their first pick in the 2007 First- Year Player Draft -- No. 58 overall in the supplemental round -- to select Jonathan Bachanov, a right-handed pitcher from University High School in Orlando, Fla., according to the Angels' Web site. Bachanov, 18, had a dominant senior year, going 9-2 with a 0.37 ERA, walking 19 hitters while striking out 103 in 65 innings. The Angels lost their first-round pick this year as compensation for signing free agent Gary Matthews Jr. doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS at ST. LOUIS - Doug Padilla |
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