ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SCIOSCIA: DONNELLY COULD BE BACK BY EARLY MAY.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - The morning after being hit by a batting-practice flyball that broke his nose in 20 places March 9, Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his was playing cards playing cards, parts of a set or deck, used in playing various games of chance or skill. The origin of playing cards is unknown, and almost as many theories exist as there are historians of the subject. in the Angels' clubhouse with teammates. But subsequent problems and surgeries have kept Donnelly away from the card games and his teammates all season. Still in Arizona, Donnelly is making enough progress that manager Mike Scioscia ``It's a target, but it's in pencil,'' Scioscia said. ``He's playing catch, doing cardiovascular exercises and PFP PFP - Plastic Flat Package (pitchers fielding practice). The more he gets into baseball activities, the better idea we'll have on when he'll be back. ... It could be within weeks, but if he has a setback it could be a little longer.'' The Angels have managed to get by without Donnelly in their primary set-up role, instead using Francisco Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:
In six appearances, Rodriguez has been nearly unhittable, throwing 6 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team , giving up four hits and striking out 12. But where Donnelly's absence hurts the Angels is in their bullpen depth, and it showed Sunday night against the A's. After using Rodriguez, Scot Shields and Troy Percival on Saturday, Scioscia used Ben Weber and Kevin Gregg on Sunday and a 4-1 game through six innings became 7-1 through seven innings. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Donnelly works out at the Angels' extended spring-training facility in Mesa, Ariz. ``It's like spring training all over again for him,'' Scioscia said. --Kennedy sits: Continuing his plan to rest the regular players on occasion to keep them fresh, Scioscia sat down second baseman Adam Kennedy on Sunday. Kennedy is hitting just .227, but has a team-leading 12 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 and has been playing Gold Glove-like defense. The opposing pitcher Sunday was left-hander Barry Zito, but the left- handed-hitting Kennedy has fared well against left-handers this year, batting .333 (3 for 9). For his career, Kennedy is 1 for 9 against Zito. Taking Kennedy's place at second base was Shane Halter, who entered the game hitting .238 (5 for 21) with one homer against Zito in his career. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com |
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