As Good as Gold?

It is late-August, so it must be time for the Angel PR machine to start its annual push to secure a Gold Glove win for at least one of their players.  Their media blitz has successfully helped several Angels win top fielder honors in recent years.  Torii Hunter...

Halo Headlines – 8/21/09

The Story: The Angels pose the biggest threat to the Yankees.  The Monkey Says: Thank you, Captain Obvious.  What tipped you off?  The fact that the Angels have made the Yankees their bitch THIS ENTIRE CENTURY? The Story: Chone Figgins will be signing autographs at...

Halo Headlines – 8/20/09

The Story: Torii Hunter, Bobby Abreu and Kendry Morales are the Angel nominees for the Hank Aaron Award.  The Monkey Says: The fans can vote on this award, so click the link and get in there and vote for the Angel of your choice, so that he can lose to someone from...

Game Rewind: The Weaver Has Landed – Angels 3, Indians 0

Well, I guess that answers that question.  After going and getting everyone all worked up by getting bombed in his last outing, Jered Weaver delivered a message loud and clear that he is just fine thank you very much. For the second time this year, the Jered Weaver...

How DHing Saved Vlad’s Career

It wasn’t so long ago that Vladimir Guerrero was quietly grumbling about having to occasionally mix in at the designated hitter spot for the Angels.  Now Guerrero should be thanking those poor misguided fools who allowed the DH to come into existence in the...

Halo Headlines – 8/19/09

The Story: Torii Hunter blogs about how he thinks the AL West is clearly the best division in baseball.  The Monkey Says: Obviously Torii is biased, but he makes some great points.  Still, the AL West is going to have to continue to fight for respect after being down...

Game Rewind: 300 – Angels 5, Indians 4

Madness?  This is SPARTA!!!  Err, Anaheim.  I mean Los Angeles… of Anaheim.  You catch my drift.  Courtesy of a 2-for-4 night from Mike Napoli, the Angels have achieved the rarefied feat of having every single one of their regulars boasting a batting average of...