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Albert Pujols Not in Angels Lineup Sunday

Rev Halofan May 5 2013, 11:42a

Suffering from Planta Fascitis Albert Pujols has played five of the last six games at 1B despite an aching foot. Today he is not in the Angels lineup for the first time this season. The stupidity...

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Angels Moves: Ryan Brasier Up, Nick Maronde Down

Rev Halofan May 1 2013, 12:33p

Perhaps it is just a ploy to make everyone forget abut his absentminded walk to the mound last night, mid-count, but Mike Scioscia will have a fresh arm to use in Anaheim as relief pitcher Ryan...

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Mike Scioscia Pitcher's Mound Visit Revisited

Rev Halofan May 1 2013, 12:36a

In his most publicly senile moment as Angels manager yet, Mike Scioscia went to the mound to take out reliever Nick Maronde with the count 3 balls 1 strike. Mike Butcher had already visited Maronde...

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Aching Angels: Aybar Up, Bourjos to DL

Rev Halofan Apr 30 2013, 11:57a

Angels Shortstop Erick Aybar, hurt most of the season with a bruise to the heel of his foot, played one rehabilitation game for the AAA Salt Lake Bees and has been recalled to the big club. He...

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Pujols at 1B THURSDAY Angels LINEUP

Rev Halofan Apr 25 2013, 3:35p

The Angels are in Seattle for Shakespeare Chernobyl's birthday... Albert Pujols is back at first base. Put on your dancing shoes... Peter Bourjos CFMike Trout LFAlbert Pujols 1BJosh Hamilton RFM...

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Monday PREGAME Notes

Rev Halofan Apr 22 2013, 4:14p

Mike Scioscia bumped Josh Hamilton down to the #5 spot in Monday's lineup against left handed Rangers starter Derek Holland. This is the first game that Hamilton will not be batting cleanup this...

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Angels Disable Callaspo, Call Up Kohn

Rev Halofan Apr 19 2013, 6:08p

After experiencing sore calves a week ago, Angels 3B Alberto Callaspo was finally put on the fifteen-day disabled list retroactive to last Sunday. Relief pitcher Michael Kohn was promoted to the...

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Is Lucho Ready for the Smackdown?

Of Maicer and Men Apr 19 2013, 11:41a

He's given us a nice five games at the plate and on the field. Is Luis Jimenez ready for the full time just yet?

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Our Dossier On Michael Roth

Rev Halofan Apr 14 2013, 2:27a

A year ago today, Michael Roth was pitching for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. Saturday night he was the inning pitcher in relief for a major league baseball team. He is the second...

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Is a Peter Bourjos Trade Angels Only Hope?

Rev Halofan Apr 13 2013, 4:09p

With Mike Trout starting in Centerfield tonight and the Angels season in utter disarray, a benched Peter Bourjos may be the way forward for a struggling underachieving bunch. Bourjos is the type...

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Callaspo & Aybar Aches May Force Angels Move

Rev Halofan Apr 12 2013, 12:29a

When Alberto Callaspo came out of the game late Thursday night with a sore calf, it shed light on how thin the Angels are at the major league level. Brendan Harris took over at 3B. Andrew Romine...

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Scioscia Blinks: Mike Trout Batting Second

Rev Halofan Apr 11 2013, 5:32p

There are many ways to press a panic button and it appears that Angels manager Mike Trout pressed it when he made out the lineup card before Thursday night's game. The batting order: Alberto...

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Ex-Angel Points Tweetblame at Scioscia

Rev Halofan Apr 11 2013, 3:35a

"Feel really bad for the old squad, I'll tell ya what, it's not the guys on the field. Better check the big (catorce)" Stop the presses. Look Ma, no paywall... Los Angeles Angels tickets In a...

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Weave Hits the DL

Rev Halofan Apr 9 2013, 10:52a

Angels ace Jered Weaver has been placed on the fifteen day disabled list and is expected to miss more than a month with a fractured left elbow. The right-hander dodged a liner up the middle on...

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Weaver DL Trip Looms on Swollen Left Elbow

Rev Halofan Apr 7 2013, 10:01p

Angels ace Jered Weaver slipped dodging a line drive past the mound in Texas on Sunday night. He landed a little awkwardly on his left (non-throwing) arm and strained his elbow. X-Rays were...

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Angels push the Bullpen Panic Button

Rev Halofan Mar 27 2013, 9:08p

The Angels have a terrible bullpen and four days left to fix it before the beginning of the 2013 season. You know the baptism scene at the climax of the first Godfather movie? The associates of...

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Climax of the Vernon Wells saga

Rev Halofan Mar 24 2013, 11:34p

The Vernon Wells saga with the Angels did not begin in January of 2011 when the Angels traded Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera for him. No. It began when the Angels drafted Mike Napoli in June of 2000...

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Hank Conger is Bridesmaid Revisited Yet Again

Rev Halofan Mar 18 2013, 10:47a

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride... Conger waiting to march down an opening day lineup yet again... What does Hank Conger have to do to get noticed around these parts? The perennial catching...

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Bobby Cassevah Dumps Angels

Rev Halofan Mar 1 2013, 3:57p

The Angels waived relief pitcher Bobby Cassevah earlier this week to open a spot on the 40-Man Roster. He cleared waivers but has elected for free agency. Okay, so no team wanted him but he chose...