ANAHEIM ANGELS Activated RHP Troy Percival from the DL; optioned RHP Brian Cooper to Edmonton. [8/26] Short-term, they look worse off because of the good job Shiggy Hasegawa had done as the closer, and because of Troy Percival’s grisly rate of blowing almost a quarter of his save opportunities. Percival’s loss of command has already…
Off the top of my head… So, if you’re the third-base coach for Bellaire, Texas, I’d imagine you’re pretty darn happy right now that George Steinbrenner is involved with the Olympics and not Little League Baseball. One of the things I want to look at in the next few months is whether there’s a growing…
PITCHING DEBUTS "I was just lobbing it up there, like throwing it to a little kid. I was floating it up there." — Derek Bell, Mets outfielder, on giving up five runs pitching mop-up in the Mets’ 16-1 loss to San Diego "He didn’t have his good stuff today. He looks like he needs a…