ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SLUMPING SALMON SITS VS. ATHLETICS.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer OAKLAND - Right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Tim Salmon Salmon is hitting .143 with no homers and three 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 13 starts, which by itself might not be much to worry about. But Salmon had a career-worst season last year, hitting .227 with 17 homers and 49 RBI. ``We're all looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. answers,'' Salmon said. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the answer is right now. ... You can't put your finger on something to get you going. If there was an answer, would I be stupid enough to put myself through this?'' Jeff DaVanon Jeffrey Graham DaVanon (born December 8, 1973 in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Oakland Athletics. DaVanon came up through the Oakland Athletics system before being traded to the Anaheim Angels as a minor-leaguer in 1999. started in Salmon's place Thursday and went 1 for 4. Manager Mike Scioscia ``We're not going to sit here and commit to lineups down the road right now when we don't really know what the production level will be,'' Scioscia said. ``His confidence has taken a big blow. He's dealing with ghosts of last season. I don't know if he realizes how strong and quick his bat is compared to last season.'' Scioscia said the Angels' offensive struggles this season - they are hitting .220 as a team - can't be blamed on Salmon alone. ``We've made an adjustment that points to Tim, but you can't purely make him the scapegoat,'' Scioscia said. ``As a group, the guys have not gotten into the swing. There's more than one reason why we're stuck in the mud.'' --Re-focused: Third baseman Troy Glaus was back in the lineup Thursday with a new pair of contact lenses. Glaus came out of Tuesday's game after three innings and missed all of Wednesday's game because he had trouble keeping the lenses in place. He went 0 for 4 to extend his hitless streak to 19 at-bats. --Chavez out: The A's played Thursday without third baseman Eric Chavez, who has a strained hip flexor flexor /flex·or/ (flek´ser) 1. causing flexion. 2. a muscle that flexes a joint. flexor retina´culum see entries under retinaculum. muscle. ANGELS vs. OAKLAND Time: 7:05 p.m., Network Associates Coliseum. TV/Radio: Ch. 9; 570-AM, 1090-AM (Spanish). Matchup: LH Jarrod Washburn (0-2, 6.00 ERA) will start for Anaheim against Oakland RH Mike Fyhrie (0-0, 0.00). Washburn, the club's opening-day starter, hasn't won since Aug. 19 last season at Cleveland, a stretch of 10 starts, including three this season. Fyhrie, an ex-Angel, is replacing the injured Mark Mulder in the A's rotation. Through 12 games of a 19-game stretch against their AL West opponents, the Angels are 4-8. - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. OAKLAND (see text) |
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