by Steve Scripps | Sep 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The day has finally come. Scott Kazmir will be making his first start as an Angel tonight. Let the rejoicing begin. Is it too much to throw a parade for Kazmir’s debut? Already Kaz has his work cut out for him, drawing King Felix Hernandez as his starting...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I don’t ask for much, but is it really so much to request that the Angels at least be included in the discussion for Most Valuable Player? Now I know that the ESPN empire likes to act as if baseball doesn’t exist outside of the eastern time zone, but...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: A review in photos of some of the best and worst Angel deadline deals. The Monkey Says: That was kind of painful to go through. I had forgotten all about how bad that Greg Gohr for Damion Easley deal was. The Story: Now that Sean Rodriguez is off to Tampa...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Angels took the loss from both ends tonight, getting both booted and fisted by the Seattle Mariners on a night where the Texas Rangers swept their doubleheader to close the gap on the Angels in the AL West. The Angels were done in by the fist, as in Doug Fister....
by Steve Scripps | Sep 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The player to be named later has been named and that name is Sean Rodriguez. The Rays and Angels made it official today, sending the versatile young slugger to Tampa Bay to complete the Scott Kazmir deal. Suddenly that trade doesn’t look like such a steal for...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
For some reason the September call-ups are always a moderately well-anticipated event in the baseball season. Why it generates so much excitement is beyond me, especially for the Angels who are contending and have great depth, thus their September call-ups almost...
