MLB: A Los Angeles Angels Baseball Blog

2008-11-25T12:37:00.000-08:00

I missed the Angels groundskeepers food drive this past weekend. I haven't seen any updates on it, so I'm hoping it was a success.

2008-10-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hit this one out of the park--go vote on Tuesday, November4th!!!!!

2008-10-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

We've seen this before, eh? "Another superb regular season -- the best in franchise history and in Major League Baseball -- was tempered by the Angels' elimination in the American League Division Series at the hands of the Boston Red Sox for the third time in five seasons." (click here for full story)

Sean "Out of Nowhere" Rodriguez

2008-09-03T17:20:00.000-07:00

Will Teixeira make the catch? Or will a fan get it? Tex? Or fan?

No, wait! It'll be....Sean Rodriguez, out of nowhere!! What! A! Save!

Okay, maybe it wasn't really that exciting, but I'm practicing for being a cheesy sportscaster in my next life. And it was a pretty cool catch.

2008-07-10T14:38:00.000-07:00

This ad makes me think of that scene in Jerry Macguire where Cuba’s character is complaining about doing mattress commercials instead of the big 3. It almost seems like it can’t be worth the money for the embarrassment of being in ads like these. Poor guys.

LA Laughs

2008-06-30T14:37:00.000-07:00

Remember that show LA Law? My sister just reminded me of something that still makes me laugh. The night it premiered, she was watching it with her boyfriend. I was just a kid, sitting nearby but not watching the show.

At the commercial break, they saw the name of the show and couldn’t figure out why it had such a stupid name. “La Law? What’s that supposed to mean? Is it Spanish or something?”

Then the announcer said, “L.A. Law will return after these messages…” We all lost it then and laughed for the rest of the show. “Oooohhhh, El Ay! That makes much more sense.”

Homegrown

2008-06-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

How cool is it for Tyler Chatwood that he gets to play in the MLB in his hometown? Is that every teenage boys dream come true or what?

His pitching looks great, and who cares about his small size? It’s not like this is the NBA or NFL. Good things come in small packages.

Go Lakers, Go!

2008-06-06T16:26:00.000-07:00

Don't fret, Lakers fans. They just threw Game 1 to make things more exciting for us. The more games there are, the more chances we have to buy LA Lakers NBA tickets, not to mention hats, shirts, shoes, beers, etc. I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist on this, as it seems that every sports finals seems to go to game 7 in recent years. But hey, it keeps the seasons going, so I won't complain as long as the Lakers win in the end.

2008-06-04T14:31:00.000-07:00

So far, June is my favorite month of this year. We haven’t lost a game yet all month! J The Mariners never saw us coming. Truth be told, I don’t think we saw us coming, either. If April showers brought May flowers, maybe May flowers are bringing us June powers.

Stoneman out as Angels GM

2007-10-17T10:50:00.000-07:00

Well, after the disappointing sweep by the Red Sox that knocked out the Angeles in the first round of the playoffs, something had to change. I'm not so sure that losing Bill Stoneman is going to improve things though, as the Angels made the playoffs 4 times in the 8 seasons he was with the team, compared to the 3 times in the almost 40 years before he took over. Tony Reagins, who's been with the team since 1992, will be the new GM. Hopefully he can pick up where Stoneman left off and finally get us a championship title!

Angels stepped on by Cardinals

2007-06-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

Apparently ducking out short of a full game is the thing to do for the Angels these days... pitcher Jered Weaver left after only the third inning against the Cardinals!

(Although considering it was his pitch that allowed Albert Pujols to hit that two-run homer, tying the game at 3-3, maybe he should left a little earlier...? Just sayin'.)

Too Close to Home

2007-03-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

OUCH! It's bad enough when the opposing team bats in three runs but even worse ... it was Guillen! Of course that's the way baseball goes in the major league. The Mariners were looking good and the Angels need some help from God.

2007-01-16T11:14:00.000-08:00

Bart Colon could be sidelined until August???

Colon Needs to Prove Worthiness

2006-12-07T12:20:00.000-08:00

Bartolo Colon had a dismal season in 2006 starting only 10 games and going 1-5 with a 5.11 ERA before becoming inactive for a season due to a partially torn rotator cuff. There's a lot riding on Colon's right arm this coming season, and hopefully he'll be able to pitch like he did in 2005 when he won the American League Cy Young Award.

