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Garland talks way out of Angels rotation
What once looked like an extremely difficult decision probably won't cause Manager Mike Scioscia to even flinch, not after veteran right-hander Jon Garland all but talked himself out of the Angels playoff rotation today. "If it was my decision, I wouldn't be a starter, not with what I've seen from Ervin Santana, John Lackey, Joe Saunders and Jered Weaver," Garland said before tonight's game against Seattle. Whatever Mike wants me to do, I will do. I'm not going to complain. I'll do whatever he wants me to do, the best that I can." The Angels, if they finish with the best record in the American League, will have the choice of starting the division series Wednesday or Thursday. They appear to be leaning toward the Wednesday start, which would spread the five-game series over eight days and allow them to use a three-man rotation of Lackey, Santana and Saunders.
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What an effin' competitor!!!!!!!!!!!
The TRUTH
Someplacein, OH
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i don't know a player in baseball that would ever talk his way out of a starting job... maybe they are there is something else going on???
NYY25to13
Falcon, CO
Total Comments (776)
i try to talk my way out of work sometimes, but I am not a competitive athlete, i guess neither is he.
AllStarz
Total Comments (18993)
Maybe he has a small ****. Let's hope the rest of the rotation talks their way out, so the Red Sox have an easier time in the playoffs...
Ski Patrol
Total Comments (18)
Maybe that is why he is not still in Chicago
SCMissionary
Total Comments (1)
"I'll do the best that I can" is d0uchba6-ese for "Wow, I'm in way over my overpaid, geriatric head. Glad I stole all of that money from Arnie Moreno so that I can spend next year sitting around watching Golden Girls and Matlock reruns eating applesauce cups".
LucaBrasi
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how are these guys considered athletes?
Acquit Mike Vick88
New York , NY
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u can give him stick.... But hey, he answered the question as honestly as he could...
Better than the awful, "im just going to take it one game at a time", mickey mouse nonsense.
HighwayCrossingFrog
Gooonnners!, GB
Total Comments (3821)
I'd luv to see this guy flirt with a girl....
I'm a noice guy, but youre better? so im going to go home now, bye bye!
HighwayCrossingFrog
Gooonnners!, GB
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Let's hope the Red Sox go the way of the Yanks...which they won't cause their not a franchise with the head up their royal **** so, meh. The current Angels team is better than the Red Sox. They'll prove the naysayers wrong this postseason.
onepercentofone
Palmdale , CA
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Remember, he's come up big in postseason too with those very White Sox. Remember those CGs those guys pitched in the fall classic? So maybe he's just calling a spade a spade.
HappyCynic
Brooklyn , NY
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The guy has been pitching like crap for the last month... He would be good in long relief if we need him... And hopefully we won't
ICEnSoCal
Earthquake Central, CA
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Yeah, if u need him in long relief for the minors.
HighwayCrossingFrog
Gooonnners!, GB
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Maybe he is actually a real team player !!!
Mike C. 1927
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A "real team player" competes and lets the manager make those decisions. Does Garland think that Scioscia hasn't noticed how badly he's pitched? What happens now if for some reason Scioscia HAS to put Garland in the starting rotation for the playoffs? There are going to be 8 other guys on the field thinking "Great, we have this guy on the bump who doesn't even believe in himself, why should we?". If he has doubts, address them in private with the manager or go to confession and cry to your priest, but don't create doubt in your teammates.
LucaBrasi
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john garlard is a wudge
ChiSoxFan
Chicago , IL
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hmm.... just another sign of the appocalypse.
OM= Andrew Luck
San Jose, CA
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how and why would you do this?
OM= Andrew Luck
San Jose, CA
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