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September 05, 2006
Scioscia: Don't go there Rex
Mike Scioscia vs. Rex Hudler. The stoic manager battles the high-strung TV commentator. It would have made for an interesting battle if there really was a dispute there but all that happened Tuesday is that Scioscia refused to answer one of Hudler's pregame questions.
Bad blood? Hardly. The topic was Robb Quinlan and what kind of playing time he would get. Scioscia said Quinlan would play against left-handers and some right-handers when the matchup was to his advantage. Hudler wanted to know if Quinlan was at an advantage against hard- or soft-throwing righties.
"I don’t want to give you our analysis to put out there," Scioscia said. "He certainly matches up with some guys a little better than others, but against lefties he’s as good as there is in the league. It’s a good question, I just don’t want to give our scouting reports to other guys out there."
"My bad," Hudler said.
An advance scout worth a darn would likely know Quinlan's strengths and weaknesses, but Scioscia typically plays it as safe as possible.
A short time later, the energetic Hudler was bouncing around the press box dining room and clearing the reporters' dirty plates. Yes, Hudler was playing busboy for the print media. Talk about a guy with his batteries charged.
Posted by Doug Padilla at September 5, 2006 08:35 PM
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make room for san diamas, there a sleeper
Posted by: kab at September 10, 2006 11:38 AM