ANGELS NOTES : EDMONDS' RETURN IS PUT ON HOLD.Jim Edmonds James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edmonds is affectionately known as Jimmy Baseball [1], "Lassie" and as "Hollywood"[2] among Cardinals fans. showed up at Anaheim Stadium on Saturday ready to play against the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. , but Angels 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. and the team's trainers said not so fast. Because of the delicate nature of abdomen strains, which is among the assorted maladies that have sidelined the center fielder, Edmonds won't be returned to the lineup until he is 100 percent, Lachemann said. Edmonds took batting practice for the second straight day, then wasn't in the starting lineup For the line of action figures, see . A starting lineup in sports refers to the set of players actively participating in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes for the sixth consecutive game. ``I had all the intention of playing (Saturday),'' he said. ``I feel fine swinging. Running is the biggest problem. Being on defense and trying to score (as a baserunner) is a problem. I think they're concerned if a ball is hit over my head and chasing it "Chasing It" is the eighty-first episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos,and the fourth episode of the second half of the show's sixth season. The episode was written by Matthew Weiner and was directed by Tim Van Patten. down is a problem. That is a concern of theirs, not mine.'' Edmonds estimated he can run at 70 percent of full strength and hopes to start today. ``To be not 100 percent or close enough to play is frustrating,'' he said. ``I'm kind of bored sitting around. There's only so many more things I can do down there without getting into trouble.'' Edmonds strained his abdomen chasing a home run by Boston's Mo Vaughn Ontiveros update: Steve Ontiveros Steve Ontiveros is the name of two different players in Major League Baseball:
The soreness extended from his back to his fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , he said, and left him unsure of when he would make his next minor-league rehab assignment. He was hoping to pitch again for Lake Elsinore on Wednesday, but might push it back a day depending on his recovery. ``Just let me get through today and get the soreness out and re-evaluate tomorrow, and we'll go from there,'' he said. Ontiveros was projected as the team's No. 4 starter before the season, but soreness in his oft-surgically repaired right elbow landed him on the 60-day disabled list. He allowed two runs, both earned, on six hits in 2-2/3 innings Friday. He struck out four, walked none and had one wild pitch. He also felt soreness in the elbow, but said it was on the opposite side of the joint than the area that had been bothering him, something he attributed to the cold evening temperatures in Riverside County. He was more concerned about his poor mechanics. ``Everything seemed out of whack,'' he said. ``I didn't feel comfortable at all. ``I had trouble throwing my curveball for strikes. . . . I found myself going, `Geez geez interj. Used to express mild surprise, delight, dissatisfaction, or annoyance. [Shortening and alteration of Jesus1.] , this isn't working right.' I was disappointed in how poorly my curveball was. . . . It was dropping at 58 feet.'' Out of his league: Ontiveros said he noticed a distinct difference between major-league hitters and Single-A hitters. ``In A ball, they're just hacking,'' he said. ``It's hard to work a hitter. Let's put it this way. Of all the guys I faced, two guys took the first pitch.'' |
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