Game Rewind: Left Behind – Yankees 3, Angels 2

26 runners left on base, 12 as a team.  The Angels left so many runners on base I am beginning to think they might have had a religious conversion. Have the Angels started to take their heavenly name too literally? The bad old Angel line-up reared its ugly head...

Discussion: The Catcher Platoon

This week’s discussion for all you fans out there is what do you think of the catcher platoon that Mike Scioscia insists on using despite the offensive deficiencies of Jeff Mathis and the defensive gaffes of Mike Napoli?  Which of the following ways do you think...

Halo Headlines – 9/23/09

The Story: Mike Scioscia thinks it is a “joke” that the Angels had to make an East Coast Trip in late-September.  The Monkey Says: I have to say I agree.  If MLB really wants to foster pennant races, then teams should be playing strictly in division the...

Game Rewind: Beaten At Their Own Game – Yankees 6, Angels 5

What the hell?  Since when do the Yankees play small ball?  A stolen base on a pitchout and then a ballsy two-strike sacrifice bunt capped off by a sacrifice fly to plate the go-ahead run, all expertly executed by the… Yankees???  That’s supposed to be our...