The Verdict:
Blingees=No Luck Effect.
Just look at Mark Teixeira's incredible catch last night. He stretched like a slingshot to make that grab in time for the out. How can someone be so limber when it's so cold? Clearly, the Angels of SoCal felt the effects of the temperature, because they didn't hit, they didn't field, and they didn't look good.
It's not like they haven't felt the cold before. This is Bobby Abreu's first year out of the northeast, Torii Hunter played in Minnesota for 10 years, Juan Rivera was with Montreal for a year (they couldn't play most of the earlier games there due to weather), and they've all just been to New England to face the Red Sox.
But it was all new to them as the Angels blundered about haplessly, misjudging balls right and left...just like Chase Utley. What's gotten into him lately?
But tonight, the Angels can redeem themselves. All they need to do is stay warm...or something. So with extra fire and scarves, El Comedulce should be all right.
Why is Bobby Abreu's nickname El Comedulce, anyway? Well, according to John Sterling (take this with a grain of salt) Bobby's father loved candy, and when he was a baseball player in Venezuela, he was nicknamed El Comedulce. So Bobby is El Comedulce to honor his father.
And this year he should be AL MVP. Clearly, several MLB sportswriters voted for him, but it remains to be seen whether anyone else did.
Would you vote for him?
Who do you think will win Game 2? Will the cold weather be too much for the Angels?
There was definately some miss plays and the weather probably was the factor, although Utley can't claim that... I look for the Angels to have a better showing tonight, they'll have to if they want to win..and Abreu has long been overlooked for the quality player that he is...
~peter
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The Angels did not look good last night. They looked nothing like the team that played the Red Sox. Yes, the cold might have effected them but the Yankees don't play in that cold all the time so I'm not sure it was the weather that did the Angels in. I suspect it was more nerves. The long-johns will be needed again tonight!
Julia
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