Stoneman out as Angels GM

Well, after the disappointing sweep by the Red Sox that knocked out the Angeles in the first round of the playoffs, something had to change. I'm not so sure that losing Bill Stoneman is going to improve things though, as the Angels made the playoffs 4 times in the 8 seasons he was with the team, compared to the 3 times in the almost 40 years before he took over. Tony Reagins, who's been with the team since 1992, will be the new GM. Hopefully he can pick up where Stoneman left off and finally get us a championship title!

Angels stepped on by Cardinals

Apparently ducking out short of a full game is the thing to do for the Angels these days... pitcher Jered Weaver left after only the third inning against the Cardinals!

(Although considering it was his pitch that allowed Albert Pujols to hit that two-run homer, tying the game at 3-3, maybe he should left a little earlier...? Just sayin'.)

Too Close to Home

OUCH! It's bad enough when the opposing team bats in three runs but even worse ... it was Guillen! Of course that's the way baseball goes in the major league. The Mariners were looking good and the Angels need some help from God.

Bart Colon could be sidelined until August???

Colon Needs to Prove Worthiness

Bartolo Colon had a dismal season in 2006 starting only 10 games and going 1-5 with a 5.11 ERA before becoming inactive for a season due to a partially torn rotator cuff. There's a lot riding on Colon's right arm this coming season, and hopefully he'll be able to pitch like he did in 2005 when he won the American League Cy Young Award.

Ask the LA Angels What’s in a Name

Looks like a strong possibility that the San Francisco 49ers will abscond to Santa Clara, 30 miles out of town. This evidently came as a shock to the City By the Bay, and they want to sue to make the team leave its legendary name behind. What would they be though? Surely not the Santa Clara 49ers? And please, not the San Francisco 49ers of Santa Clara!

Interesting how these things go round and round. I think I remember a team called the California Angels…and then all the permutations up to today. One thing that was different for us was the team already in a smaller city wanting the name of the larger metro area. This time the team has had the name of the bigger city for decades and just wants to keep it despite playing outside San Francisco city limits. It’s not illegal. You can ask the Irving Cowboys or the Auburn Hills Pistons.

Inspired, I guess, by Halloween

There was a very weird article on line today, in honor of the horror we might associate with Halloween. It came from Joe Davidson of the Sacramento Bee, and I found it at
http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/69236.html

Davidson titled it "The 31 Scariest Moments in Sports History." Read it yourself and decide if people getting killed or maimed is scary or just appalling, especially when the incidents happened in the middle of games or competitions that were meant to be entertaining athletic performances. I'm afraid these events had more "Yuck!" than "Eeek!"

Cardinals Will Take Momentum into World Series

Seven hard-fought (ok, some harder-fought than others) games to decide the National League Champions – that should leave the Cardinals worn out, right? I don’t think so. I think they’ve got adrenaline on their side. The Detroit Tigers have been watching from the couch for days, so I think the Cardinals will be on a roll when they arrive at Comerica Park.

The Tigers?!

Ugh. Just pour more salt on my wounds.

Angels...Not Just for Adults!

So I was browsing some of my favorite Major League Baseball teams sites and when I was looking at the page of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim I saw something I had never noticed before. They have an awesome array of things for the kiddos to do and see on their page. And I thought these pages were just for us “grown ups!” I guess the Angels know who their fans are and cater to them all, young and old! That was pretty nice to see.