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Rate Lackey headed to the Washington Nationals?

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Wed, Nov 18

The free-agent window is about to be thrown open for former Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher John Lackey...

Rate White Sox, Angels, Padres doing deal with Konerko and Gonzalez?

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Tue, Nov 17

Rumor has it that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, and Chicago White Sox have had...

Rate Three teams already talking Lackey: Mets, Brewers, Red Sox

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Mon, Nov 16

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim hurler John Lackey is clearly the top pitcher in this off-season's free-agent...

Past Month

 

Rate Rosenthal: Angels Still Pursuing Lackey

Original at 6-4-2 (Blogspot) external link    Wed, Nov 11

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) We'll see. I suspect they'll make a good-faith effort to sign him, so that when the Yankees give him the $100M/5 year deal he's looking for, it won't be a surprise.

Rate Pickoff Moves

Original at 6-4-2 (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Nov 9

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) How The Angels Missed Frank McCourt Here's a Boston Globe piece about the McCourt divorce. One thing I had forgotten is that Frank was a potential "buyer" for the Angels at one point and got turned down for Arte. Before that, their bid for the Red Sox: “The seller was looking to sell, not swap a b...

Rate Gary Matthews Jr. wants out of Anaheim

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Wed, Oct 28

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had themselves a pretty good year, unless you count the dismal ALCS.

Rate Despite ALCS loss, Angels put together a season to be proud of

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Mon, Oct 26

Between the profound heartache of early April and the deep disappointment of late October, Mike Scioscia's...

Rate Angels Yankees ALCS Game 6 Lineups Remain the Same?

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Sun, Oct 25

By Rev Halofan about : Los Angeles Angels' Joe Saunders, scheduled starter for Game 6 of the American League Championship baseball series against the New York Yankees, walks back to the dugout after the game was postponed because of rain Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

October of 2009

 

Rate Scioscia Dodges Bullet, Angels Live to Fight On!

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Thu, Oct 22

By Rev Halofan about : After jumping in an outfield waterfall, a fan reacts to the crowd during Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball series between the Los Angeles Angels and the New York Yankees Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rate Opinion: Angels Bangin' With Bucks: Wednesday Halolinks

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Wed, Oct 14

By WiHaloFan League Championship Series American League Game 1: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees | Friday, Oct. 16, 7:57 p.m. (FOX) Game 3: New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels | Monday, Oct. 19, 4:13 p.m. (FOX) Game 7*: Los Angeles Angels at New York Yankees | Sunday, Oct. 25, 8:20 p.m. (FOX)

Rate Exorcise, Exorcise, Come On Everybody, Get Your Exorcise: Angels 4, Red Sox 1

Original at 6-4-2 (Blogspot) external link    Sat, Oct 10

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) Meanwhile, the Angels were only slightly less effective than the Red Sox, also going in order the first three frames while scratching out a lone single, Erick Aybar's two-out line drive in third that Chone Figgins promptly squandered by flying out to left. But for all that, the Angels did m...

Rate Opinion: Haw Haw, Baseball Prospectus!

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Sun, Oct 4

By mattwelch More from the 2009 Baseball Prospectus: What about the Prospectus prognosis for this year's Angels? Some individual player comments are worth noting, too. For instance, Chone Figgins: Still, if we lose to the Red Sox again, we get what we deserve....

Rate BLS postseason entrance exam: Los Angeles Angels

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Fri, Oct 2

Sharpen those No. 2 pencils and start brewing your cram coffee, because it's exam time here on Big League...

Rate Matt Palmer Wins 11th, Angels Win 94th

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Wed, Sep 30

By Rev Halofan about : Los Angeles Angels' Kendry Morales, right, beats the tag from Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez on Angels' Chone Figgins' single during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

September of 2009

 

Rate Chone Figgins headed to Cubs?

Original at Yahoo! Sports external link    Wed, Sep 16

Chone Figgins is having himself a fine season with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but the third baseman will...

