Halo Headlines – 8/4/09

The Story: Kendry Morales was named AL Player of the Week.  The Monkey Says: Teixeira who?  This is Kendry’s first award of any kind in the majors and it doesn’t look like it will be his last. The Story: The path to being an excellent major leaguer was a...

10 Reasons Why the Angels Didn’t Need a Trade

I still think that the Angels will come to regret their failure to accomplish anything at the trade deadline, but after a weekend of a number of readers and tweeps talking me off the ledge, I am softening my stance just a tiny bit.  To aid in that effort, let us now...

Halo Headlines – 8/3/09

The Story: The Angels took a swing and miss at the trade deadline.  The Monkey Says: I already covered this on deadline day, but just thought I would pass along another link echoing my sentiments just to prove I am not crazy. The Story: Brandon Wood was sent down and...

Weekend Rewind: Who Needs a Trade? – Angels Sweep Twins

OK, so maybe the Angels didn’t need to make a trade after all.  Scoring a combined 35 runs in a three-game road sweep of the Minnesota Twins sure has a way of making a general manager look smart, doesn’t it? All those perceived weaknesses that the Angels...

Weekend Countdown: Same Old, Same Old – Angels @ Twins

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (60-40) @ Minnesota Twins (52-50) Game 1 Starters: LAA – Ervin Santana (3-6, 7.29 ERA)  MIN – Nick Blackburn (8-5, 3.75 ERA) Game 1 Info: 5:10 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Game 2 Starters:...