Subject: Boston Red Sox

• Men Get Hate Crime Charges for Vicious Beating of Illegal Immigrant Janitor

  Right about now three Southern California men probably wish that they'd just gone home after drinking booze at the Angels 9-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox on August 8. Or, perhaps, James Joseph Kelly, 26, Justin Louis Mullins, 23, and Cheyne Danica Wilson, 25, wish that the final event of their evening together had been getting more drunk and watching strippers wiggle inside Larry Flynt's Hustler Club in Westminster. Had they made either choice they wouldn't be facing the possibility of prison

  September 12, 2007

• Patriot Day vs. Patriots' Day Smackdown

  Since 2002, September 11 has been celebrated as Patriot Day to honor the memory of the nearly 3,000 who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Patriot Day is a catchier title than what the day was originally called, the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001. But Patriot Day still musters up confusion considering America already celebrates Patriots’ Day, which is sometimes spelled Patriot’s Day or Patriots Day. That Patriots’ D

  September 11, 2008

• 14 Reasons Why the Angels Lost Game 1 of the ALDS

  *The stupidest noisemakers ever, a thin piece of cardboard which fans were supposed to fold up like an accordion and slap them like a tambourine. Did some idiots complain about having to blow too hard to inflate the old ThunderStix, which worked so well in 2002? *Stupid little kids who sing the National Anthem. That's not patriotism, that's anarchy. *Joe Saunders and Jered Weaver (badly) lip-synching to a stupid Bon Jovi song on a video that played between innings. *Howie Kendrick grounding

  October 2, 2008

• Why Are Angels Fans Such Pussies? And, In Defense of Dodgers Fans

  Faithful reader Cesar's attacks on an Angels fan got me thinking: why are Halos fans generally such pussies? I know of many exceptions, of course (Weekly managing editor Rich Kane being one of them), but the general stereotype of Angels followers being plastic, effete, polite pussies is just too true. I've been attending games at Anaheim/Edison/Angels Stadium since forever, and I'm always shocked, shocked! that the Angels nation pride themselves on fostering a family atmosphere, that they don't

  October 3, 2008

• There's no Tex in Teixeira

  Others on this blog will undoubtedly dissect your Anaheim Angels' embarrassing flameout against the Boston Red Sox, so I'll just focus on the linguistic disaster that is the Halos' radio announcers (excluding the always-classy Jose Mota). One of them--Rory Markas? Terry Smith? Steve Physioc? Maybe even Rex Hudler?--keeps insisting on calling free-agent-to-be first baseman Mark Teixeira "Tex." This despite the fact his only connection with the Lone Star State is playing with the Texas Rangers, wh

  October 7, 2008

• A Life in Vinyl

  July 31, 2003

• Looking Back at 2008: The Ecstasy and the Irony

  This is not a look back at disgraced Sheriff Mike Carona, the Little Sheriff, the Debs, the Little Debbie Snack, the Freeway Complex Fire, Rick Warren, Wiley Drake, any lantern-jawed preacher with the last name of Schuller, pedo-priests, the 241 toll road extension, Proposition 8, fluctuating gasoline prices, the mortgage meltdown or the havoc that phenomenon wreaked. No, these are 15 stories from 2008 that may have fallen through the cracks were it not for the wonders of online archives and sl

  December 31, 2008

• "Only in New Jersey!"

  And other important "local" stories on Daybreak OC

  October 4, 2007

• Don't Play Ball!

  June 7, 2007

• Dealing for Dollars

  Some of Scott Boras notable moves

  May 24, 2007

• The Boras Factor

  Some fans and team officials think hes the devil. His player clients think hes an angel. Everyone agrees that super agent Scott Boras has changed baseballbut for better or worse? And what does he want now?

  May 24, 2007

• Grove of Dreams

  April 5, 2007

• Grove of Dreams

  April 5, 2007

• Athletic Cherubim

  August 24, 2006

• An Ex-Cursed Team That's Not the Angels

  April 6, 2006

• Year Zero

  March 30, 2006

• Anything Could Happen

  March 23, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 1, 2005

• The Splendid Pocho

  November 10, 2005

• !Caliente! !Caliente! !Caliente!

  June 30, 2005

• Low Fidelity

  April 7, 2005

• The Dodgers Are Dead

  March 31, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 24, 2005

• Diary of a Loud County

  January 6, 2005

• The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!

  Los Angeles Ashes

  December 30, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 14, 2004

• Cinematic Balm

  October 14, 2004

• Halo-Friendly

  October 14, 2004

• This Week in a View With Your Food

  October 7, 2004

• Letters

  September 9, 2004

• Diary Of A Mad County

  July 22, 2004

• BraveLosers

  August 28, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 31, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 3, 2002

• Diary of a mad county

  January 3, 2002

• Deader Than Ever

  January 3, 2002

• Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Anaheim Angels

  November 8, 2001

• The Splendid Pocho

  November 10, 2005

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Whenever Boston and Anaheim Play, It'll Start on the Mound

  John Lackey (left) and Jon Lester get the starts to begin the Angels-Red Sox AL Division Series.​We know the who (Angels vs. Red Sox), we know the what (best out of five American League Division Series), we know the where (game one at Angel Stadium) and we know the why (so that the winner can advance to the American League Championship Series).​What we don't know is the when because New York, which boasts the league's best record, can't announce the playoff schedule they will choose until th

  October 5, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Ted Williams' Frozen Head vs. Walt Disney's Frozen Head

  ​The American League Division Series between the Red Sox and Angels is not only the battle of Boston vs. Los Angeles of Anaheim, of East Coast vs. Left Coast, of Beantown vs. Beanertown. It is also an epic war being waged between the cryogenically frozen heads of each town's most iconic undead: Ted Williams and Walt Disney.