Rate Opinion: LABOR DAY Pregame Picks Sept. 7

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Mon, Sep 7

By Rev Halofan Current Series Angels win the series 3-0 Fri 09/04 WP: Jered Weaver (14 - 5) SV: Brian Fuentes LP: Jamey Wright (1 - 5) 2 - 1 winSat 09/05 WP: Kevin Jepsen (5 - 3) SV: Brian Fuentes LP: Yasuhiko Yabuta (0 - 1) LP: Luke Hochevar (6 - 9) 7 - 2 win Los Angeles Angels Halos Heaven

Rate Opinion: FRIDAY HALOLINKS: Kendry Morales AL Player Of The Month, Chone Figgins Likes To Play

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Fri, Sep 4

By WiHaloFan Poll There's been talk of Kendry Morales for AL MVP, but is he even the Angels' MVP? Yes, he's the Angels MVP. No, Torii Hunter is the Angels MVP. No, Bobby Abreu is the Angels MVP. No, [BLANK] is the Angels MVP (comment below).   17 votes | Results

August of 2009

 

Rate FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Torii Hunter Extends Hit Streak, Is Tony Reagins On Vacation?

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Fri, Aug 28

By WiHaloFan Brian Downing and Chuck Finley take their place in the Angels' Hall of Fame -- latimes.com Outfielder, pitcher are inducted into the Angels' Hall of Fame in a ceremony before Thursday's game. The Angels will win the American League West and draw the Red Sox in the first round.

Rate Hit Efficiency

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Mon, Aug 17

By jjackflash The Yankees, with 657 runs on 1145 hits, score .574 runs per hit.  The Yankees need only 1.743 hits to score a run.  Thus, the Yankees score only .003 runs more per hit (i.e., for every thousand hits, the Yanks manage only three more runs).  This is despite the fact that the Yankees have 52 more home run...

Rate Opinion: THURSDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Bobby Abreu Enjoys Anaheim, Eisner Enjoys Cardboard

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Thu, Aug 6

By WiHaloFan Angels-White Sox Preview - FOX Sports on MSN While Chicago is heating up, the Angels are in danger of being swept for the first time since May 15-17 against Texas. Los Angeles, which entered this series winner of 17 of 20, has not been swept in Chicago since Aug. 18-20, 2003.

July of 2009

 

Rate FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Trade Deadline Edition

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Fri, Jul 31

By WiHaloFan Angels' Erick Aybar has earned his wings - Los Angeles Times The Toronto Blue Jays are willing to part with Roy Halladay. The Angels don't appear ready to sacrifice Erick Aybar. Transactions - angelsbaseball.com 07/30/09 Los Angeles Angels optioned RHP Robert Mosebach to Salt Lake Bees.

Rate Opinion: On the Subjects of "Luck" and The Los Angeles Angels

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Sun, Jul 26

By Zu Long One final note on this subject for those who claim we are undeservedly fortunate ... it wasn't very long ago that the Angels farm system was considered the best in baseball. Mike Napoli, Casey Kotchman, Dallas Macpherson, Jeff Mathis, Erick Aybar, Alberto Callaspo, Howie Kendrick, Brandon...

Rate Opinion: Baseball Second Half Storylines: Bloggers Roundtable

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Thu, Jul 23

By Rev Halofan Rev Halofan (Halos Heaven): The Angels are not necessarily for real and their health will dictate who wins the American League West. No matter how great Scioscia is, he is no Lewis Yocum. 67MARQUEZ (Athletics Nation): Texas and/or Seattle hang around, and the A's knock the Angels out of the...

Rate THURSDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Angels Sweep Royals, Kendry Morales Extends Streak

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Thu, Jul 23

By WiHaloFan Up next for Angels: Thursday vs. Minnesota - Los Angeles Times Jered Weaver vs. Scott Baker The Angels will try to extend their winning streak to six games Thursday night in the opener of a four-game home set against the Minnesota Twins, who have given up a boatload of runs lately.

Rate FRIDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Torii Hunter To DL?, Figgins Misses All-Star Game

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Fri, Jul 10

By WiHaloFan Halos bullpen faces critical test down stretch - Scott Miller - CBSSports.com The Angels' bullpen ranks 13th in the American League and 28th in the majors with a 5.01 ERA entering Wednesday. Only Cleveland (5.13) and Washington (5.58) have been worse.

June of 2009

 

Rate TUESDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Santana Nears Return, Guerrero Wants to Play The Field

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Tue, Jun 30

By WiHaloFan Up next for Angels: Tuesday at Texas - Los Angeles Times Joe Saunders vs. Scott Feldman Guerrero steps up throwing program - Angels blog - OCRegister.com Vladimir Guerrero threw to bases as part of his pre-game throwing workout today

Rate SATURDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Arredondo Hurting, Hunter Putting The Hurt On

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Sat, Jun 27

By WiHaloFan Up next for Angels: Saturday at Arizona - Los Angeles Times Pitchers: John Lackey vs. Doug Davis. Jose Arredondo becomes latest to go on the DL - Los Angeles Times The pool of in-house candidates who could bolster the Angels' late-inning relief corps continues to dwindle.

