by Steve Scripps | Jul 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
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...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
It’s got to be the… mouthpiece? As strange as it sounds, it sure seems to be a major reason that Ervin Santana was able to regain his long lost ace form against Oakland last night (I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact that Oakland’s...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 17, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (49-37) @ Oakland Athletics (37-49) Starters: LAA – Ervin Santana (1-5, 7.81 ERA) OAK – Dallas Braden (7-7, 3.23 ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM THREE Questions: Did the...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 16, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Better late than never, but Joe Maddon put in a phone call to Mike Scioscia to apologize for not getting Fuentes and Figgins into the All-Star Game. Next year’s All-Star Game will be hosted in Anaheim and the Angel contingent is taking notes from the festivities...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 15, 2009 | 2009 Articles
There are just 17 shopping days left in the MLB trade season, so all you last minute shoppers (I’m talking to you, Tony Reagins) better start making your shopping lists now. To help make your holiday shopping for your favorite baseball club easier, we’ve...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 15, 2009 | 2009 Articles
To put it mildly, Angel fans are pissed that Angel alum Joe Maddon failed to get either Halo representative into the All-Star Game. Arte Moreno has finally bought a permanent residence in Southern California, check it out. Check out Chone Figgins’ frenetic...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 15, 2009 | 2009 Articles
YES! The American League wins! The game that shouldn’t really count but does for some reason anyway once again goes to the clearly superior American League. As usual the Angels All-Star representatives played a major role in the victory. The way Chone Figgins...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 14, 2009 | 2009 Articles
I didn’t think it was possible for Torii Hunter to make me this angry with the great season he is having, but he found a way. Because he had to go and strain his abductor muscle (whatever that is), now us Angel fans are stuck having to watch Gary Matthews play...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 14, 2009 | 2009 Articles
Poor Evan Longoria. He has a widdle boo-boo on his finger and can’t seem to find a Spongebob Band-Aid, so he has pulled out of the All-Star Game. But guess who is replacing him? That’s right, Chone Figgins is finally headed to the All-Star game, albeit...
by Steve Scripps | Jul 14, 2009 | 2009 Articles
The controversy over their former supervisor of international scouting, Clay Daniels, is pretty much forcing the Angels to sit out the internation signing period this year, though they are trying to sign Ervin Santana’s brother. Brian Fuentes’ is so...
