Tampa Bay Rays (61-50) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (65-44) Starters: TB – Matt Garza (7-8, 3.63 ERA) LAA – Sean O’Sullivan (3-1, 4.24 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Losing two of three to...
I’m not sure what annoys me more: that Joe Saunders has been pitching horribly for several weeks and has now suddenly developed a shoulder injury or that the Angels expect us to believe it. The Halo PR machine would have us believe that Joe Saunders has been...
The Story: Joe Saunders was placed on the disabled list with shoulder tightness and Jose Arredondo was called up to take his place. The Monkey Says: The Saunders injury is simply devastating on so many levels for the Angels, more on that later today. The Story: Can...
These Ranger guys are really starting to piss me off. Instead of rolling over and playing dead like young, upstart clubs are supposed to, those pesky Rangers came to town and made sure the Angels knew full well that they aren’t going away anytime soon. In...
Texas Rangers (60-47) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (64-42) Game 1 Starters: TEX – Scott Feldman (10-4, 3.91 ERA) LAA – Joe Saunders (9-6, 5.07 ERA) Game 1 Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Game 2 Starters: TEX...
Dear Texas Rangers, So, you’re probably feeling pretty good about yourself right about now, huh? Let’s face it, nobody expected you guys to still be hanging around the top of the AL West this late in the year. That’s a great accomplishment and you...
The Story: Gary Matthews is feeling a bit vindicated about his recent contributions to the team. The Monkey Says: I’m feeling good about it too because it might make Private Matthews actually tradeable come this off-season. The Story: FanGraphs rates Juan...
The Story: Kendry Morales talks about how his development into a burgeoning star. The Monkey Says: Kendry doesn’t reveal much other than he knows how to give vanilla answers but he definitely sounds very mature. The Story: Bobby Abreu was named AL Player of the...
The Story: Kendry Morales was named AL Player of the Week. The Monkey Says: Teixeira who? This is Kendry’s first award of any kind in the majors and it doesn’t look like it will be his last. The Story: The path to being an excellent major leaguer was a...
I still think that the Angels will come to regret their failure to accomplish anything at the trade deadline, but after a weekend of a number of readers and tweeps talking me off the ledge, I am softening my stance just a tiny bit. To aid in that effort, let us now...
