The freeway series

Ok, the Freeway series is upon us. I personally will be attending Saturday's game. As my step-brother, a Dodger season ticket holder, has a wedding to attend. Just in case you are wondering, yes, I will be wearing my Angels gear. Yes, I will be wearing a bullet proof vest under my jersey. No, I do not intend to get drunk and start gloating if we're ahead.

This will be the 4th time I've ever been to Dodger Stadium. The first was back in 1990 I think, against the Cardinals, where I got my first autograph. . .from Tom Pagnozzi.  The second was in 2000 against the Mets from the right field bleachers, which was highlighted by the world's worst attempt at having the world's largest Mambo (during the height of Mambo #5 popularity) a Mike Piazza home run which bounced over my head while I was checking my pager to see who paged me, and Benny Agbayani giving me the classic "I'm scratching my neck with my middle finger." treatment after I told him he ran funny. The third and last trip was on Easter of this year against the Giants, which was highlighted by Jeff Kent getting slammed in the head by a Brad Hennessy fastball.

The keys to the series for the Angels?

Find someone else to pitch tonight. This isn't exactly the prime situation to see if Weaver can redeem himself. He's going against his childhood favorite team a year after departing their roster, pitching at -their- house. With Weaver's tendencies to overthrow pitches and try to do to much. Things don't look too hot for tonight. Especially going against one Mr. Aaron Sele. Sele, prior to his stint with the Angels, had always dominated us. Of course, this isn't the Aaron Sele of old, as we found out while he was in an Angels uniform. You never know what's going to happen.

Situational hitting. . .It killed us last night, its been killing us all year. Sure we can put up 11 hits, but when we have only 4 runs to show for it, what's the use?

We'll see what can happen. These next few weeks are pivotal for the Angels. If they can go into June within smelling distance of the A's and Rangers, which they can, then I think they'll be able to pull it off. If they keep fading, then I don't think things are going to turn out so good. Time will tell.