2009-07-03T15:40:43-04:00 2009-06-30T14:29:03-04:00 0 2009-06-30T14:29:03-04:00 1 0 10 0 <table class="cnnDP_inlineL" style="width: 350px;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div><img class="photo" title="Warners" src="http://img.fannation.com/upload/si_blog_post_images/37922/tx_scioscia2.jpg" alt="Tx_scioscia2" width="350" /><br />Mike Scioscia's Angels sit atop the AL West.</div> <div>AP</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:CNN_DPAudio('http://ht.cdn.turner.com/si/danpatrick/audio/2009/07/01/DP-Mike_Scioscia-07-01-09_Interview.mp3')"><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/.element/img/4.0/sect/danpatrick/listen_segment_148x16.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="148" height="16" /> </a></p> <p>Angles manager<strong> Mike Scioscia </strong>joined the show to discuss the season and the performance of his squad.</p> <p>-Scioscia will not let last night's loss to Texas depress him. The team has been playing well and you can't let one loss drag you down too much, though he admits to replaying every decision in his head during his 75-minute commute home from the ballpark each night.</p> <p>-Scioscia doesn't mind that his Angels play under the radar and thinks his players deserve an all-star spot without him overly campaign for a player.</p> <p>-Dan wonders if Scioscia smiled after <strong>K-Rod </strong>walked Mariano Rivera with the bases loaded on Monday. Scioscia said no way and he is a K-Rod fan.</p> <p>-Dan asks Scioscia about all-time top closers and without hesitation, he says <strong>Mariano Rivera</strong>. He gives credit to <strong>Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley</strong> and other top closers, but Rivera has been consistent for so long and nobody has been able to solve him. Despite only throwing cutters and the occasional two-seamer, he has amazing control and can throw the cutter three different ways, which makes him so valuable.</p> <p>-Scioscia wishes he could have caught <strong>Nolan Ryan</strong> because of his competitiveness. Dan asks Scioscia if his hands would swell catching Ryan, but Scioscia says his hands swelled no matter who he caught, not just a guy with the velocity of Ryan.</p> <p>-Scioscia thinks the Giants may ultimately be the best of the California team. He also thinks his Angels should make a push after a somewhat disappointing start. Dan presses Scioscia about whether the team tried to acquire <strong>Dan Haren</strong>, but the Angels manager wouldn't take the bait and get fined.</p> 69221 http://img.fannation.com/upload/user_profile/image/397/2/thumb/Perloff.jpg 540 NY Andrew Perloff New York 3992