Ask the LA Angels What’s in a Name

2006-11-14T17:33:00.000-08:00

Looks like a strong possibility that the San Francisco 49ers will abscond to Santa Clara, 30 miles out of town. This evidently came as a shock to the City By the Bay, and they want to sue to make the team leave its legendary name behind. What would they be though? Surely not the Santa Clara 49ers? And please, not the San Francisco 49ers of Santa Clara! Just trying to buy Los Angeles sports tickets is confusing enough with all of our crazy names.

Interesting how these things go round and round. I think I remember a team called the California Angels…and then all the permutations up to today. One thing that was different for us was the team already in a smaller city wanting the name of the larger metro area. This time the team has had the name of the bigger city for decades and just wants to keep it despite playing outside San Francisco city limits. It’s not illegal. You can ask the Irving Cowboys or the Auburn Hills Pistons.

Inspired, I guess, by Halloween

2006-10-31T11:06:00.000-08:00

There was a very weird article on line today, in honor of the horror we might associate with Halloween. It came from Joe Davidson of the Sacramento Bee, and I found it at
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/69236.html

Davidson titled it "The 31 Scariest Moments in Sports History." Read it yourself and decide if people getting killed or maimed is scary or just appalling, especially when the incidents happened in the middle of games or competitions that were meant to be entertaining athletic performances. I'm afraid these events had more "Yuck!" than "Eeek!"

Cardinals Will Take Momentum into World Series

2006-10-20T13:33:00.000-07:00

Seven hard-fought (ok, some harder-fought than others) games to decide the National League Champions – that should leave the Cardinals worn out, right? I don’t think so. I think they’ve got adrenaline on their side. The Detroit Tigers have been watching from the couch for days, so I think the Cardinals will be on a roll when they arrive at Comerica Park.

The Tigers?!

2006-10-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

Ugh. Just pour more salt on my wounds.

Angels...Not Just for Adults!

2006-10-06T07:37:00.000-07:00

So I was browsing some of my favorite Major League Baseball teams sites and when I was looking at the page of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim I saw something I had never noticed before. They have an awesome array of things for the kiddos to do and see on their page. And I thought these pages were just for us “grown ups!” I guess the Angels know who their fans are and cater to them all, young and old! That was pretty nice to see.

Going on an Early Vacation

2006-10-02T09:55:00.000-07:00

An early end to the 2006 season for the Los Angeles Angels who were hoping to repeat their performance of last season when they made it to the American League Championship Series before losing to the event World Series champions Chicago White Sox. The Angels did finish the season in fine form though winning 7 of their last 9 games. So the question that is on every Angels fan's mind is do the Angels shake things up or do they hope this created some good chemistry that will carry over to the 2007 season.

Time For Lackey to Show Off

2006-05-29T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles Angels ace John Lackey hasn’t been amazing for the team in his last three starts but he did help beat out the Texas Rangers last Tuesday. I think he’ll have a good game against the Minnesota Twins this week and get our Angels back on track.

Angels Win Big Against Mariners

2006-05-15T11:09:00.000-07:00

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Los Angeles Angels but they got a big win on Friday night against the Seattle Mariners. Right-fielder Juan Riviera had a grand slam that helped us defeat Seattle 12-7 and Tim Salmon had a towering homer with two RBI. It’s only the fourth win in 14 games for the Angels but this is the kind of playing I’d like to see more of, especially against the Toronto Blue Jays next week.

No Bats in Los Angeles

2006-05-08T16:58:00.000-07:00

The Los Angeles Angels are not batting well at al lately. We have lost five of our last seven games and things are not looking good for us in the AL West. We are behind the Texas Rangers of all teams and I am a big proponent of the first two months of the season being the most important of the whole season in terms of playoff chances and such. Let’s hope the Angels can pull off some wins in this next series against the Chicago White Sox.

Angels Spirited Win over Orioles

2006-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

The Angels have had a hard last three games, losing one to the Texas Rangers and two in a series to the Baltimore Orioles. The Los Angeles Angels fought back tonight clinching their first win this series 9-3 over the Orioles. I think John Lackey’s performance was the key factor in this win; But Vladimir Guerrero’s two homers are worth mentioning as well.

World Baseball Classic Over for USA

2006-03-19T16:48:00.000-08:00

Scot Shields has returned to Los Angeles Angels training camp from participating in the World Baseball Classic. He said he had a lot of fun meeting and playing with all the great players from different American teams. He wanted to advance to the finals so America would win the first ever WBC, but is not letting the loss get him down. All in all, the Classic was a success because people from all over the world got teamed up with people they may never have played with otherwise. Making friends is always fun.