Game Recap 4/8/11: All is Not Wells – Blue Jays 3, Angels 2

As if the Blue Jays weren’t happy enough about trading away Vernon Wells because of his contract, they got a nice cherry on top tonight as the slumping slugger(?) single-handedly short-circuited the Angel offense, leading to the Halo staying unlit for this...

Game Preview 4/8/11: Blue Jays @ Angels – Home Sweet Home

@ Toronto Blue Jays (4-2) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (3-3) Pitching Probables: TOR – Kyle Drabek (1-0, 1.29 ERA)  LAA – Ervin Santana (0-0, 4.05 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV – Fox Sports West; Radio – KLAA 830 AM After a somewhat trying start to the...

Operation Gruesome Twosome

Operation Gruesome Twosome -The big showdown between former friend and foe, the battle between a team scorned and a longtime rival…Carl Crawford and Adrian Beltre. Once these two roll into town things are gonna get dirty. The Angels are gonna be in some big...

Free For All Friday: Changes Coming for Monkeywithahalo.com

Not to ruin the Free For All fun before it even begins, but I have to interrupt this very important blog post to bring you some breaking news that will impact the future of this very site… What could it be? Fret not, loyal readers, I have nothing but good news...

Halo Headlines – 4/8/11

Daily Links for the LA Angels including Downs and Willits begin their rehab, remembering when the Angels first moved to Anaheim, the season boils down to Vernon Wells and much more… The Story: Scott Downs and Reggie Willits started their rehab assignments last...

Top Ten Thursday: Oddities of the Early Season

One of the things I love about baseball is that in small sample sizes, you can see some rather strange things.  This season is no different as there have been more than a few oddities creeping their way into the Angels season.  Sounds like a perfect topic for Top Ten...

Over/Under and Out

After seeing how well received Mike Scioscia’s decision to swiftly replace Fernando Rodney as closer, it seems like the quick hook is the trendy thing to do nowadays.  That really got me thinking, should the Angels start benching/releasing/demoting other players...

Halo Headlines – 4/7/11

Daily Links for the LA Angels including Aybar gets an MRI, Downs to start his rehab assignment today, a look at how the Angels came to the decision on promoting Walden to closer and much more…   The Story: An MRI on Erick Aybar’s injured side revealed a...

Game Recap 4/6/11- Angels 5 Rays 1

Well now that this road trip is over we can all sigh with relief, we’re coming back home with strong footing. Almost everything looked great for the Angels this series, Trumbo is finding a comfort zone at the plate, Our co-aces continue to perform like so, Back...

Winning Wednesday: Canines and Closing Time

The Angels haven’t exactly been doing as much winning as we all hoped, but that doesn’t it is a total loss.  This week’s winners are brought to us by way of canines and closing time. You didn’t really think I was going to go with Semisonic over...