The 14-game road trip the Angels have just embarked on just got an added degree of difficulty tacked onto it now that Kendry Morales has literally jumped onto the disabled list. This brutal stretch of away games was already poised to test the Angels’ depth and...
The Story: Dr. Lewis Yocum discusses Kendry Morales’ injury. The Monkey Says: K-Mo will have to wait another week or so it seems before he actually goes under the knife due to swelling. That certainly won’t help him return to the field before the end of...
VS. Counting down to the Angels’ series against the Royals in which the long and winding road begins. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (25-27) @ Kansas City Royals (21-30) Game 1 Starters: LAA – Ervin Santana (4-3, 3.65 ERA) KC – Luke Hochevar (5-2, 4.95 ERA) Game 1...
The Story: The Angels don’t expect Kendry Morales to miss the entire season. The Monkey Says: He does have a leg fracture, but they believe he can get healthy after surgery in time to maybe (emphasis on “maybe”) be healthy close to the end of the...
An Angel series win over the Mariners in which the Angels win the series but lose Morales in the stupidest way possible. Game 1 – Mariners 8, Angels 3 Game 2 – Angels 5, Mariners 1 Game 3 – Angels 9, Mariners 7 Los Angeles Angels of AWESOMENESS The...
VS. Counting down to the Angels’ series against the Mariners in which the Angels play at home for the last time in a long time. Seattle Mariners (18-28) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (23-26) Game 1 Starters: SEA – Cliff Lee (2-2, 3.44 ERA) LAA – Scott Kazmir (3-4,...
The Story: Bobby Abreu would like to play five more years. The Monkey Says: Bobby feels that is what he will need in order to get to 3,000 hits, but even he has to realize that is somewhat unrealistic. However, if he does play five more years and get those 3,000...
At long last, the Angels have pulled the plug on the Brandon Wood experiment, or at least put it on hold for a little while. With his pseudo-demotion (via a fake trip to the DL), the Halos are functionally admitting that they will make one last Hail Mary attempt at...
The Story: Wally Joyner will represent the Angels at the upcoming MLB Draft. The Monkey Says: Wally World!!! Nice to see him back doing PR for the Angels even if he did abruptly retire for being a cheater (which is actually a very stand-up thing to do, Alex...
VS. Counting down to the Angels’ game against the Blue Jays in which we wonder who will win the game of shadows. Toronto Blue Jays (27-21) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (22-26) Game Starters: TOR – Brandon Morrow (3-4, 6.80 ERA) LAA – Joel Pineiro (3-5, 5.00 ERA)...