The Angels MVP of the 1st Quarter Is… Maicerto Callazturis

Have you met Maicerto Callazturis?  If not, you really should get to know him because he has been far and away the MVP of the first quarter of the Angel season. Sure, Danred Wearen has done an amazing job of leading the pitching staff while the Halo offense has been...

Game Recap 5/16/11: Is Anyone Surprised? – Angels 4 Athletics 5

At this point the Angels aren’t just losing close games, they are throwing them away. This is the second time Walden has blown an easy save and pushed the game to extra innings. We all new there was an extra inning game or two in store for us this week, there...

Halo Headlines – 5/17/11

Daily Links for the LA Angels including Morales to undergo surgery on May 26th, Segura hurts his hamstring, meet the young Angel stars this weekend and much more… The Story: Kendrys Morales is set for surgery on May 26th. The Monkey Says: Read that article...

Game Preview 5/16/11: Closing The Gap – Angels @ Athletics

@Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim  (22-19) @ Oakland Athletics (20-20) Pitching Probables: LAA – Joel Pineiro (2-0, 1.33 ERA)  OAK –Brett Anderson (2-3, 3.21 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV – KCOP; Radio – KLAA 830 AM Look behind you, quick! Do you see that in...

Angels 2011 First Quarter Grades

Greetings, class.  As you all know, the first quarter of the baseball school year is in the books.  I know how excited we all are that the class has performed so well as a whole, but I am the teacher and I am contractually obligated to hand out your individual report...

Multiple Choice Monday: Who Should Be the Angels Setup Man?

I’m not entirely sure that anybody deserves to be the Angels’ primary setup man, but someone has to do it, right?  The patchwork Angel bullpen has been barely holding itself together this year, but the troubles they are having in the eighth inning are...

Halo Headlines – 5/16/11

Daily Links for the LA Angels including Wells still weeks away from a return, surgeons cast a doom-filled projection for Morales’ injury, Chatwood making Kazmir expendable (or is he?) and much more… The Story: Vernon Wells is going to be out at least three...

Game Recap 5/16/11: Chopped – Rangers 5, Angels 4

The good news is I finally got a prediction right, the bad news is that I wish I didn’t. Rangers 5, Angels 4 Mike Scioscia finally saw the light and took eighth inning duties away from Fernando Rodney and handed them over to Rich Thompson.  On paper, this was a...

Game Recap 5/14/11 — Angels 3 Rangers 2

Dan Haren has got to be feeling a little snake bit. All he does is keep going out there and putting himself in a position to win and continues to have nothing to show for it. Today it was another 7/23 of awesomeness only to see it blown in the 8th. But some clutch...