ANGELS NOTEBOOK: HARGROVE SAYS RIPS OVER RESTING RIPKEN `UNFAIR'.Byline: Gordon Verrell Staff Writer Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. manager Mike Hargrove ``Up until (Saturday) night, (Ripken's farewell tour) has been enjoyable,'' he said. ``I've managed or played with four or five Hall of Famers in my career and, no question, Cal is the biggest.'' `` But,'' he went on, ``that was very unfair ... some of the things that were said over the dugout.'' Except that Hargrove's explanation for not getting even one at-bat for Ripken - who played in a major-league-record 2,632 consecutive games until the streak ended three years ago, and has played in more games, 2,949, than anyone in the history of the Orioles - was, well, put your own spin on it. Said Hargrove: ``I can't play this guy every day.'' Huh? --Ripken's farewell: In a pregame ceremony, the Angels presented Ripken with a crystal trophy from Tiffany's, commemorating his final game in Anaheim. Ripken announced June 19 he is retiring at the end of the season, bringing to a close his remarkable 20-year career. Trivia note: Ripken was the Orioles' second-round draft choice in 1978. Their No. 1 pick that year?: A high school third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker from Ohio named Robert Bruce The following have been known as Robert Bruce: Those belonging to the Bruce family of Scotland: Note: There are currently discrepancies between this list and the actual article contents. , who so far has played 2,949 fewer games with the Orioles than Ripken. --Kennedy latest No. 1: Angels manager Mike Scioscia n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Adam Kennedy into the No. 1 spot in the batting order, the first time the former Cal State Northridge star batted leadoff in the big leagues. Prior to Sunday, Kennedy had batted second 29 games, seventh 13 games, eighth 18 games and ninth 22 games this season. ``We wanted to give Eck the day off,'' Scioscia said, ``and Kennedy is our best option for leadoff.'' Kennedy became the Angels' fifth leadoff hitter this season after Eckstein (76 games), Darin Erstad (21), Orlando Palmeiro (six) and Jeff DaVanon (one). Garret Anderson was the designated hitter for the third successive game, getting a rest from his left-field duties because of a sore left foot. Scott Spiezio was in left field again. ``Ever since Spiez won the first-base job,'' Scioscia said, kidding, ``the only place he's played is left field.'' --Odds and ends: Left-hander Jarrod Washburn will leave the club today to attend memorial services Tuesday in Wisconsin for his grandfather. Washburn will miss his regular start Tuesday night in Boston and will start instead Friday night in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ... Willis Roberts, the Orioles pitcher who collapsed on the mound when his left knee gave out in the sixth inning Saturday night, might miss just one start, Hargrove said. ``The way it looked at first, the way he went down and all, I thought we'd have to amputate am·pu·tate v. To cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery. ,'' he said. ``But it's not as bad as we thought, just some swelling in his knee.'' |
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