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Albert Pujols

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Albert Pujols' Homerun Drought Begins at Home

    So maybe it isn't a new team, unfamiliar American League pitching and/or since-fired batting coach Mickey Hatcher that are preventing Albert Pujols from hitting out of his $250 million Angels cap.Perhaps it's home cooking--or the lack thereof.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Albert Pujols and His Lack of Homers Dinged by New Website

    It's too early for the fat lady to sing over Albert Pujols or the Anaheim Angels of Anaheim Not Los Angeles. But it's not too early for her to clear her throat, as her virtual version--producers Drew and Jeremy--do with their new website Random Dudes With More Homeruns Than Pujols.

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Even Simpsons Fans Are Making Fun of the Homerless Albert Pujols

    Yeah, so Jered Weaver pitched a no-hitter yesterday, and the Halos Nations is happy. But the fact remains: the Angels' marquee addition during this off-season, Albert Pujols, plain sucks so far.What the hell is wrong with him? Why is the greatest hitter of the past 15 years batting a measly .208, wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    What We Learned, March 31-April 13

    It's another double installment, the last for a while one hopes, of stuff that happened and what we gleaned from it.MARCH 31: It's disclosed that Arthur Palomino, one of the children in Mendez, et al v. Westminster, et al,, Orange County's most famous civil rights case, passed away. What We Learned: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Some Mexican Named Albert Pujols Starts His Career Today with Your Anaheim Angels

    Sad but true: outside of Coker, Dulaney, and myself no one gives a shit about baseball at Weekly World Headquarters because we're a bunch of commies who think sports is the opiate of the American masses.So what's this we here about some Mexican named Pujols causing a big fuss about joining your Anah ... More >>

  • News

    March 29, 2012

    Dick Baney and the Other Lost Boys of Summer

    Even after the Tustin resident helped embarrass Major League Baseball into helping retired ballplayers such as himself, he's still not happy, and he has plenty of company

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Register to Foist 100-Strong "News Mob" on Angels Opener

    ​There have been times in the history of our storied professional baseball franchise that Orange County Register beat reporters could not help but run into one another while covering the California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels.Yet, despite being one of the hottest tickets around (bless you, Mr. Pujo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Ken Wright and Jim Hutto: Lost Boys of Baseball Who've Sought Relief for Years

    ​When it comes to "The Lost Boys of Summer," two former ballplayers who have worked to get better retirement benefits for decades are Pensacola, Florida, buddies Ken Wright and Jim Hutto. They even tried to enlist retired, well-known major leaguers such as Dave Winfield and Robin Yount to help th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Angels Still Referring to Albert Pujols as "El Hombre" on LA County Billboards

    ​So remember the memo that new Anaheim Angels slugger Albert Pujols sent the team about them a couple of weeks ago referring to him as "El Hombre" (The Man), even though he's been against it ever since he was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals?The Angels didn't get it.Spotted yesterday on the eas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    5 Substitute Spanish-Language Nicknames the Angels Can Use for Albert Pujols

    ​Spring training hasn't even truly started, and already your Anaheim Angels are annoying their $200 million man, Albert Pujols, with billboards proclaiming him "El Hombre"--"The Man" in espeaky Espanish. Not only is it unimaginative, but the St. Louis Cardinals tried to do that, a linguistic play ... More >>

  • News

    December 29, 2011

    What We Learned

    The Year on Navel Gazing and Beyond!

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    8 Reasons October Was 2011's Worst Month

    ​There was a lot to hate about 2011 as a whole.And, there are still nine days left for December to make a case for changing my mind about which was the worst month in Orange County this year.But, from my perch on this ivory tower I call "couch," I'm ready to proclaim October 2011 as the nastiest m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    [PHOTO] The Virgin of Guadalupe Appears Inside the Big A!

    ​There is the Reconquista, and then there is what's happening with our Anaheim Angels--once the paragon of suburban gabacho aspirations as exemplified by Gene Autrey and Wally Joyner, now owned by a Latino (Arte Moreno), narrated by one (Jose Mota), and recent acquirers of Albert Pujols, the Domin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Will Saddleback Church Snap Up Albert Pujols, Christianity's Biggest Free Agent?

    Warren and Pujols: A Murderer's Row for Christ?​Going off what Coker posted yesterday about Christians looking toward new Anaheim Angels slugger Albert Pujols to bring a bunch of Papist Mexis in la naranja toward Christ, the question then becomes: what local church will Pujols sign up for as his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    [UPDATED with God Smack:] Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson Coming to the Angels

    ​UPDATE, DEC. 8, 2:50 P.M.: Step aside, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller and Bishop Tod Brown: the next great Orange County Christian soldier may very well be Albert Pujols. Christian author Scott Lamb, who co-wrote Pujols: More Than a Game, believes the slugger may do more than knock baseballs over t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Mike Napoli, Former Angels Catcher, Continuing to Humiliate Halos with World Series Heroics

    Those were the days...​This year's baseball World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals has been a thriller--two close games decided by one run, followed by two blowouts, followed by yesterday's thrilling Game 5, which saw the Rangers rally in the bottom of the seventh with two ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    3hree Things: Species of Slow-Pitch Softball Goons

    Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.Saturday, I played in the annual "Irvine Classic", an day-long mens slow-pitch softball tournament ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Petition Asks Baseball Players to Wear White Ribbons During Next Week's All-Star Game in Protest of SB 1070

    ​Next week, Major League Baseball will hold its annual All Star game in Phoenix, where Sheriff Joe Arpayaso roams and perhaps the only major metropolitan area in the United States that has more Know Nothings per ratio than Orange County. For the past year, activists have been calling on Commission ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Darin Erstad Still Helps Angels Community

    Flickr user Rich AndersonDarin Erstad hits a game-tying homer for the Angels in 2005.​The way the Angels have been playing so far this season, they could use a Timmy Salmon, Troy Percival and especially Darin Erstad in their primes. At least Ersty is giving something back to fans and the Orange Co ... More >>

  • Music

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