Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Then of course there was the horror show on Sunday in New York. The Angels ace had struggled a bit but John Lackey left the game after the 6th inning with a 5-4 lead. But the rickety bullpen was nowhere near up to the task. Jose Arrendondo had his worst game of the season by far, allowing 3 hits and 4 r...

By Joe Florkowski The Angels’ home run surge was led by Torii Hunter who is starting to earn that fat contract – he hit nine of his 18 home runs in July. He was not the only Angel who had a multiple home run July – several Angels hit three or more home runs including Garret Anderson, Howie Kendrick, Juan Rivera and V...

By Jeff Howe The road to the World Series will probably have to go through Boston in some way, whether it’s in the Division Series or the American League Championship Series. Of course, the road to the World Series will also have to go through Anaheim.

By Joe Florkowski Say goodbye to Maicier Izturis as your No. 3 hitter. The Angels have slotted Izturis into the No. 3 hole in recent weeks and he has produced. But now it is likely Vladimir Guerrero or Texieira will move into that spot - I think it’s a slight improvement over Izturis.

By Richard Nickerson The Dodgers remain the most popular team in the west, fifth overall while to exactly no one’s surprise, the Yankees were the #1 most popular team overall. The Harris Poll shows that the Angels are on a downward trajectory in terms of nationwide popularity having slid to 29th from 23rd last y...

By Richard Nickerson The Angels swept the Boston Red Sox out of Anaheim to start the second-half while their closest competitors in the AL West, the Oakland A’s, were getting swept by the resurgent New York Yankees. This after the A’s finished trading away 2/5 of their starting rotation (Rich Harden and reliev...

By Joe Florkowski So, anyway, that’s it; let’s get going on the second half of the season and give a little payback to the Red Sox this weekend!! Continuing where we left off on Monday, we are now giving letter grades to the Angels’ pitching staff for the first half of the season, with the two fill-in guys leadi...

By Joe Florkowski Shortstop - Maicier Izturis/Erick Aybar - B - The averages are not totally there and the glovework is not quite as smooth as Orlando Cabrera’s but considering the shoes they had to fill, Izturis and Aybar have done pretty much the job the Angels expected when they traded Cabrera for Jon Gar...

General manager Tony Reagins, manager Mike Scioscia and even Arte Moreno need to have a summit/meeting with Hatcher and figure out some way to generate more runs from this club. Arte, you made your billion in advertising, branding products to sell to suckers and now you are selling the Los...

The Angels scored six runs for the second game in a row but unlike Monday’s 9-6 loss to the Mets, the pitching was equal to the offense and the Halos prevailed 6-1. John Lackey was in mid-season form, impressive considering this was just his 7th start this season, as Lackey shackled the New Yo...

No one expected the Oakland Athletics to be a force in the American League West this season. After all, they have continued their process of shipping off their marquee players, most recently expunging from their roster pitcher Dan Haren. Surely, with their off-season acquisitions, the S...

By Jeff Howe The big bat the Angels were hoping to sign this off-season — Miguel Cabrera — would have given Vladimir Guerrero protection and added punch to the offense. Obviously, that plan did not work out and instead the Angels signed Torii Hunter as their lineup solution. While another outfielder is...

By Joe Florkowski I figured it was either a programming mistake or maybe the Angels were not going to air their first spring training game. But after I checked some message boards, I discovered the Angels will not broadcast the Angels’ spring training games until 6 p.m.!!

By Richard Nickerson Angels 2008 Preview: Part I - Off-Season Review Traded:   SS Orlando Cabrera for SP Jon Garland Angels Sign Torii Hunter The Angels other important move this off-season was the acquisition of free-agent center fielder Torii Hunter.  There were two things that made this a strange move:

By Joe Florkowski The Angels have a new radio broadcast home for the 2007 season in Los Angeles/Orange County - AM 830 - and so far the results are promising. But the new radio station allows Arte Moreno to air Angels games on his schedule, rather than ESPN’s.

By Joe Florkowski In Francisco Rodriguez, the Angels have one of the top 10 closers in the game. He has saved 40 or more games in a row for three years in a row. And now he is seeking $12.5 million to pitch in 2008. But I wonder if he is really worth that much. And so are the Angels. The team has offered K-Rod $10 million for 2...

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.

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.

By Richard Nickerson Game One:          John Lackey vs.  Josh Beckett @ Fenway Game Two:          Kelvim Escobar vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka  @ Fenway Game Three:      Jered Weaver vs. Tim Wakefield @ Angels Stadium Game Four:        Lackey  vs.  Beckett @ Angels Stadium Travel Day:        Escobar vs. Matsuzaka @ Fenway

By Joe Florkowski It’s being reported that if Alex Rodriguez leaves the New York Yankees at the end of the season and opts out of his contract, his super agent/devil in disguise Scott Boras will seek as much as $30 million a year. Ultimately, I think Angels’ owner Arte Moreno will have to decide one of two thing...

By Richard Nickerson 1.  Gary Matthews, Jr — For $50 million the Angels and their fans expected a lot more.  Mr. HGH is hitting just .232 with a .308 OBP.  Those are the kind of numbers that make me wax nostalgic for the heady days of Chone Figgins as the non-prototypical leadoff hitter.

By Richard Nickerson LOS ANGELES, March 3 /PRNewswire/ — The following statement was issued I have met with Gary Matthews Jr., whom I believe is a terrific young rules established by Major League Baseball. Gary wishes to cooperate with Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles