Hobosox
10-05-2004, 03:14 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/041005
a preview of the article's goodies, and my personal favorites:
on the Angels' lineup: "a hodgepodge of guys floating around between 1B, 2B and 3B, all of whom sound like characters in "All My Children" -- Shane Halter, Dallas McPherson, Alfredo Almezega and Casey Kotchman). Not exactly the "nine guys deep" concept"
on the 3B comparison: "Chone Figgins and Bill Mueller are pretty close -- Figgins has more speed, Mueller has more power, and both of them spell their names in confusing ways"
on Nomar's play vs. Orlando's: "I always knew he had become below-average in the field, but it was one of those things you couldn't quite grasp until someone else moved in there. It was like being trapped in a bad relationship, but you can't fully examine it until you're dating someone else."
on annoying gimmicks: Angels fans have those annoying Thunder Stix, which have to be the last sound you hear as you're making that final freefall into Hell. The Red Sox had an inordinate amount of fans sitting behind home plate and waving to people on their cell phones this season -- to the point that I was ready to organize an intervention -- but I'd rather deal with that than Thunder Stix. EDGE: RED SOX
on the respective bullpens: K-Rod, Shields, Donnelly and Gregg against Embree, Timlin, Foulke, Leskanic and notorious mass-murderer Michael Myers.(Hold on, I just threw up in my mouth.) MAJOR MAJOR EDGE: ANGELS
on team chemistry: David Ortiz is apparently like Mo Vaughn crossed with Esther Rolle crossed with Gandhi. You can't have an unhappy clubhouse with him around. You just can't.
and of course, the creme de le creme: Mike Scioscia against Terry Francona. I mean ... which guy would YOU rather have? MAJOR EDGE: ANGELS.
check out the article, it's great. go sox!
a preview of the article's goodies, and my personal favorites:
on the Angels' lineup: "a hodgepodge of guys floating around between 1B, 2B and 3B, all of whom sound like characters in "All My Children" -- Shane Halter, Dallas McPherson, Alfredo Almezega and Casey Kotchman). Not exactly the "nine guys deep" concept"
on the 3B comparison: "Chone Figgins and Bill Mueller are pretty close -- Figgins has more speed, Mueller has more power, and both of them spell their names in confusing ways"
on Nomar's play vs. Orlando's: "I always knew he had become below-average in the field, but it was one of those things you couldn't quite grasp until someone else moved in there. It was like being trapped in a bad relationship, but you can't fully examine it until you're dating someone else."
on annoying gimmicks: Angels fans have those annoying Thunder Stix, which have to be the last sound you hear as you're making that final freefall into Hell. The Red Sox had an inordinate amount of fans sitting behind home plate and waving to people on their cell phones this season -- to the point that I was ready to organize an intervention -- but I'd rather deal with that than Thunder Stix. EDGE: RED SOX
on the respective bullpens: K-Rod, Shields, Donnelly and Gregg against Embree, Timlin, Foulke, Leskanic and notorious mass-murderer Michael Myers.(Hold on, I just threw up in my mouth.) MAJOR MAJOR EDGE: ANGELS
on team chemistry: David Ortiz is apparently like Mo Vaughn crossed with Esther Rolle crossed with Gandhi. You can't have an unhappy clubhouse with him around. You just can't.
and of course, the creme de le creme: Mike Scioscia against Terry Francona. I mean ... which guy would YOU rather have? MAJOR EDGE: ANGELS.
check out the article, it's great. go sox!