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sharknut · 07-21-2022, 05:58 PM

The month of June began the stretch of 37 games in 33 days with no off days. The Angels won 3 of the first 4 of that stretch our hitting finally showed up in June after a long spring vacation. But just as we approached .500, last years ROY Mickey Rivers fractured his elbow and was lost for the year. One week later, 26 year old #2 starter Rudy May hurt his knee and was lost for the year.

That led to a rough stretch, but we turned things around, somehow. A 17-13 month brought us to 38-41, but miles behind the 49-29 Twins. At the start of the season, we picked up Al Bumbry on waivers with a promise that he had to be in the big leagues by May 1st. He hit .400 in April in AAA and was inserted in the Angels every day lineup when Rivers went down. He's not hitting yet, but he stole 9 bases in June.

We went from 12th to 10th in runs, but we still have 12 games in 11 days before the All-Star game. 8-4 would put us over .500 which would be a little miracle given our injuries.

07-21-2022, 05:58 PM	#5
sharknut All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 942 Blog Entries: 1	The month of June began the stretch of 37 games in 33 days with no off days. The Angels won 3 of the first 4 of that stretch our hitting finally showed up in June after a long spring vacation. But just as we approached .500, last years ROY Mickey Rivers fractured his elbow and was lost for the year. One week later, 26 year old #2 starter Rudy May hurt his knee and was lost for the year. That led to a rough stretch, but we turned things around, somehow. A 17-13 month brought us to 38-41, but miles behind the 49-29 Twins. At the start of the season, we picked up Al Bumbry on waivers with a promise that he had to be in the big leagues by May 1st. He hit .400 in April in AAA and was inserted in the Angels every day lineup when Rivers went down. He's not hitting yet, but he stole 9 bases in June. We went from 12th to 10th in runs, but we still have 12 games in 11 days before the All-Star game. 8-4 would put us over .500 which would be a little miracle given our injuries. __________________ Last edited by sharknut; 07-21-2022 at 09:32 PM.