ANGELS NOTEBOOK : LANGSTON ACTIVATED, EXPECTS TO START TODAY.The saga of ``When will Mark Langston To recap, Langston, who's been out since July 12 with nerve irritation in his leg, was supposed to come off the disabled list Saturday and start for the Angels. Then he decided to wait until Tuesday because he wasn't sure his arm would be strong enough after being kept off his feet for much of his layoff. But when today's scheduled starter, Shawn Boskie Shawn Kealoha Boskie (born March 28, 1967 in Hawthorne, Nevada) was a major league pitcher who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs, 10th overall in the 1986 amateur draft. He made his professional debut on May 20, 1990 and had a promising rookie year finishing with a 3. , revealed Friday night that he had a tender right (throwing) elbow, Langston told manager Marcel Lachemann Marcel Ernest Lachemann (born June 13, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is a baseball pitching coach and a former relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. After a three-year stint (1969 - 1971 in the majors, he became the pitching coach for the California Angels in 1984. he could go today. He worked out Monday and Wednesday and succeeded in throwing all of his pitches. After Saturday's game, Langston was activated, and right-handed pitcher Noun 1. right-handed pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand right-hander baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played Shad Williams was optioned to Triple-A Vancouver. ``I feel fine,'' Langston said. ``Today (Saturday) would have been too tough to bounce back from.'' Boskie said his shoulder started tightening after his last start Tuesday. ``It felt OK after the trainer rubbed it out,'' he said, ``but yesterday it tightened up. It will be fine. I'm not alarmed.'' His next start has been pushed back to Thursday in Detroit. Other moves: As expected, catcher Don Slaught Donald Martin Slaught (born September 11 1958 in Long Beach, California) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who had a 16-year career from 1982 to 1997. He played for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, California Angels and Chicago White Sox, all of was activated from the disabled list before Saturday's game. Slaught's return meant the Angels were carrying three catchers (Pat Borders ``We had to do something with (Slaught),'' Lachemann said, ``and we had an opportunity to get a pitcher we're interested in.'' There had been talk that the Angels might reacquire pitcher Kirk McCaskill, who was released by the White Sox earlier this week. Lachemann said, ``We may do some more things in the next few days.'' Ellis, 25, was assigned to Vancouver from Chicago's Triple-A affiliate, Nashville. He has pitched in the majors this season, going 2-8 with a 6.13 ERA as a starter and 0-1, 5.19 as a reliever. Slaught came in batting .340 in 55 games, then went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts in Saturday's start. Borders batted .228 in 19 games. |
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