GM Tony Reagins says his Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim could still make a move or two this offseason, noting the team's lingering need for a fifth starting pitcher and a utility man off the bench.
Like most of what he and his predecessor Bill Stoneman say, this sounds like another half truth.
The Angels do indeed need have a few holes ... 21Jan2010 |
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With the season on the line, the Angels needed to find a way to get back into this series. Thanks to the bats of Vladimir Guerrero, Howie Kendrick, and Jeff Mathis, the Angels pulled the series back to 2-1 and look to get even tomorrow night.
Jered Weaver didn't bring his best stuff ... 19Oct2009 |
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For much of the season, 2008 all-star Joe Saunders was firing blanks. After finally admitting to an arm injury, and spending some time on the DL, it's Saunders' opponents who are getting blanked. In his second start since returning from the DL, Saunders tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing ... 1Sep2009 |
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After Friday's 16 run debacle, the Angels handed the ball over their big horse, John Lackey. Lackey responded with seven innings of one run ball, and was the beneficiary of a five run third inning as the Angels beat the Orioles 6-1.
All of the game's runs came in ... 15Aug2009 |
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The Angels offense waited a little too long to give Trevor Bell a win in his major league debut, but the rookie gave the Angels a chance to win, and the Angels closed out the series with a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in an afternoon tilt at the Big A. ... 12Aug2009 |
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Ervin Santana has been an enigma all season. The velocity, the movement, the ability seems to have been there all year. Yet he entered tonight's game with Tampa Bay with an ERA over seven, struggling to find any type of consistency. He looked like Santana v2.008 tonight, simply dominating Tampa. Santana held ... 11Aug2009 |
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The Angels pounded out 19 hits and overcame an early three run deficit to beat the Twins and maintain their three game lead over Texas. Ervin Santana struggled, allowing five runs in six innings, but tremendous work by the bullpen kept the Angels in the game. Justin Speier, ... 1Aug2009 |
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The Angels hit the century mark with their winning percentage at an even .600 as they took the rubber game against the Indians in an afternoon tilt. John Lackey continued to round into form, tossing seven innings and allowing one run while striking out eight. 70 of his ... 29Jul2009 |
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With the odds of Roy Halladay landing in Anaheim about as likely as Brett Favre making a timely decision, it appears as if the Angels have set their sights on Cliff Lee, the Cleveland Indians' ace and 2008 American League CY Young Award winner, as the MLB trade deadline approaches.
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Despite a two home run night by Kendry Morales and a back-to-back-to-back home run outburst by Juan Rivera, Mike Napoli and Morales, the Angels fell to the Cleveland Indians 8-6 for their second consecutive loss but just their third in the past fifteen games.
Even with the offense enjoying success with the longball, ... 28Jul2009 |
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Even with Sean O'Sullivan making his first career start in the big leagues, the Angels were able to defeat the San Francisco Giants 8-1 for their fifth straight victory.
While O'Sullivan will be headed back to Triple-A Salt Lake, his solid performance Tuesday night won't go unrecognized. Over seven ... 17Jun2009 |
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After a disappointing 4 losses in the past five games, Angels skipper Mike Scioscia told players that changes were in the air. Well, frankly, he wasn't kidding. Scioscia optioned struggling second baseman Howie Kendrick to AAA Salt Lake, and inserted Maicer Izturis into the lineup, who came through with four hits in ... 13Jun2009 |
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After a disappointing finish to the Detroit series, the Angels got off to a good start in Tampa Bay. That was no surprise, as their 2009 ace, Jered Weaver, was on the mound to start the series. It was his third straight win, and after going six innings ... 10Jun2009 |
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After undergointg some serious growing pains since returning from injury, Ervin Santana finally looked like his old self in Friday's 2-1 win over the Detroit Tigers.
Santana, picking up his first win since September 22nd, allowed just six hits, two walks, and one run, in 8 2/3 innings, while also striking out seven ... 6Jun2009 |
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For the second straight night, the Angels got off to a quick start. John Lackey, trying to get back on track after some rocky outings, found a groove, lasting seven innings while allowing only two runs on seven hits. He threw 114 pitches, 69 for strikes, ... 4Jun2009 |
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The score pretty much says it all. Not one Angels pitcher delivered an acceptable performance. It started at the top. Ervin Santana allowed the first five batters he faced to reach base, and gave up three first inning runs. The Angels offense bailed him out, getting three runs themselves in the bottom ... 25May2009 |
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The Angels shut out the Mariners, and finished the series in Seattle by taking three games out of four. Joe Saunders righted the ship after last week's poor outing against Texas. He worked seven scoreless innings before turning the game over to Scot Shields and Brian Fuentes, who combined to close out the Mariners.
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Ervin Santana showed the form that he brought to the mound for most of last season, but Chris Jakubauskas showed the form of Bob Gibson circa 1968. Santana's 6.2 innings of five hit baseball weren't enough to overcome Jakubauskas' six shutout innings, during which he allowed only two ... 21May2009 |
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Matt Palmer needed a lot of help from the offense and the bullpen, but he gave the Angels a chance to win yet again, and his teammates responded, lifting him to fifth victory against zero losses as the Angels beat the Mariners for the second night in row. ... 20May2009 |
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The Angels fell back to .500 and 4.5 games behing the first place Rangers, as the offense came up empty against Scott Feldman and a trio of Texas relievers.
Jered Weaver went the distance, lasting eight innings while giving up three runs, all in his final two innings. His ... 18May2009 |
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Excellent analysis of Dodgers roster for 2010: http://yallkiltit.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/dodgerblast-spring-training-roster-analysis/ 
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Joey, your right, but what were you thinking was going to happen? whats your point here? you called every UCLA ...
I was at that game as well. Where'd you sit? 
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