la times reporting hud and phys were let go this morning...leaving us with....rory and gubi...

from the article:

According to a release from Fox Sports and sent, it says, on behalf of Fox Sports West and the Angels, Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc will no longer cover Angels games for the local sports network.

-- Diane Pucin

The latest iteration of the Halladay to Angels rumour. I suspect they'll want Santana, a catcher, A.N.Other...

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim would prefer Curtis Granderson to Edwin Jackson, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FoxSports.com.

The reason is simple: control of the player. Granderson is signed through 2012, with a $13MM club option for 2013. Jackson, meanwhile, can become a free agent after 2011, and with agent Scott Boras' track record, Jackson is likely to hit the open market.

Rosenthal and Morosi write that someone with close knowledge of the Tigers said that the "Angels have depth in three areas of need for Detroit: catcher, shortstop, and minimum-salary pitching."

And Tigers' owner Mike Illitch hardly offered a strong denial that either player could be moved. "I don't know if I want to get into that," he said. "It's something I don't want to talk about. There's so many rumors out there now."

And surely shits about to hit the fan.

All in all, the most upbeat assessment of our system I've seen from an outsider in a long time.

Story is here:

Morales finished 5th behind Mauer, Tex, Cabrera and Jeter. He got 3 3rd place votes.

Not bad for a guy who had little production at the ML level coming into the season.

My favorite number. Time to buy a Morales jersey.

"As for the bottom ranks... Josh Bard is at -7.3, the human swing machine, Miguel Olivo, is at -8.8, and the Living Stereotype, Mike Napoli, is at -9.7. No wonder the Angels think Mathis is a good defender."

from www.drivelinemechanics.com

Damn. I was hoping to see him back with the Bees. It's going to be very hard to root for a guy in the green and gold, but I'll do it. Good luck Dallas.

Rob McMillin breaks another sad chapter in this ongoing saga. Spiezio followed in his father's footsteps and won a world series ring with two different teams and may end up working in a furniture store like dad as well....

I hate to bag on the guy, because he seems like a nice guy. He's just not a good baseball player.