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Boston Red Sox

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2007

    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 even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 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 N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 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 tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 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 e ... More >>

  • Music

    July 31, 2003

    A Life in Vinyl

    J Church records our world

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    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 gasol ... More >>

  • Features

    June 7, 2007

    Don't Play Ball!

    Three Anaheim Angels series not to watch this summer

  • Features

    May 24, 2007

    Dealing for Dollars

    Some of Scott Boras notable moves

  • Features

    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?

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • Features

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Athletic Cherubim

    Angels vs. Yankees

  • Film

    April 6, 2006
  • Features

    March 30, 2006

    Year Zero

    Nothing will ever outstrange what happened to the Angels in 1986

  • Columns

    December 1, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Awwww hell. Angels owner Arte Moreno tells Bill Shaikin...

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    The Splendid Pocho

    The Latino Legends baseball team is neither Latino nor legendary. Discuss

  • Culture

    June 30, 2005

    !Caliente! !Caliente! !Caliente!

    Ranking the new Latino glossies

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    Low Fidelity

    The Farrellys strike out with Hornbys Fever Pitch

  • Columns

    March 24, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    The Farrellys strike out with Hornbys Fever Pitch

  • Columns

    January 6, 2005

    Diary of a Loud County

    The Farrellys strike out with Hornbys Fever Pitch

  • Features

    December 30, 2004
  • Columns

    October 14, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Columns

    September 9, 2004

    Letters

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Columns

    July 22, 2004

    Diary Of A Mad County

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Culture

    August 28, 2003

    BraveLosers

    Jack McCarthys everyman poems

  • Columns

    October 3, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Jack McCarthys everyman poems

  • Columns

    November 8, 2001

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Anaheim Angels

    Jack McCarthys everyman poems

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    The Splendid Pocho

    The Latino Legends baseball team is neither Latino nor legendary. Discuss

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    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 adva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 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: Te ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 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 Angel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 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 Fe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 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 An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 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 pl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 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.†... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 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 tick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 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 str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    John Lackey Goes to Red Sox: Good Riddance, or Good God, No?

    ​I'm of two opinions regarding the news that longtime Anaheim Angels pitcher John Lackey (the big lug above) has left your Halos for the accursed (as opposed to cursed) Boston Red Sox. One is: who cares? Is an ace really an ace when he has a career 3.81 ERA, only two truly great seasons out of sev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Do the Angels Even Have a Plan?

    Oliver out!​It's bad enough the Angels are losing another solid arm and strong locker room presence, but must such a player go to a division rival?ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick broke the news that lefty reliever Darren Oliver is headed back to his first Major League team--and the Angels' Western Divis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Aaron Boone Retires, Joins ESPN

    ​Aaron Boone, the former Villa Park High School star and son of the Angels catcher from 1982-88 Bob Boone, today announced he will retire and become an ENPN baseball analyst.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Angels Return Home with a Series Win and a Persistent Heartbeat

    Flickr user myhsu​ A few years back, when the Angels were beginning to round into form as the perennial playoff team we enjoy today, the manager and starting pitchers shot a commercial. I don't remember who it was for, but I know it wasn't Howard's. In the commercial we saw Angel skipper Mike Scio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Shut Up, John Lackey

    Flickr user SD DirkJohn Lackey​ Tonight, the Angels face former teammate John Lackey in what was--before some ridiculous comments by the former Halo--nothing more than another game against the Sox. Lackey apparently wanted to up the ante, so he opened his mouth and spewed garbage.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    3hree Things: My Favorite Lakers Playoff Moments

    ​I am a diehard Lakers fan. As a kid, I used to write out scorecards on graph paper, play out the Lakers schedule for that season in games on a Nerf hoop in my bedroom, and keep stats. The best birthday I can remember was schlepping up to the Great Western Forum to watch the Lakers take on Adr ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 6, 2011

    Dumping In the Desert

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, a racist tries to bait Gustavo, part MCMXLVIII

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Angels Opening Day: Living On a Prayer

    ​Rejoice! It's Opening Day, baseball fans! What's that? You hear the Red Sox are a mortal lock to win the World Series this year? That Boston's road to American League dominance ran straight through the Halos' shattered dreams of signing Carl Crawford? That the Oakland A's are actually decent ... More >>

  • Music

    June 30, 2011

    Dropkick Murphys Climb Up the Topsails

    The Boston group reflects on their latest release and the Bruins' Stanley Cup Victory

  • 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 >>

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