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Scioscia guarantee — Part Two

October 6th, 2008, 2:37 pm · 6 Comments · posted by BILL PLUNKETT, OCREGISTER.COM

Before Game 3 Sunday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia refused to answer questions that compared the Angels to the Chicago Cubs, essentially guaranteeing a victory.

He was at it again in the interview room before Game 4 today. When his “we’re not getting eliminated” statement was thrown back at him, Scioscia was adamant once again about his stance.

“Let me say this — if there are more questions out there about me, doing some kind of forensic analysis or pre-mortem, I’m going to have the same response,” he said. “We’re going to win.

“Ask me to do a forensic analysis and I’ll guarantee it. I’ll guarantee a victory. I’m not going to sit here and compare. The question yesterday was comparing us to what happened to the Cubs. The Cubs were eliminated. We’re not eliminated. That’s my position on that.”

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Angels 2009 projections

Player	Projection
Mike Napoli	.246/.351/.481
Jeff Mathis	.222/.288/.364
Kendry Morales	.274/.317/.430
Howie Kendrick	.304/.335/.440
Erick Aybar	.268/.309/.369
Chone Figgins	.278/.354/.367
Brandon Wood	.237/.295/.424
Maicer Izturis	.273/.343/.383
Juan Rivera	.273/.321/.453
Bobby Abreu	.282/.376/.440
Torii Hunter	.273/.331/.462
Vladimir Guerrero	.306/.369/.513
Gary Matthews, Jr	.260/.331/.402
Ervin Santana	3.87 ERA
John Lackey	3.82 ERA
Kelvim Escobar	3.93 ERA
Jered Weaver	3.94 ERA
Joe Saunders	4.24 ERA
Dustin Moseley	5.34 ERA
Brian Fuentes	3.33 ERA
Scot Shields	3.67 ERA
Jose Arredondo	3.75 ERA
Darren Oliver	4.01 ERA
Justin Speier	4.23 ERA
Kevin Jepsen	5.05 ERA

(These projections are an average of six common statistical forecasting systems. They are based on the players' previous performances, ages and, in some cases, physical characteristics.)

Allen Richard says:

October 6, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Nothing wrong with thinking your team is going to win. That’s why you can’t get mad at Jeff Miller predicting his Red Sox will win tonight.

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Ter says:

October 6, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Good Luck Angel Fans. Wishing you the best from a
Red Sox Fan.

Mark says:

October 6, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Hey Scoscia, why don’t you put your job on the line this time? Or was last night just a lucky guess?

Stephen Dolle says:

October 6, 2008 at 8:39 pm

If your gonna make the guarantee, your team better play fundamentally sound ball.

October 6, 2008 at 8:55 pm

Once again, the Angels are a complete joke in October. The Dodgers did their part, the Angels did not. The question now is, will Angels fans have the class to back the Dodgers the rest of the way?

Luis says:

October 7, 2008 at 7:24 am

There is no third time is a charm for the Angels until Scoscia leave the team, We need another manager with more love for the team and not just making promeses, we don’t want promeses we want ( Angels funs) championships.

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