ANGELS NOTEBOOK: JEFFERIES `THANKFUL' TO BE WITH ANGELS.Byline: Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune Gregg Jefferies • • [ with 11 years of major-league experience, two All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games appearances and a .292 career lifetime 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. . But he also came with all the humility of a rookie. ``They're in first place,'' said Jefferies, who started in left field and batted leadoff Saturday. ``They don't need me. They got to first place by themselves. I'm not going to come in here and show them this or that. These guys are tremendous players. I'm very thankful to be here.'' Jefferies, 31, was acquired Friday from the Phillies in exchange for a player to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. . ``I wasn't pushing for it, but I heard rumblings the last four days,'' Jefferies said of the trade. ``Obviously, I'm very excited. I loved the guys in Philly, but they wanted to move in a different direction. They're building with a youth movement, and that's OK.'' Jefferies was highly touted when he reached the majors at age 20 with the Mets in 1987, but he didn't quite live up to the hype. ``When I first broke in in '87, I was supposed to be the next Mickey Mantle,'' he said. ``I can't live up to that. You're talking about one of the greatest players of all time. I've been in the majors 11 years and I'm 31. I'm proud of that.'' Jefferies' best season came in 1993 with the Cardinals when he hit .342 (third in the NL) with 16 homers and 83 RBI RBI 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 in 142 games. To make room for Jefferies on the roster, the Angels optioned outfielder Reggie Williams to Double-A Midland. Williams will rejoin the team Tuesday in Cleveland when rosters are expanded. Orlando Palmeiro and Todd Greene also were affected by the acquisition of Jefferies because they had been getting time in left field. ANGELS vs. BOSTON Time: 10:05 a.m., at Fenway Park. TV/Radio: Ch. 9; KRLA-AM (1110), XPRS-AM (1090 Spanish). Matchups: The Angels' Jeff Juden (1-2, 5.61 ERA) will take on the Red Sox's Tim Wakefield (15-5, 4.19 ERA). Juden got his first win as an Angel in his last start against the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , giving
up four runs and three hits in 6-1/3 innings. He struck out eight. The
Angels and Red Sox have split their 10 games, so the season series will
be decided today. If the playoffs were to start today, the Angels and
Red Sox would meet in the first round.
- Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley Tribune CAPTION(S): Box BOX: ANGELS vs. BOSTON (see text) |
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