Sanity Check: Angels Don’t Stand Up To AL’s Best

The Angels are two and a half games up in the American League West and one of the hottest teams in the league.   They seemed poised to glide to another division title and hopefully make a little noise in the post-season for a change… or are they?  Well, sorry...

Game Countdown – 7/22/09: Let’s Play Two – Angels @ Royals

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (52-38) @ Kansas City Royals (37-54) Game 1 Starters: LAA – Ervin Santana (2-5, 6.70 ERA)  KC – Sidney Ponson (1-5, 7.27 ERA) Game 1 Info: 2:10 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Game 2 Starters:...

Halo Headlines – 7/21/09

Yesterday’s game in KC was rained out and will be made-up as part of a doubleheader today with Sean O’Sullivan getting bumped to the second game for his start. Steve Bisheff thinks the Angels should try and extend Bobby Abreu now before he hits free agency...

Game Countdown – 7/20/09: Angels @ Royals

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (52-38) @ Kansas City Royals (37-54) Starters: LAA – Sean O’Sullivan (2-0, 3.80 ERA)  KC – Sidney Ponson (1-5, 7.27 ERA) Game Info: 5:10 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM THREE Questions: Is...

Halo Headlines – 7/20/09

The Angels have kicked the tires on Baltimore closer George Sherrill (as have many other teams).  I pontificated on such a move in last week’s Trade Talk and just don’t see the Angels trading for another left-handed reliever when their top two relievers...

Weekend Rewind: Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

That might have been the most schizophrenic weekend series I have ever seen, especially between the Angels and A’s who typically play close low-scoring games.  First a close game loss for the Angels highlighted by a bullpen meltdown then a high-scoring...

Weekend Countdown: Angels @ Athletics

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (50-37) @ Oakland Athletics (37-50) Game 1 Starters: LAA – Joe Saunders (8-5, 4.65 ERA)  OAK – Trevor Cahill (5-8, 4.67 ERA) Game 1 Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM Game 2 Starters:...

Ex-Speier-ed?

‘Tis the season to designate lousy veterans for assignment.  In recent days the Blue Jays (B.J. Ryan), Red Sox (Julio Lugo), Phillies (Tyler Walker), Rockies (Matt Belisle), Indians (Matt Herges), and Diamondbacks (Tony Clark) have either designated or outright...

Halo Headlines – 7/17/09

Brian Fuentes sheds some light on why he didn’t pitch in the All-Star Game.  Apparently, he was first promised to pitch the sixth, but Bud Selig intervened and requested the starting pitchers go two innings instead of one forcing Joe Maddon to bump one pitcher...