  October 6, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown (Your Cash): Dodger Playoff Tix Cheaper Than Angels', Deals Abound

  FanSnap​FanSnap, a free search engine for online tickets to concerts, sporting competitions and other live events, has come up with a price comparison that shows it can be almost $20 less per ticket to see the Dodgers host the Cardinals in game 1 at Dodger Stadium than it is to see the Angels open their division series against the Red Sox at the Big A. ​"For both games, there is tremendous price variability," claims Palo Alto-based FanSnap, which claims: * Fans can find tickets be

  October 7, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Angel Skipper Has Answer for Heartbreaking '86 Loss to Red Sox

  Mike Scioscia fires back. Before the first pitch is even thrown in the first game of the American League Division Series pitting Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim against the Boston Red Sox (game time is 6:37 p.m. Thursday at the Big A), manager Mike Scioscia has been asked incessantly about the same painful subject: His Halos' string of playoff losses to the bruisers from Beantown. ​Strangely, he is not asked so much about the Angels' mastery of the Sox during the

  October 7, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: 26 Reasons to Hate Boston, Bostonians and Other Massholes

  Those rubes in Boston probably find this pretty.​UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS . . . Before Angel fans can truly hate the Boston Red Sox--actually, if 1986 playoffs didn't do it, nothing will--they must first hate the team's fans, the residents of the town surrounding Fenway Park and the town itself. ​(Along those lines, a Halos cap tip to Village Voice Media Vice President of Blog Stirring Bill Jensen for this apt name for annoying Bostonians: Massholes.

  October 8, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: For the Love of Weave

  "Weave"​With this being "Best of OC 2009" week all over ocweekly.com (and in those old-timey newsracks), and Angels hurler Jered Weaver scheduled to take the mound for tonight's game 2 of the American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox, it's appropriate to revisit Weave's appearance in "Best of OC 2008." ​Heck, if he isn't at the ballpark yet, you might even catch him wiping the crumbs off his chin from the California turkey sandwich he devoured at Hector's Subs in Long B

  October 9, 2009

• Del Taco Crime of the Decade! (Angels Beat Red Sox Edition)

  Hero!​We rarely cover Del Taco on SaFII because, well, what is there to cover now that Dan the Del Taco guy no longer nerds his way through commercials? But we now have eternal respect for the Lake Forest-based fast-food chain, because they might've played a crucial role in helping your Anaheim Angels sweep the Boston Red Sox in the American League Divisional Series.Beantown manager Terry Francona admitted to reporters on Saturday that he suffered food poisoning before Game 1 of the series fro

  October 11, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: 13 Reasons the Angels Feel Confident Facing the Yankees in ALCS

  ​ New York still has fresh memories of winning three of four from the Angels in September, and having home-field advantage for the best-of-seven American League Championship Series as well as A-Rod suddenly finding his postseason bat are huge. But the Yankees live up to their team name when playing the Angels, who should be renamed the Yankers. For no one applies the ultimate titty twister to New York like Anaheim. The Bronx Bombers' captain, Derek Jeter, certainly appreciates Angel

  October 12, 2009

• Time for Boston To Give Us Their Crown as the Kings of Bigotry

  OC founding father Henry W. Head: Could take on a Bostonian any day​Let the baseball pundits obsess over whether your Angels will finally beat the Boston Red Sox in the playoffs next week--I care about stripping from Beantown what's now rightfully ours: the title of most-racist 'burb in America.​For decades, critics rightfully deemed Boston as the country's most racist big city, and seriously: what do you expect from a town where micks and goombahs have long dominated politics, culture and d

  September 30, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Angels Owner Clings Tightly to $$$; Yankees Boast Big A Hex Broken; Long Beach Kid Redeems Himself

  Angels owner Arte Moreno don't need no stinkin' ticket price cuts. Major League Baseball franchises have taken a hammering in attendance this season (thank you, shitty U.S. economy!), so all the teams that are playoff-bound or possibly so are resisting the common end-of-season ticket-price gouging. That is, all teams are except one. Ladies and gentlemen, your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Reports Forbes: Clubs poised for post-season play have learned a lesson from the e

  September 24, 2009

• Get Your Tickets for Angels' 2009 Postseason Throwdown

  ​The public's first crack at Angels playoff tickets begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, but don't bother showing up at the box office at the Big A. They are only available online at the Angels Web site or by calling Ticketmaster at (714) 663-9000. There's a limit of four tickets per household. Since the Angels will have home field advantage in the series (most likely against Boston), as many as three games could be played at Angel Stadium.Those lucky enough to have had MLB.com's Angels Insider subscr

  September 22, 2009

• Slick Willie Clinton: I Did Not Sleep With That MLB All-Star Woman

  Christine Shively, an "Angel" and an "All-Star Among Us."Major League Baseball has announced that Newport Beach resident Christine Shively and four other "All-Stars Among Us" will be saluted by all five living U.S. presidents before Tuesday's All-Star Game in St. Louis.(It's a good thing the MLB stressed "living" U.S. presidents. It coulda got creepy.)  President Barack Obama is scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the 80th Midsummer Classic. But just before that, he will pa

  July 10, 2009