It's hard to figure out what an Anaheim crowd will do when a former Angel returns.
Vladimir Guerrero and Darin Erstad were warmly greeted. Garret Anderson and Adam Kennedy were pretty much ignored. Mark Teixeira was -- and still is -- booed mercilessly. Odds are, John Lackey will fall in the latter camp for signing a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the Boston Red Sox last winter.
Lackey faced the Angels earlier this year at Fenway Park, but Tuesday night _ when he opposes his good friend, Jered Weaver _ will be his first start at Angel Stadium as a visitor.
"I hope they respect the things I did here, for sure," Lackey said.
Lackey was the winning pitcher for Game 7 of the Angels' only World Series title, but fans have tended to be critical of him on call-in shows and message boards. After he left left, he made some comments about Fenway Park fans being more vociferous than those in Anaheim. He reiterated that Monday.
"It's a little different, yeah," Lackey said. "Everyone's amped up a couple degrees."
Vladimir Guerrero and Darin Erstad were warmly greeted. Garret Anderson and Adam Kennedy were pretty much ignored. Mark Teixeira was -- and still is -- booed mercilessly. Odds are, John Lackey will fall in the latter camp for signing a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the Boston Red Sox last winter.
Lackey faced the Angels earlier this year at Fenway Park, but Tuesday night _ when he opposes his good friend, Jered Weaver _ will be his first start at Angel Stadium as a visitor.
"I hope they respect the things I did here, for sure," Lackey said.
Lackey was the winning pitcher for Game 7 of the Angels' only World Series title, but fans have tended to be critical of him on call-in shows and message boards. After he left left, he made some comments about Fenway Park fans being more vociferous than those in Anaheim. He reiterated that Monday.
"It's a little different, yeah," Lackey said. "Everyone's amped up a couple degrees."
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TEAM LEADERS
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Mark Trumbo
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| OTHER LEADERS | ||||||||||||
| HR | M. Trumbo | 6 | ||||||||||
| RBI | A. Pujols | 22 | ||||||||||
| R | H. Kendrick | 19 | ||||||||||
| OPS | M. Trumbo | .916 | ||||||||||
| W | J. Weaver | 6 | ||||||||||
| ERA | J. Weaver | 2.61 | ||||||||||
| SO | D. Haren | 59 | ||||||||||
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