ANGELS NOTEBOOK: GLAUS' PATIENCE WELCOMED.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer BOSTON - It remains to be seen how much power 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). will provide the Angels after his return from shoulder surgery. What he can provide is patience, another commodity sorely lacking on an otherwise complete offensive team. The Angels entered Tuesday's game last in the American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). in walks, their 348 free passes nearly 200 behind their opponent, Boston, which ranks second with 517. Given that pitchers are very careful with sluggers Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), and known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish for Micah), is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. and Jose Guillen, it's almost hard for the Angels to walk so rarely. But Guillen, Guerrero and Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. all are free swingers. Glaus, who once drew 112 walks in a season, can add a different dimension. ``The boys have to have someone to drive in,'' said Glaus, whose walk preceded Adam Kennedy's game-winning homer in the ninth inning of his season debut Sunday. ``Solo homers don't beat you. Well, eight of 'em might. I'm definitely not a free swinger, but I'm not trying to get to 3-2 every time. I'm somewhere in the middle.'' One game was enough to convince manager Mike Scioscia 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 ) appears entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. there. ``You've got to take the water wings off sometime,'' Scioscia said of Glaus, who doubled and singled off Curt Schilling Curtis Montague (Curt) Schilling (born November 14, 1966 in Anchorage, Alaska) is an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He has won World Series championships in 2001 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and in 2004 with the Red Sox, and is in Tuesday's 10-7 loss. ``He's ready for the challenge. He'll hit anywhere.'' --No problems: Jarrod Washburn Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Washburn won the final game will start Saturday at Cleveland after reporting no complications following his 75-pitch, four-inning stint for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Sunday. Washburn's last major league start was July 21, when he suffered torn cartilage in his rib cage rib cage n. The enclosing structure formed by the ribs and the bones to which they are attached. against the Indians. He walked the bases loaded in one inning of his rehabilitation start, but gave up one run and struck out out five. He'll have to regain his command in the heat of a pennant race. ``There's no room for error, because every game is so important right now,'' Washburn said. ``But that's the way I like it.'' --Promotions: Infielders Andres Galarraga, Casey Kotchman and Shane Halter will join the Angels from Triple-A Salt Lake today. Pitchers Matt Hensley or Scott Dunn are likely to arrive after Salt Lake's season concludes Monday. --Friendly conversation: Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly sought out Red Sox infielder Pokey Reese three hours before Tuesday's game to put a misunderstanding behind the former minor league teammates. Reese and Donnelly, friends from their time in the Cincinnati organization, saw their relationship frayed in July. The Red Sox went bonkers after Donnelly stared - in jest as it turns out - at Reese after Reese bunted on him in the eighth inning of a blowout in July. ``I thought he was a cool cat,'' Reese said then. ``I guess he's too good to bunt on now.'' But Donnelly smoothed things over Tuesday, explaining that since Reese never turned around after getting thrown out, he missed the context of Donnelly's action. ``I talked to him like we're old friends, and we are,'' said Donnelly, who talked to Reese during Boston's batting practice three hours before the game. ``He was going on the word of the bench. (Kevin) Millar jumped up, turned it into something it wasn't. Now that we talked, it's a non-issue.'' CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS at BOSTON - Gabe Lacques |
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