by Steve Scripps | May 17, 2011 | 2011 Articles
As the old saying goes, you can’t keep a good man down, and Mike Trout is most certainly a good man, possibly a great one. After a torrid prior week, this latest week started off rather tepid, going 2-for-15 with four strikeouts. A four-game skid is little...
by Steve Scripps | May 17, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 17, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 17, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 17, 2011 | 2011 Articles
@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...
by Steve Scripps | May 16, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 16, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 16, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 16, 2011 | 2011 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | May 15, 2011 | 2011 Articles
@ Los Angeles Angels Anaheim (22-18) @ Texas Rangers (20-19) Pitching Probables: LAA – Ervin Santana (1-4, 4.81 ERA) TEX – C.J. Wilson (4-2, 3.36 ERA) Game Info: 12:05 PM PT; TV – Fox Sports West; Radio – KLAA 830 AM There’s nothing like a...
