Top Ten Thursday: Nicknames for the Angel Lineup

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of trying to think of new and different ways to describe the general ineptitude of the Angel offense.  I am literally running out of adjectives.  But rather than endlessly thumb through a thesaurus, I’ve...

Game Recap 6/22/11: I’ve Got a Trumbo-ner – Angels 6, Mets 5

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m sporting a raging Trumboner right now.  Not only did Mark Trumbo save the Angels’ butt twice, but hey did it without utilizing the longball, a real step forward for the Angels’ young slugger. Angels...

Game Preview: 6/22/11: Reel Small Fish – Angels @ Marlins

@Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  (36-39) @ Florida Marlins (33-41) Pitching Probables: LAA – Joel Pineiro (3-3, 3.92 ERA)  FLA – Brian Sanches (3-1, 1.93 ERA) Game Info: 4:10 PM PT; TV – Fox Sports West; Radio – KLAA 830 AM   Oh what a great day today is...

Why Don’t Angel Fans Rock the All-Star Vote?

All-Star voting has always been imperfect, and in continues to be now that All-Stars are determined less by a player’s actual performance and more by how skilled a player’s team has gotten at getting their fans to stuff the ballot box.  Really, it is just...

Halo Headlines – 6/22/11

Daily Links for the LA Angels including Angels absent from latest All-Star voting results, the farm system is already producing results, Callaspo’s return moves Izturis back into a utility role and much more… The Story: The latest AL All-Star voting...

Game Recap 6/21/11: The Futility Remains – Marlins 5, Angels 2

Every time we start feeling just a teeny bit good about the Angels, a game like this happens.  Futility, ineptitude, misery.  Call it what you will, the fact of the matter is the team’s inability to hit with runners in scoring position remains staunchly intact....

Game Preview 6/21/11: Good Problems – Angels @ Marlins

@ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (36-38) @ Florida Marlins (32-41) Pitching Probables: LAA – Ervin Santana (3-7, 4.25 ERA)  FLA – Javier Vazquez (3-7, 6.85 ERA) Game Info: 4:10 PM PT; TV – Fox Sports West; Radio – KLAA 830 AM One of the reasons I hate...