ANGELS NOTEBOOK: FINLEY TO REST AILING SHOULDER.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Angels center fielder Steve Finley Steven Allen Finley (born March 12 1965, in Union City, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who bats and throws left-handed. He currently is a free agent, and has been working out on a regular basis since his release, hopeful a call will come from a team looking has been hampered by a right shoulder injury seemingly from the moment he stepped onto the field this season. The injury, which Finley wanted to keep private so opposing clubs couldn't exploit it, has altered the mechanics of his swing and reduced the career .276 hitter to just .225 entering play Tuesday. The Angels have decided they've seen enough and revealed Tuesday that Finley will sit out until at least Friday to give the inflammation time to subside, although the condition could dog him the rest of the season. Usually known for his discipline at the plate, Finley already has struck out 39 times this season, including three times in four at-bats Monday. Finley is in a 4-for-25 slump. Finley suffered the injury April 6, in the second game of the season, when he ran into the outfield wall at Angel Stadium chasing a flyball. A previous MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. was inconclusive, Finley was to be examined Tuesday by Dr. Lewis Yocum and receive a cortisone cortisone (kôr`tĭsōn'), steroid hormone whose main physiological effect is on carbohydrate metabolism. It is synthesized from cholesterol in the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland under the stimulation of adrenocorticotropic shot to calm the inflammation. Although he plans to play through the pain, offseason surgery is a very real possibility for Finley, who is in the first year of a two-year, $14 million deal. ``I wasn't going to use it as an excuse; I'll take my punishment,'' said Finley, who has been booed at home games recently. ``I feel like I've missed a lot of pitches I would've hit before. I feel like I should be a whole lot better. Right now, as you can tell, I'm not being very productive. It's as frustrating to me as anyone.'' --Making progress: Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar [ess-coe-BAR] (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. threw another bullpen session, mixing in breaking pitches for the first time since going on the DL with an elbow injury, and is aiming to throw a simulated game Friday. Escobar figures to be sidelined until around the All-Star break. --Also: Shortstop Orlando Cabrera Orlando Luis Cabrera (born November 2, 1974 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed. sat out a second consecutive game with elbow inflammation. ... 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 said the appeal of his 10-game suspension for pine tar pine tar n. A viscous or semisolid brown-to-black substance produced by distillation of pine wood and used as an expectorant and antiseptic. possession might not be heard Friday, as scheduled. Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com |
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