by Steve Scripps | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Check out how the Angels did on Yahoo’s post-season entrance exam. The Monkey Says: This is, of course, meaningless, but still entertaining. The Story: Chone Figgins finishes the season with 100+ runs, 100+ walks, 180+ hits and 40+ steals. The...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009 Articles
After this weekend’s series, I think it is safe to say that the Angels’ regular season has been a sweeping success. The Angels closed out their regular season with an impressive sweep of the Oakland Athletics and a whole lot of good feelings. Kendry...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Mike Scioscia has aligned his rotation so that the playoff rotation will look like this: Game 1 – Lackey, Game 2 – Weaver, Game 3 – Kazmir, Game 4 – Saunders. The Monkey Says: Saunders might get bumped from Game 4 depending on the...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 2, 2009 | 2009 Articles
When is a loss not really a loss? When it is your Triple-A team doing the losing. You can take the player out of the minors, but you can’t take the minors out of the player. The boxscore suggests that the Rangers thumped the Angels tonight and technically they...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Today is the first day of the Angels hope will be a very red October. We say that every year, but I really feel this year could be different. Instead of Sean Connery speaking with a Scottish accent, despite playing a Russian, our captain is Mike Scioscia, no accent...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Now that the Angels ALDS matchup is officially set it is time to try and figure out the Angels’ playoff roster. For some reason Mike Scioscia is trying to keep this shrouded in mystery until this weekend, but that isn’t going to stop us from figuring it...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Prospect Mike Trout is working on improving his swing as well as his baserunning techniques. The Monkey Says: Trout had a great rookie ball season, but it is nice to the elite prospect taking the Angel coaching suggestions to heart. The Story: Is Bobby...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Come on, Texas. Now your just not even trying. For the second time this series, the Angels have shutout the Rangers, this time doing it on a one-hitter courtesy of Matt Palmer and four bullpen compatriots. When two minor leaguers are celebrating at the end of the...
by Steve Scripps | Oct 1, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I’ll be honest, I can’t think of anything worth saying about this meaningless game, so, since the Texas Rangers are the opponent, enjoy some hilarious Walker, Texas Rangers clips. There, now don’t you feel like watching the game? Texas Rangers...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 30, 2009 | 2009 Articles
With the Angels post-season berth all locked up and the final five games rendered basically meaningless, let’s take a break from focusing on the big league club and see how things are going in the farm system by profiling the best and worst at each minor league...
