While the Halo fans over at AngelsWin will never let Johnny Mac live down his "statement game" comment from last spring, when the M's beat the Angels, they seemed to be pretty excited for their team to beat the M's today :-)
- Happy Birthday, Eric! Here's to keeping up the good work heading into the season
- GDIP was Halos friend and M's enemy today
- Bats were a bit chilly, but Chris Shelton did hit his 3rd HR in 5 ST games
- Halos' speed was certainly on display
Baker's blog....
Last year, Seattle manager John McLaren made a big point of emphasizing games against the Angels, wanting to establish a winning attitude against them early. They still finished 39 games behind the Angels. Wakamatsu is somewhat limited in what he could have done Thursday, even if he wanted to. Three starters -- Ichiro, Kenji Johjima, and Jose Lopez -- are off at the World Baseball Classic -- and Ken Griffey and Adrian Beltre are being brought along slowly as they recover from off-season surgeries. The only regulars in Thursday's lineup were center fielder Franklin Gutierrez and first baseman Russ Branyan. I asked Wakamatsu his feelings about playing AL West teams in spring.
"I think it's cat and mouse a little -- what are you going to show?'' he said. "Do you show them a lot or not show them a lot. It's nice later in spring to get your big boys against their pitching as much as possible. Not right now."
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