- Leading up to the trade deadline, the Angels are starting to work the phones and have a huge advantage in that they are one of the few teams capable of adding payroll in these hard economic times.
- The coaching staff with the Salt Lake Bees feels strongly that Howie Kendrick has regained his confidence and will get back to being a productive hitter at the big league level. Clearly they haven’t seen him swing at a major league breaking ball recently.
- The Angels are attributing their recent offensive success to their commitment to plate discipline. I’d like to second that motion, but that would require giving credit to hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, which strikes me as paradoxical.
- Though it is only tangentially related to the Angels in the Nolan Ryan used to pitch for the club eons ago, but the LA Times has a must read article on how Nolan Ryan is going about turning around the Texas Rangers.
- Trailing in the polls to Ian Kinsler, Chone Figgins is campaigning for votes by promising to do an Ozzie Smith-style flip when he takes the field if the fans can get him into the All-Star Game.