ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SCIOSCIA A DEEP THINKER.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 DETROIT -- If manager Mike Scioscia After a question that was actually about whether Howie Kendrick Howard Joseph (Howie) Kendrick (born July 12, 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed. Kendrick Attended West Nassau High School where he played baseball. will remain a second baseman second baseman 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 , Scioscia let go with his desires for strengthening the entire roster. ``I think that we need to get deeper,'' Scioscia said. ``Not only for this last month but we need to get deeper for the future because you can see it's really been kind of a fragile balance that we've struck with needing guys to continue to be productive and stay healthy down this stretch.'' When Juan Rivera Juan Rivera may refer to:
``It's been there for stretches it was just virtually nonexistent non·ex·is·tence n. 1. The condition of not existing. 2. Something that does not exist. non the first part of the year and was a major contributor of why we were 11 games under at one point,'' Scioscia said. The Angels are expected to move on next season without Tim Salmon, Erstad and Adam Kennedy, which could help the depth issue if and when younger more durable players replace them. But Scioscia doesn't see it as being that simple. ``I don't think it's young or old or any issue like that,'' Scioscia said. ``It's going to be a talent issue. That's the bottom line. We've had a lot of young guys come up and play very well. We've had a lot of veterans play well during our resurgence. I don't think you necessarily have to get younger, you have to get talented.'' Salmon closing on 300 HRs: Tim Salmon remains three home runs shy of 300 but will not pine for more playing time as his career nears an end. ``Would it be nice to have a nice round number? Yeah,'' Salmon said. ``We're not talking about 500, but to be able to say it's a nice round number, yeah. At the same time if it doesn't happen that's fine. This year, coming back, coming to this point and being able to do what I've been able to do, to me that's what I wanted to do.'' Scioscia won't change team strategy just to accommodate Salmon's milestone. ``Tim's going to play when we feel he is going to able to contribute to us and matching up and seeing what our club needs to generate offense,'' Scioscia said. ``That hasn't changed and that won't change.'' |
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