Rate SUNDAY ANGELS ROUNDUP: Weaver Review, Grichuk Signs

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Sun, Jun 21

By WiHaloFan Up next: Dodgers versus Angels on Sunday - Los Angeles Times Clayton Kershaw vs. John Lackey Angels sign Randal Grichuk - Los Angeles Times The Angels signed their top pick in the June 9 draft, 17-year-old high school outfielder Randal Grichuk, to a bonus of $1.225 million on Saturday.

Rate Angels' Jered Weaver wins again at home

Original at Los Angeles Times external link    Sun, Jun 14

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 CA John] Lackey was messing with me, saying, 'It's about time.' " The Padres had plenty of scoring opportunities but were 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position. Gonzalez and Will Venable each led off an inning with a double, but neither advanced to ...

Rate Lackey knocked around in loss to Rays

Original at Anaheim Angels external link    Wed, Jun 10

PETERSBURG -- The career-long spell John Lackey had cast on the Rays was dispatched in no uncertain terms on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field. Lackey couldn't find enough right stuff or good fortune, and the Angels were flattened by the Rays, 9-5. ...

Rate Top 100 Angels - Brian Downing #3

Original at Halos Heaven external link    Mon, Jun 8

By Rev Halofan Brian Downing was a core offensive contributor to three Western Division titles for the Angels. Recent research by Angel Lifer Matt Welch indicates that in 1979, Downing had the best season ever by an Angels Catcher, as well as the 3rd Best in 1978. Realizing his offensive prowess, and mini...

Year 2008

 

Rate Should We Care What the Angels Do This Off-season?

Original at Athletics Nation external link    Sun, Dec 14

By Taj Adib As I was driving down the 57 freeway on Friday through Los Angeles of Anaheim, I gazed to my right and observed Slegna Stadium in it's most radiant state: completely empty of rally monkey-ing, stat-hating, water bottle-launching, belligerent and foul-mouthed Angel fans.

Rate Orioles Fans Will Hate Me For This, But.....

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Tue, Oct 28

By Isaac Barrow I've also heard from ESPN that the O's are a likely suitor to pursue Manny Ramirez. I am 50/50 on this trade. While I saw what Manny could do with the Dodgers, the Dodgers are in the National League West. The worst division of the past few seasons.

Rate Opinion: Tempers Flare as Halos Pound Yanks & Lower Magic Number to 2

Original at MVN external link    Tue, Sep 9

Last night the Angels (in the immortal words of Captain Insano) ‘opened up a can of whoop-ass’ on the New York Yankees as they pummeled the Pinstripers 12-1. Nothing new there as the Angels have pretty much owned New York since the Joe Torre era. But things actually got physical between two gu...

Rate Wrap: Game 95 - Angels 4, A's 3

Original at Athletics Nation external link    Sun, Jul 13

By Taj Adib So folks, here are your 2008 Oakland A's: Now 6 games out of 1st place for at least the next 4 days; still growing into major leaguers; one step closer to being in full "sell" mode and definitely one strike, one out, and one play away from truly challenging the reigning AL West champion Los Ang...

Rate Opinion: Angels offense hits embarrassing new low in Freeway Series, plus Readers React!

Original at MVN external link    Mon, Jun 30

I know that the No. 3 position in the batting order is ostensibly reserved for your best hitter which for the Angels is Vladimir Guerrero. And Guerrero has been scorching the ball lately. Arte, you made your billion in advertising, branding products to sell to suckers and now you are selling t...

Rate Winding The Wayback Machine: Derek Zumsteg Previews The 2001 Angels

Original at 6-4-2 (Blogspot) external link    Thu, Jun 12

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) I was poking around at BTF when I saw this thread about Dave Cameron's interesting long guest article at The Baseball Analysts, a history of the post-2003 Mariners' bad (and worse) decisions. Poster Blackadder asked, "Do people remember the pre-season projections for the 2001 Mariners...

