We just beat the Angels our biggest game in four years; a grueling 12-inning bloodbath that will certainly fire up the players and fans. As JJ Putz put it, "A win's a win. And I think this one's bigger than a lot of the other ones." It's tough to argue with logic like that, no?
We now sit three games out of first, and a half back in the wild card race. And thankfully, finally, new manager John McLaren just announced that Adam "Superman" Jones is being called up from AAA to bash the ball for the M's. With Raul and Richie just basically sucking, the timing of Superman's arrival could not be better.
Or could it?
You know Jose Guillen, right? My buddy Doug who has interviewed Guillen many times back in the his Angels beat writer days, predicted that it's only a matter of time until this crazy SOB explodes. He's a player, but he lacks that filter most people and certainly most ball players have that stop you right before you do or say something absolutely stupid.
Well, Jose apparently is NOT a fan of the Adam Jones call up. In Jose's words:
Tick... tick... tick... Ahh yes, the fuse has been lit. And yes, I just used both a time bomb and a fuse bomb analogy together. McLaren really HAD to make this move, but holy crap is it ballsy. Adam Jones might show up and just eat up MLB pitching, or Jose Gillen might just eat Adam Jones. At least the final third of the season will prove interesting."I just hope they understand this is not Triple-A, this is the big leagues. I don't know what they're trying to do. I hope they don't do something stupid to mess with the lineup that we have. Because I believe we have a pretty good one.''
"I'm pissed"
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