ANGELS NOTEBOOK: READY TO LOOK AHEAD.Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. Staff Writer CLEVELAND -- Not that any members of the Angels will admit to looking ahead to the postseason, but 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). playoff matchups have already started to take shape. Assuming the Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Tigers have played in Comerica Park. win the American League Central The American League Central is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division was formed in the 1994 realignment. Its teams are all located in the Midwestern United States. (they entered play Tuesday with a 10-game division lead) and the AL West sends only its division winner beyond the regular season, the scenarios are limited. If the Angels can wrap up their third AL West title, they would open the playoffs at Detroit if an AL Central team also wins the wild card. That scenario also assumes the AL East winner has a better record than the Angels. If the the wild-card winner comes out of the AL East, the Angels would open at the winner of the AL East, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , who are playing better than anybody in that division at present. ``You're getting a little ahead of yourself,'' Adam Kennedy For other people with the same name, see Adam Kennedy (disambiguation). Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays second base for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kennedy attended J.W. said. ``I think everybody realizes whoever you get, I don't think there is an advantage with one team or another. I think you're going to be looking at pretty good teams and pretty good matchups any way you look at it.'' Kennedy said the time to look forward to the postseason would be more appropriate on the day after the team clinches its playoff berth. But not everybody can wait that long. Tom Taylor, the Angels' director of travel, said that if the team is in contention at the start of September, he will start to call team hotels in the cities where they might end up playing. Injury updates: Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Casey Kotchman will not return this season. Kotchman, who went on the disabled list May 9, is back home in Florida as he deals with the residual effects of the mononucleosis mononucleosis /mono·nu·cle·o·sis/ (-noo?kle-o´sis) excess of mononuclear leukocytes (monocytes) in the blood. chronic mononucleosis chronic fatigue syndrome. virus he contracted this offseason. He has not resumed any baseball activity. ... Dallas McPherson continues to rehab at Triple-A Salt Lake as he recovers from two separate cases of back spasms. McPherson, who last played for the Angels on June 21, has been getting the bulk of his playing time at first base. Figgins on bench: Chone Figgins, who had just four hits in his past 32 at-bats, was not in the starting lineup for just the ninth time this season, but it was the second time in the last four games he sat. ``It's one thing to help him try and catch his breath a little bit, but probably the bigger issue is trying to get Tim Salmon's bat in the lineup,'' Scioscia said. Salmon played on consecutive days for the first time since June 24-25 at Arizona. |
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