ALCS Game 1 Rewind: Right Plan, Wrong Team – Yankees 4, Angels 1

It was the perfect game plan.  Forcing the opposition into making errors.  Strong situational hitting.  Forcing the starting pitcher to run up a high pitch count.  Taking advantage of every misstep by the other team.  You really couldn’t have drawn it up any...

ALCS Game 1 Countdown: Blogging With the Enemy – Angels @ Yankees

I’m changing things up a little bit with the Game Countdown today.  Instead of the usual opinion piece, I decided to see what the enemy is up to by way of an interview with our Fanball Blog Network Yankee affiliate TheBlogThatRuthBuilt.com.  Craig Williams was...

You Make the Call: Predict the ALCS

ALCS game time is almost upon us, that means it is time to put up or shut up and make your prediction for the outcome of the ALCS. Will it be the Angels continuing their decade of dominance over the Yankees?  Or will the best team that money can buy finally cash in?...

Halo Headlines – 10/16/09

The Story: Every single ESPN “expert” predicted the Yankees to win the ALCS. The Monkey Says: The same experts almost all predicted the Red Sox to beat the Angels in the last round, so they can shove their predictions where the sun don’t shine. The...

Halo Headlines – 10/15/09

The Story: College basketball coaching legend John Wooden is a longtime fan of Mike Scioscia.  The Monkey Says: If you are familiar with the legendary Wooden then you know what a huge compliment that is.  Too bad the piece also mentions that Wooden’s favorite...

Angels Set ALCS Rotation Incorrectly

Mike Scioscia has been trying to play coy with his rotation plans, but the official Angel website went and spoiled his secrecy by posting his list of probable pitchers for the American League Championship Series.  The planned rotation and TV schedule for the ALCS is...

Halo Headlines – 10/14/09

The Story: A business intelligence company has computed that the Angels and Dodgers will be in the World Series, with the Dodgers winning.  The Monkey Says: Business intelligence is actually my day job, so I have to give these guys some love even if they picked the...

An Open Letter to the Angels Next Victims, the Yankees

Hi there, New York Yankees.  It is us, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, your upcoming opponent in the American League Championship Series.  You might remember us from other playoff encounters like the 2005 ALDS or perhaps the 2002 ALDS.  Oh, that’s right!  We...

Blog Smack: Fenway West? Not This Year.

One of the joys of being part of the Fanball Blog Network is getting to interact with the other team bloggers… especially when my team just finished embarrassing the other team.  We’ve got an interview posted over at our Red Sox blog, Boston Red Sox Tea...