Archive for the ‘Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’ Category

Death and Baseball

Friday, April 10th, 2009

On Thursday, we learned of the definitive feel-bad story of the sports year with the death of 22-year-old Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends in a car crash caused by some drunk asshole who ran a red light and then tried to flee the scene rather than attempting to ...

Gary Matthews Jr. Is Doing Just Great

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

On the heels of our Andruw Jones update, we give you the sad tale of Gary Matthews Jr. Gary Matthews Jr. is in the third year of a five year, $50 million contract with the Angels. That dollar amount sounds as crazy now as it did then. Fifty mil for a ...

The Rays’ Success Is Bad For Baseball

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

To put it into ultra-simplistic terms, our economy is screwed because people have been spending far too much money. People were given home loans they could not possibly pay back, thus killing several lending giants. A few years ago was the first time in a hell of a long time ...

A Look Back and a Look Ahead

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

Now that the White Sox have wrapped up the final playoff spot after Tuesday night's 1-0 thriller over the Twins for the AL Central title, we can finally make our playoff predictions. [caption id="attachment_3098" align="alignright" width="321" caption="I've always wondered what it would be like to celebrate in a giant manpile on ...

It Might Be Cynical, But K-Rod’s Next Team Will Suffer

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Don't know if you heard this, and because it happened one the West Coast we'll assume you didn't, but Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez tied the all-time record for saves in a single season Thursday night with his 57th in a 7-4 win against Seattle. The record, which is sure to be ...