Jered Weaver

We just called up a top prospect
Climbed aboard the Jered Weaver bandwagon

Take away this season in last place
and get back into first

Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can pitch into the 7th
Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can strike out the side

Fastball high hit to center field
Into Darin Erstad's glove
Lots of flyballs hit tonight
But you haven't allowed a run

Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can pitch into the 8th
Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can strike out the side

Though the game may be ending soon
You still haven't walked anyone
Keep on pitching like Cy Young
And maybe we'll score a run

Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can pitch into the 9th
Ooh Jered Weaver
I believe you can strike out the side

Jered Weaver....

(Weaver has not, to my knowledge, been called up yet, but it should be soon)

The Ongoing Disaster

Angels lose again, 8-4 vs the Dodgers. I haven't blogged nearly as much as I'd planned when I started this thing, and the Angels aren't giving me any reason to get back into it.

Jason Bulger was lights out in SLC, his first appearance for the Angels saw him give up 3 runs while walking 3 and not being able to get out of 1 inning. The good news is Edgardo Alfonzo is gone. He had no purpose on the team at all.

Dallas McPherson went deep, that's good. He should be playing every day from here on out. Lets not go into 2007 wondering if McPherson can be a useful MLB player or not. Lets answer the question with a yes or no this year, and if its a no, then we can get a new 3B in the offseason.

The farm system has taken some hits this year too. I ran MLE's today, and with his slump, Brandon Wood has an MLE batting average of .197. He's still young, and can certainly turn this around, but he's got a lot of work to do.

The Angels aren't buried yet, a month of good baseball could put them back into first. The problems are:

1) This team doesn't look capable of playing good baseball

2) The A's will probably win 41 out of 44, or some stupid mid season streak like they do every year. Last year that streak allowed them to temporarily catch the Angels. A streak like that this year would bury them.