by Steve Scripps | Aug 19, 2009 | 2009 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 18, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (71-45) @ Cleveland Indians (51-66) Starters: LAA – Trevor Bell (0-0, 6.75 ERA) CLE – Fausto Carmona (2-7, 6.37 ERA) Game Info: 4:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Alright, Trevor Bell,...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 18, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but the Angels have a young, slugging infielder down in the minors that looks AMAZING. In only 86 games this year he has crushed 20 homers and put up a .933 OPS at Triple-A. In total, the guy has hit 158 homers in his...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 18, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Tony Reagins is not inclined to act on any of the recently released veteran pitchers and also downplayed reports that he was going after Heath Bell again. The Monkey Says: Don’t be too disappointed in Reagins’ statements as he has never been...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 18, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I am going to go ahead and guess that Vladimir Guerrero’s leg isn’t feeling stiff anymore, though David Hernandez and Cla Meredith might have stiff necks after having to whip their head around to watch the two homers Vladdy Daddy cranked off each of them....
by Steve Scripps | Aug 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (70-45) @ Baltimore Orioles (48-69) Starters: LAA – Ervin Santana (5-6, 6.38 ERA) BAL – David Hernandez (4-4, 3.81 ERA) Game Info: 4:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM This is a test of your...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
There is an overwhelming feeling sweeping over the consciousness of Angel fans, a certain sense that we’ve been here before, seen these same storylines and results from our beloved team. It all just has a certain 2002 feeling doesn’t it? Despite having...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The Story: Joe Saunders FINALLY received a cortisone shot for the “knot” in his shoulder that has been bothering him since Spring Training. The Monkey Says: He only just now got a cortisone shot?!?! That didn’t occur to anyone when he was getting...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 16, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The third time was a charm for the Angels in Charm City (by the way, has a town ever had such a mismatched nickname as Baltimore aka Charm City? That place is a stinking hole of a town). Just when I thought I had seen everything in baseball, the Angels twice had the...
by Steve Scripps | Aug 14, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (68-44) @ Baltimore Orioles (47-67) Game 1 Starters: LAA – Jered Weaver (12-3, 3.73 ERA) BAL – Chris Tillman (0-0, 5.19 ERA) Game 1 Info: 4:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Game 2 Starters:...
