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The Angels found the Rangers' weakness Friday night – they can't score during a rain delay. Other than that, the opener of this year's first series between the AL West rivals showed little evidence that the Angels have closed the talent gap that left them 10 games out at the end of each of the past two seasons. They took a 10-3 beating Friday night with Josh Hamilton hitting two more home runs for the Rangers.
He was described as a fallen Angel, of sorts. A catcher, they said, who couldn't catch. A guy with shortcomings, the manager said, who needed to work on his craft. And so the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim let Mike Napoli go --... more »
ANAHEIM – At least we now know where Mike Scioscia is going to be when the 2013 season begins. Entering the final week of September, we just don't know yet where he's going to be when the 2012 season ends. The Angels won again... more »
To hear the Angels’ Mike Scioscia and Jerry Dipoto tell it, things between them are just fine, the relationship normal for a manager and general manager. Major-league sources paint quite a different picture of the dynamic... more »
ANAHEIM – Somewhere the evil twin who pitched in Ervin Santana's place for two months must be cackling over the predicament in which his nefarious scheme has left the Angels. The good Santana, on the other hand, was very... more »
Leave it to the A's to bang out 16 hits on the same night that they broke the American League record for strikeouts in a season. A 9-3 A's victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night perfectly illustrated the contradiction... more »
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