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February 16, 2007
Angels: Lackey waits for official word
Even though he looks like the Angels' obvious Opening Day starter, manager Mike Scioscia refused to grant John Lackey that honor after just two days of workouts.
“John's certainly has made strides in the last three or four years of being a lead dog guy in a rotation,” Scioscia said. “You're excited about all five but to start to label guys one, two, three doesn't do anything for what we're looking for.
“You need five good guys and if one guy is going to take the lead and be the guy that has the consistency and goes out there and stops losing streaks or carries winning streaks forward, that's beautiful. John has that in him and he's done it at time.”
Along with being the staff ace, Lackey figures to find himself in a leadership role.
“We lost some definite leaders in the clubhouse this off-season,” said Lackey, who has some experience in the role as his high school quarterback and football captain. “Guys will definitely have to step up and it might be my turn to be one of those guys.”
Posted by Doug Padilla at February 16, 2007 08:26 PM