Rate Opinion: Dodgers Drowning In a Sea Spilled From A Cup An Ex-Phillie*: Angels 4, Dodgers 2

Original at 6-4-2 (Blogspot) external link    Sat, May 17

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) More on Bennett's mechanics at Inside the Dodgers; apparently this took up a great deal of time at Torre's postgame press conference. Help for Dodger fans who may not get this reference. It's the song they play at Angels Stadium before every game.

Rate Podcast: Angels in trouble, Opening in Japan, Previewing the Rockies, Reds, Astros, Mariners, Royals and Blue Jays

Original at MVN external link    Thu, Mar 27

The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. To jump to and listen to a specific team preview, select the team below… Colorado RockiesCinci...

Rate Podcast: 2008 MLB Season Preview: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Original at MVN external link    Tue, Feb 12

Hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage put Big ‘A’ Baseball’s Richard Nickerson on the hot seat regarding Anaheim’s division dominance, as well as the team’s trade of great-hitting SS Orlando Cabrera for SP Jon Garland, the acquisition of Torii Hunter and its flourishing farm system.

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Some Angels named in the Mitchell Report, other thoughts about the report

Original at MVN external link    Thu, Dec 13

By Joe Florkowski I, of course, was looking for the names mentioned in the report that have ties to the California Angels, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Some interesting names popped up, with many having ties to former Met clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski.

Rate Podcast: MLB free agent watch: Top 10 still available

Original at All-Baseball.com external link    Tue, Nov 27

By Brandon Rosage The Transaction Guy’s Ryne Crabb joins the show to break down how Torii Hunter’s deal with the Angels affects the rest of the free agent outfielders, including Andruw Jones, Mike Cameron and Aaron Rowand. We also look at the big third basemen (Mike Lowell and Alex Rodriguez) and the best de...

Rate Podcast: Five reasons why the Angels signing Torii Hunter is good news

Original at MVN external link    Thu, Nov 22

By Joe Florkowski The Dodgers are making a strong marketing push this year because the team is celebrating its 50th year in Los Angeles. The Hunter signing allows the Angels to continue to put pressure on the Dodgers in the battle for the hearts and minds (and dollars) of the Southland.

Rate Bronx Banter: You'll Never Guess How I Feel About the Angels

Original at Baseball Toaster external link    Tue, Aug 21

Its funny: as much as I hate the Angels, Ive never found much to dislike about their individual players. If we're being honest, they're a pretty inoffensive group*; I mean, John Lackey tends to breathe through his mouth all the time, which is a pet peeve of mine, and Chone Figgins has been sli...

Rate Opinion: This Day In Red Sox History: August 18, 1967… Tragedy At Fenway Park — Tony Conigliaro Beaned By Angels' Jack Hamilton

Original at sox1fan.com external link    Fri, Aug 17

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By Administrator At the beginning of play on August 18, 1967, the Red Sox unexpectedly found themselves in the pennant race—in fourth place and only 3 ½ games behind the first place Minnesota Twins. On that day, a Friday, the California Angels—in fifth place and a game behind the Red Sox—arrived in Boston fo...

Rate Opinion: A Couple of Moronic "Angels"

Original at The Mighty Quinn Media Machine external link    Tue, Aug 14

By The Omnipotent Q As thoughtless, and as stupid a remark as that is, Gary Matthews of the Los Angeles Angels absolutely went Angel one better. He gave an interview to a reporter about Red Sox fans, and it left me just shaking my head. Here is some highlights, courtesy of The Boston Globe.

Rate Recipe: SL Bees pitcher Resop called up by Angels

Original at Salt Lake Tribune external link    Tue, Jul 3

By webmaster@sltrib.com (The Salt Lake Tribune) Posted: 1:34 PM- Pitcher Chris Resop of the Salt Lake Bees has been called up to the major leagues by the Los Angeles Angels.

Rate Podcast: Angels' Weaver activated, starts vs. A's

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Wed, Apr 18

Jered Weaver came off the disabled list and started for the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland on Tuesday night.

Rate Podcast: Angels' Figgins breaks finger

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Fri, Mar 23

Los Angeles Angels third baseman Chone Figgins will be sidelined indefinitely after fracturing the middle finger on his throwing hand. He still hopes to be ready by Opening Day.

Rate Podcast: Latest steroids scandal vexes Angels' Moreno

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Mon, Mar 5

By Joseph A. Reaves Valley resident and Angels owner Arte Moreno lets it be known he's not happy being stuck in the middle of baseball's drug mess. But there he is. And he's not happy about it. Not happy at all.

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