Pizza thoughts delivered

Everybody at the four-letter sports network seemed to weight in Tuesday on the pizza-throwing incident at Boston on Monday. As Garret Anderson tracked a foul ball down the left-field line at Fenway Park, one Red Sox fan hurled a slice of pizza at another.
Manager Mike Scioscia said the fan who was hit should have been grateful it wasn’t a Chicago-style deep dish pizza.
I tell you what, if that was Gino’s East (in Chicago) that guy might have been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, Scioscia said. Those things, man, you drop one on your toes, you’ll be in a cast.
Anderson, who was the closest player to the pizza incident admitted he never saw the pizza throwing actually take place. After he saw a replay, he was convinced the pizza was targeted for him, even though the thrower was quoted in a Boston paper as saying he intended to hit the fan.
I don’t know if I believe that because he could have thrown it any other time, Anderson said. If that’s what he said, that’s what he said. If I had to guess, I’d say he was throwing it at me. Why else would he throw it? Obviously he ordered it, he wanted to eat it.

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Guerrero X-rays negative

The Angels received a scare in the first inning when Vladimir Guerrero was hit by a Josh Beckett pitch on the right wrist. Guerrero left the game immediately and was relpaced by Reggie Willits. X-rays taken at Fenway Park were negative for any broken bones. He was diagnosed with a soft tissue contusion. There was no word on when Guerrero might be available to play next. An update should be available after the game.

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Angels start time changed

The Angels game today has been moved to 9:05 a.m. (12:05 p.m. here in Boston) as consideration to a lingering rain storm in the New England area. It was supposed to start at 7:05 a.m.and be held in conjunction with Patriots Day activities. The Boston Marathon also takes place today. Ervin Santana will start for the Angels against Josh Beckett, if they are able to actually get the game started. A check of the weather radar shows some hope that this one will be played, although it is raining heavy now at 8 a.m. Boston time.

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Rain costs one game, maybe another

As expected, a heavy rainstorm moved into the Boston area overnight and caused today’s Angels-Red Sox game to be postponed. No makeup date has been set but it likely will be replayed as part of a day-night doubleheader the next time the Angels are in town (Aug. 17-19). With heavy rain also projected for Monday, it is likely a decision on that contest will be made by the end of the day today since the game was slated for a 10 a.m. start locally. The Red Sox traditionally play an early morning game on Patriots Day. The Boston Marathon and Angels-Red Sox game were supposed to start at the same time. The marathon will go on but the Angels game isn’t likely to be played.

UPDATE: Whenever the Angels do play again (Monday or Tuesday) Ervin Santana will get the call to pitch. Santana was supposed to start today. Jered Weaver would then pitch in the next game. If Monday’s game gets wiped out also, Santana will start in the opener of a two-game series at Oakland on Tuesday and Weaver will pitch Wednesday. After that the rotation is up in the air. Joe Saunders was originally slated to start after Weaver.

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