Category: Los Angeles Angels
Friday, December 21st, 2012
For the second straight year, the Los Angeles Angels acquired Major League Basbeall's biggest offseason prize. Last year it was Albert Pujols and this year it's Josh Hamilton. With their two moves in the last two years, Los Angeles now has two of the game's best hitters to try to ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2012
The Texas Rangers, including general manager Jon Daniels, were blindsided last week when Josh Hamilton abruptly signed with the Los Angeles Angels. Daniels says he wasn't expecting a chance to match other offers, but was surprised by the timing. It hasn't been a very flashy offseason for the Rangers, who ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Los Angeles Angels entered Monday six games out of first place in the American League West, but perhaps more importantly weren't even second in their division. The Texas Rangers lead the way and the Oakland A's were 3.5 games back as the Major League Baseball season has hit its ...
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Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Mike Trout got a late start to his season. After beginning the campaign in Triple A, Trout got the call at the end of April and has wasted no time getting acclimated and catching up on the missed time. The 20-year-old outfielder for the Angeles has not only been named ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
For 40 games last season, everyone around MLB got a little taste of what Angels outfielder Mike Trout could do when given his chance. For some reason, Los Angeles wasn’t willing to give him that chance straight out of Spring Training and the Angels got off to a slow start. The ...
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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
A decent season the year prior. A slew of big-name offseason acquisitions. A plethora of media hype. Could it be that the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are simply a "Dream Team" statement away from going down the same path as the Philadelphia Eagles?
Angels manager Mike Scioscia hopes not, after ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
With the Academy Awards coming up this weekend, Moneyball is back in the headlines. So is the opening of spring training in Major League Baseball. It's an interesting juxtaposition given that the Athletics are expected to break camp with a pretty young team to send up against a pair of ...
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The screams you heard last week came from Yankees and Red Sox fans. That’s because Jered Weaver made the decision to forego the possibility of becoming a free agent in about 15 months to stay with the Los Angeles Angels through most of his prime. Weaver, who is represented by ...
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
Long known for its core group of players including John Lackey, Vladimir Guerrero and Chone Figgins, the perennial AL West favorite Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim) look a lot different this season - and may no longer be the favorites. Those players are gone and have been replaced by younger, ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Since becoming Boston's closer in 2006, Jonathan Papelbon has a 1.74 ERA with 151 saves in 168 opportunities and an 11-10 record. The Red Sox have had a hell of a run with Papelbon as their end guy, but will last years tough end be easy to overcome for Papelbon. ...
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