Subj : Anaheim Angels
To   : Joe Siegler
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Feb 28 2001 07:06 am

RE: Anaheim Angels
BY: Joe Siegler to Rob Swindell on Wed Feb 28 2001 12:28 pm

 > -> Yes, but as a fan I hold hope eternal. :-) Our young arms are very promis
 > -> and we have even more in the minors, so the future is bright. And I expec
 > -> our offense to be as good or even better than last year, so I the pitchin
 > -> would necessarily have to improve _that_ much.
 > 
 > You traded away Seth Etherton, which surprised me a lot.  I didn't think he 
 > trade bait - what was the deal there?

Well "I" didn't trade him... :-) I guess they decided we needed an outstanding
shortstop prospect more than another young pitcher. <shrug> It was a bit of a
surprise to me too. I'm sure they know more about Seth than we do so perhaps
his future isn't as bright as it once seemed?
 
 > -> I think he'll make a good DH. Perfect candidate (if he stays healthy, the
 > -> big "if"). If we can improve over Mo defensively at first (which shouldn'
 > -> be TOO hard), then I think he'll make up the offensive difference.
 > 
 > Well, he still gets booed a lot here - when he was in Texas there were the
 > stories that he beat his wife.  I know a lot of people boo him for that.

I hadn't heard those stories and will assume that he doesn't do that now until
I hear differently. My main concern is that he's willing to take a pitch and
hit more for average (we don't need another 200 strike-out victim).

 > -> I'm looking forward to the start of the season VERY much. The  
 > off-season
 > -> just too damn long... :-)
 > 
 > Next season's might be even longer.  :(

Oh, don't even say it! I'm optomistic about the labor agreement... but then I'm
also optomistic about the NASDAQ, so take that for what it's worth. :-)

Rob

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