Halo Headlines – 8/19/09

The Story: Torii Hunter blogs about how he thinks the AL West is clearly the best division in baseball.  The Monkey Says: Obviously Torii is biased, but he makes some great points.  Still, the AL West is going to have to continue to fight for respect after being down...

Game Rewind: 300 – Angels 5, Indians 4

Madness?  This is SPARTA!!!  Err, Anaheim.  I mean Los Angeles… of Anaheim.  You catch my drift.  Courtesy of a 2-for-4 night from Mike Napoli, the Angels have achieved the rarefied feat of having every single one of their regulars boasting a batting average of...

Game Countdown – 8/18/09: Answer the Bell – Angels @ Indians

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (71-45) @ Cleveland Indians (51-66) Starters: LAA – Trevor Bell (0-0, 6.75 ERA)  CLE – Fausto Carmona (2-7, 6.37 ERA) Game Info: 4:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Alright, Trevor Bell,...

Will Wood Ever Get a Chance?

I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but the Angels have a young, slugging infielder down in the minors that looks AMAZING.  In only 86 games this year he has crushed 20 homers and put up a .933 OPS at Triple-A.  In total, the guy has hit 158 homers in his...

Halo Headlines – 8/18/09

The Story: Tony Reagins is not inclined to act on any of the recently released veteran pitchers and also downplayed reports that he was going after Heath Bell again.  The Monkey Says: Don’t be too disappointed in Reagins’ statements as he has never been...