by Steve Scripps | Mar 1, 2010 | 2010 Articles
The Story: The Angels had the 20th best off-season in baseball. The Monkey Says: Hard to argue with that right now, but the real proof will be in the pudding when the games start getting played as Matsui and Pineiro have the ability to make Tony Reagins either look...
by Steve Scripps | Feb 26, 2010 | 2010 Articles
The Story: Kevin Jepsen and Scot Shields both increased their long-toss program yesterday. The Monkey Says: When did long toss become newsworthy? Ugh, I can’t wait for the games to start already. The Story: Ervin Santana is hoping for a bounceback season. The...
by Steve Scripps | Feb 25, 2010 | 2010 Articles
The Story: Scot Shields, Fernando Rodney and Kevin Jepsen are all making progress. The Monkey Says: All three have some sort of health concern and have extended their long-toss programs but could all begin pitching again in the next 10 days. It seems that after a...
by Steve Scripps | Feb 24, 2010 | 2010 Articles
The Story: Mike Scioscia committed to batting Bobby Abreu second in the order, but little else. The Monkey Says: This is going to be an ongoing situation to monitor as Sosh tries to figure out the order after losing Figgins and Vlad. It is pretty clear that Aybar...
by Steve Scripps | Feb 23, 2010 | 2010 Articles
The Story: Hideki Matsui is expected to boost the Angels’ revenue. The Monkey Says: Well, duh! Don’t think for a minute that Matsui’s international appeal wasn’t a major reason the Angels went after him so hard in the off-season. Then again,...
by Steve Scripps | Feb 22, 2010 | 2010 Articles
Normally I would save a story like this just for the Halo Headlines, but this little snippet from the Boston Globe certainly seems to have driven Angel fans into a bit of a tizzy: This is not going to play well in Orange County … Question: “Fair or not,...
