The Angels get bounced by the Red Sox once again, but this time not without some post-series crying:
“We lost to a team that’s not better than us,” growled pitcher John Lackey, who gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. “We are a better team than they are. The last two days, we shouldn’t have given up anything.”
You lost the series 3-1, John. Nice pitching though, not your fault your team won 100 games in the shittiest division ever giving you a false sense of hope.
“[Sunday] night they scored three runs on a pop fly that was called a hit, which was a joke,” Lackey said, referring to Ellsbury’s pop that fell between center fielder Torii Hunter and second baseman Howie Kendrick in Game 3.
“[Monday] night they scored on a broken-bat ground ball and a fly ball that anywhere else in America is an out, and he’s fist-pumping on second base like he did something great.”
Asked to describe his feelings, Lackey said, “Like I want to throw somebody through a wall.”
Yes it was a joke hit, maybe you should to talk to Torii about it if you are looking to blame someone. Again, talk to your defense about the run scoring single and complaining about Fenway being worse than your cookie cutter ballpark is just hilarious. Through a wall? Again, talk to Torii about that one. Maybe Aybar, or Scioscia.
“I’m [ticked], I’m upset, this one’s going to be with me for a while,” Hunter said. “It doesn’t feel good, because we’re a better team than they are. But they’re moving on.”
Ah the all-time classic loser line.
Source: LA Times
October 9, 2008 at 2:30 am
Maybe so but this loss has as much to do with the Angels not executing than Boston doing anything special. The Angels could have used a few bloop ground rule doubles that bounced sideways into the stands.
Yes, any ballpark that requires that you actually get some good wood on the ball to get extra bases is “cookie cutter”.
Lackey is right to be frustrated with his teams’ anemic play. But they have nobody to blame but themselves for possibly setting a record for runners left on base in a four game series. Howie Kendrick alone stranded almost 20 runners during the series. Bad series by the Angels and only mediocre series by the Sox. Red Sox won fair and square but in defense of Lackey a few lucky drop-ins for the Angels and a one or two less for the Red Sox and it could very well be a different series.
When all is said and done, Angels are watching football and the Red Sox are still playing. If the Red Sox and the Dogders meet in the Series I and a lot of others may have to blow up our TVs.