by Steve Scripps | Sep 9, 2009 | 2009 Articles
9/9/09, what a perfect day for the Angels to pick up their ninth win of the season against the Seattle Mariners. Nine is tonight’s lucky number! As if that weren’t enough, the Angels will be facing Ian Snell who currently has nine losses on the year to go...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 9, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Kendry Morales leads the Angels in average, homers and RBIs. The Monkey Says: Those gaudy numbers will certainly earn K-Mo some MVP votes, but I suspect he’ll still come up short when compared to Joe Mauer’s ridiculous numbers for a catcher....
by Steve Scripps | Sep 9, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Man, the Angels must really not like Scott Kazmir. What did the new guy do, park in somebody’s space? Hit on another guy’s wife? Throw a bag full of puppies into a lake? Whatever it was, the Angels seem hellbent on making sure his fine performances go...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 8, 2009 | 2009 Articles
So, we meet again, Mr. Hernandez! Didn’t we just face you? Can’t you please go away? After making his Angel debut last week against the Mariners and Felix Hernandez in Seattle, Scott Kazmir gets to show off for the home crowd for the first time, but must...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 8, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Announcer Buddy Blattner passed away at the age of 89. The Monkey Says: Blattner was one of the Angels’ first broadcast announcers back in the 1960’s. The Story: Scot Shields joined his teammates in Kansas City this weekend. The Monkey Says:...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 8, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Winning three of four games in a road series is exactly the doctor ordered for the struggling Angels… well, almost. Though the Angels were able to take advantage of the inept Royals to get themselves off the schneid, the Angels still can’t seem to figure...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 4, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Got a slumping division leader? We’ve got just the cure for you: a weekend series with the lowly Kansas City Royals!!!! I’ll take a series sweep to go, please. Beating up on the Royals might just be what this wavering Angel team needs to get back on track...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 4, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Kendry Morales was named the American League Player of the Month. The Monkey Says: Wow, the media is paying attention to K-Mo after all. He might still get some MVP votes after everything is all said and done. The Story: Jayson Stark insists the Angels...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 3, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Angels picked an awfully bad time to drop 9 of 14 games. Earlier in the season, Angel fans might have been content to sit back and wait out this little rough patch, but with a month left in the season, I think we might need to resort to some more extreme measures...
by Steve Scripps | Sep 3, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Bobby Abreu’s agent says Abreu is even happier with the being an Angel than he could have ever dreamed. The Monkey Says: The Angels have a big crop of impending free agents, but it sounds more and more like Abreu is the safest bet to return next...
