Torii Hunter Back Soon • Monday Halolinks

Torii Hunter close to being activated from restricted list - The Sporting News aggregates the Orange County Register's report of Torii Hunter working out with the team before tonight's game and Mike Sciosica explaining that he will then be evaluated for a return to the 25-Man roster.

My Video Analysis of the Angels four game sweep of the Mariners and our current six game winning streak...

Mike Trout: God Mode - Baseball Nation - Nats rookie Bryce Harper has been generating a lot of attention with his play in the nation's capital. Far, far away from the nation's capital, Mike Trout has basically been perfect.

Thanks for Lunch Pujols - The First 2 Third blog discusses what it is like to be sitting in the section that wins the free sourdough jack when an Angels player hits a homerun. Albert Pujols delivered the deliciousness one recent game and it got an extensive writeup.

Now Pitching...Jeff Mathis!? - The Angels in Order blog goes batter by batter thru the historic pitching appearance of Jeff Mathis against Texas.

The case for Sciosciaface - Take it away Monkey with a Halo blog... What we need is a solid center to the Halos' universe. A symbol as strong, iconic and everlasting as Chuck Norris's beard. The good news is we need look no further than our beloved skipper for this symbol. Submitted for your approval: The Sciosciaface.

Vernon Wells To Have Surgery - Rob McMillin's 6-4-2 Blog has an interesting link to a discussion of the thumb surgery Vernon Wells had discussing the recovery process as being more like three months than the eight weeks we have been hearing about.

Offensive Production from Angels Catchers: The Worst in Baseball Since 2011? - Saxon's Bryan Harvey's Moustache blog has a depressing report of the post- Mike Napoli era.

Happy Birthday Garrett Richards - The Halo Hangout blog remembered that our top pitching prospect turned 24 on Sunday.