by Steve Scripps | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Angels have announced their tentative roster for the ALDS. Things are subject to change based on the health of Maicer Izturis and Jason Bulger: CATCHERS: Jeff Mathis, Mike Napoli, Bobby Wilson INFIELDERS: Erick Aybar, Chone Figgins, Howie Kendrick, Maicer...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Check out how the Angels did on Yahoo’s post-season entrance exam. The Monkey Says: This is, of course, meaningless, but still entertaining. The Story: Chone Figgins finishes the season with 100+ runs, 100+ walks, 180+ hits and 40+ steals. The...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009 Articles
After this weekend’s series, I think it is safe to say that the Angels’ regular season has been a sweeping success. The Angels closed out their regular season with an impressive sweep of the Oakland Athletics and a whole lot of good feelings. Kendry...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Mike Scioscia has aligned his rotation so that the playoff rotation will look like this: Game 1 – Lackey, Game 2 – Weaver, Game 3 – Kazmir, Game 4 – Saunders. The Monkey Says: Saunders might get bumped from Game 4 depending on the...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
When is a loss not really a loss? When it is your Triple-A team doing the losing. You can take the player out of the minors, but you can’t take the minors out of the player. The boxscore suggests that the Rangers thumped the Angels tonight and technically they...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Today is the first day of the Angels hope will be a very red October. We say that every year, but I really feel this year could be different. Instead of Sean Connery speaking with a Scottish accent, despite playing a Russian, our captain is Mike Scioscia, no accent...
