Game Preview 4/6/12: Let’s Get Excited – Royals @ Angels

@ Kansas City Royals (0-0) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (0-0) Pitching Probables: KC – Bruce Chen (0-0, -.– ERA)  LAA – Jered Weaver (0-0, -.– ERA) Game Info: 7:05 PM PT; TV – Fox Sports West & ESPN2; Radio – KLAA 830 AM...

The beginning of a new era

Congratulations fellow Angels fan, you’ve done it. You’ve managed to survive yet another painfully long offseason and live to see a new day of Angels baseball, which thankfully begins today. In just a few hours the first pitch of the Angels season will...

Angels minor league Opening Day observations

Austin Wood (#30 prospect on the MWAH/LAAI Top Prospect List) looks like he’s going to be jumping up the prospect lists pretty soon.  His fastball was sitting 97-98, his delivery is extremely smooth, it’s an EFFORTLESS 97-98.  His slider is absolutely lethal, reminds...

Angels Opening Day, saving the best for last

Seriously?  The Angels’ season still hasn’t started?  Expecting us all to wait until 7 PM PST tonight to see the most anticipated Angels season possibly in history begin feels like cruel and unusual punishment.  What possible reason does MLB have for...

I believe in momentum

I believe in momentum. It’s not that I don’t get “tomorrow is another day” and “one game at a time,” but get serious:  we live in a crazy, competitive, capitalistic world.  We play on the edge, and yes you might spot your niece a bishop here or there while playing...

The Monkey predicts the 2012 Angels season

This might be my favorite post to write each year.  Making predictions about the coming season is just good ol’ fashioned fun, and I’m actually getting better at it as shown by the predictions from last year I got right: 87 wins for the Angels. OK, not...

The most important Angel of 2012 is… Kendrys Morales

I write this article just before every season.  Each time I try and think outside the box to pinpoint the most important Angel since it isn’t always the most obvious choice.  This year, I tried to do the same thing but couldn’t find anything outside of the...

Figuring out the final spots on the Angels roster

Almost… there…  Opening Day is so, very close for the Angels but they do have a few housekeeping matters to tend to before Friday.  Namely, they must decide on the final bench and rotation spots.  Not exactly the most scintillating topic, but a necessary...