ANGELS NOTEBOOK: GUILLEN COMES CLEAN.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer BALTIMORE - Angels reliever Brendan Donnelly was certain when he was caught June 14 with 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. on his glove during a game against the Washington Nationals that former Angel malcontent mal·con·tent adj. Dissatisfied with existing conditions. n. 1. A chronically dissatisfied person. 2. One who rebels against the established system: Jose Guillen, now with the Nationals, was the one who tipped off Nationals manager Frank Robinson. Guillen, who denied having anything to do with the incident at the time, has changed his story. In the latest issue of ESPN The Magazine ESPN The Magazine is a bi-weekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in New Britain, CT in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. , Guillen is quoted as saying: ``I knew Donnelly was using pine tar, and I knew he was using sandpaper sandpaper, abrasive originally made by gluing grains of sand to heavy paper sheets. Today sandpaper is made primarily with quartz, aluminum oxide, or silicon carbide grains, and is graded according to the size of the grains. . I was the one who told Frank, 'Check this guy's glove.' '' Donnelly, who received an eight-day suspension for the incident, didn't want to revisit the issue. ``I have no reaction,'' Donnelly said. ``I don't want to keep dragging that thing on.'' Regarding Guillen's comments, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said: ``If it happened that way, it happened that way. What's odd is Frank told everybody he saw it on video, so 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. what the story is.'' --Anderson returns: Garret Anderson returned to the Angels' lineup Tuesday after missing the previous eight games because of patella patella (pətĕl`ə): see kneecap. tendinitis in his left knee and an irritated lower back, likely related to the sacroiliac joint sacroiliac joint (sak´rōil´ēak´), n an irregular synovial joint between the sacrum and ilium on either side of the pelvis. . The goal is for Anderson to become healthy enough to play left field, but he will, for the time being, be the designated hitter, Scioscia said. --Quinlan recalled: Robb Quinlan joined the team Tuesday, replacing reliever Greg Jones on the Angels' roster, and started at third base. --McPherson update: Now that two specialists have recommended Dallas McPherson have surgery to shave down a bone spur in his hip - Tennessee team doctor Thomas Byrd is the latest - the Angels' third baseman isn't expected back this season. Recovery time for the procedure is estimated at 12 weeks. --Escobar looks good: Pitcher Kelvim Escobar, recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow, made his first rehab start Tuesday for Triple-A Salt Lake and gave up no runs, one hit with two walks and four strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. |
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