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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

  • 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

    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 16, 2012

    Angels Settlement Has Wheelchair-Bound in Prime Seating for 2012 at the Big A

    A week to the day after the Angels' April 6 home opener in Anaheim, a federal judge signed off on a class-action settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by a wheelchair-bound fan. Angels Baseball has agreed to sell Diamond Club tickets, which are normally $150 each for the seats behind home plate at ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 12, 2012

    Brea Art Gallery Presents the Other Side of Sunny

    'Made In California' isn't the same old state gold

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Torii Hunter's Tweet-by-Tweet Account of the Cops 'Drawing Their Guns' on Him

    Los Angels Angels of Anaheim right fielder Torii Hunter on Wednesday accidentally set off his alarm in his Newport Coast home, walked outside 20 minutes later to greet the police who came to investigate...and saw guns drawn. Sort of, he Tweets. Hunter Tweeted the ordeal, hinting that he may have ... More >>

  • 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 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 28, 2012

    Don Mattingly Says Angels are Mets to Dodgers' Yankees

    ​Moments before the first full-squad workout of spring training and the launch of another disappointing season for the hapless Los Angeles Dodgers, manager Don Mattingly created some poster board material today by comparing his team to the New York Yankees and the Angels to the New York Mets.In ot ... 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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    The Los Angeles Blues of Fullerton and the Logo That Will Bring LA and OC Together

    ​The Los Angeles Blues will sport a new logo when they take to the pitch this year. We know, we know: who the fuck are the Los Angeles Blues? The Blues play futbol in the United Soccer League's National Division. And they're playing home games at Cal State Fullerton!The club is all a'flutter about ... More >>

  • News

    January 26, 2012

    Little Arabia Grows Up

    Can one of the country's largest Middle Eastern neighborhoods patch up its rivalries to become OC's next famous ethnic enclave?

  • 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

    November 9, 2011

    15,000 OC Third-Graders Pack Angels Stadium to Get Brainwashed by Corporations, Political Hacks on OC "History"

    ​Until yesterday, the most-infamous case of OC mass schoolkid indoctrination was a 1961 rally at Glover Stadium in Anaheim held by the Orange County School of Anti-Communism, a red-baiting machine whose members included Walter Knott and the Rev. Robert A. Schuller, and whose paranoia set the stage ... 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

    October 20, 2011

    Howie Kendrick Accused of Dick Move with 8-Year-Old Fan

    ​Howie Kendrick refused an 8-year-old fan's autograph request and made him cry, claims the boy's mother.She explains the Angels second baseman moved in next door for the duration of the season and that her family respected his privacy until last month, when her son, a die-hard Halos fan, approache ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Angels Desperately Need to Defeat the Evil Empire Yankees--For You, Me and America

    Would be nice if that could be true, at least for this weekend.​The Angels are getting hot!They're fading!They're on the heels of the Rangers!They can't win a game!They're back in the chase!(Make up your damn mind, Scioscia--are your boys making the playoffs or not?!)This up-and-down push toward t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [UPDATE: Crisis Averted!] Angels to Honor Captain of the Evil Empire Yankees, Derek Jeter--WTF?

    Jeter's shit-eating grin--and legacy--will be celebrated (or hopefully booed) on Sept. 9.​UPDATE, 2:30 P.M.,AUGUST 17, 2011: Thanks to commenter MayhemIntheHood, we've learned that the event is actually not happening. Crisis averted, indeed. Check out Halos Heaven for more details. ORIGINAL POST, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    Former Angels Radio Host Dave Smith Sues Team Over Alleged Racism

    ​Dave Smith was a popular talk show host on AM 830 KLAA, the radio broadcast station of the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim. His voice mysteriously went off the air in 2009, leaving some listeners questioning his whereabouts.    Two years later, his name resurfaces, this time in cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Good News: Angels Solve Dilemma at First Base. Now the Bad News . . .

    ​Your Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles have solved the dilemma of who to play at first base, Rally Monkeys.That's because slugger Kendrys Morales will be out for the season after electing to have a second surgery on his injured left ankle.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Ducks And Angels Two-Fer Tonight: Anaheim Cops Issue Warning

    ​Unless you live in Anaheim or happen to have tickets to either Ducks-Predators or the Angels-Red Sox games in Anaheim tonight, you might want to avoid the city like the plague. In anticipation of major traffic snarls around both Anaheim Stadium and Honda Center, the Anaheim Police issued a media ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Beating of Dodgers Fans at Angel Stadium Reported 3 Days Before Attack on Giants Fan at Dodger Stadium

    ​The eyes of the sports world, especially in Los Angeles and San Francisco, have been focused on the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium on April 1.What has received far less notice was the beating of a pregnant woman and her brother, apparent Dodger fans, at Angel Stadium three nig ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Mike Scioscia and Angels Win Battle: Los Angeles

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly Click here to see more photos from the game.​The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim beat the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles 5-1 last night at Angels Stadium to sweep the annual Freeway Series.It was classic Mike Scioscia small ball (with a 5th inning Torii Hunter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Kendry Watch: Things More Likely to Happen Before Morales Returns to the Lineup

    When Angels manager Mike Scioscia announced in mid-March that slugger Kendry Morales would be put on the 15-day disabled list for a still tender toe resulting from his ankle surgery and broken leg last season, that placement pretty much ruled out any lingering ideas that Morales would actually get t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Great Expectations for Angels Rookies Peter Bourjos and Mike Trout

    Let the fish puns begin.​The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have plenty they'd like to forget about last season. With Opening Day coming up fast, the Halos are hoping to return to the have-a-great-regular-season-before-getting-spanked-by-the-stinkin'-Red Sox-in-the-playoffs-AGAIN form that fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Garret Anderson, Great But Underappreciated Angels Outfielder, Retires

    ​Garret Anderson, one of the best--and most underappreciated--outfielders to play for the Angels of Anaheim, announced his retirement today. "It is with mixed emotions that I have decided to retire from baseball," Anderson begins a statement released by his club of 15 seasons.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Gets Sporty

    ​The Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, the Santa Ana Drags, Huntington Beach surfers, Santa Cruz surfers and OC-bred quarterbacks Matt Leinart, Colt Brennan and Mark Sanchez wind up in this week's especially sporty compilation of things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs.

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Figgy Headed Back to the Angels?

    ​Piggybacking off a post about changes in the Seattle Mariners lineup, one blogger tosses out this intriguing possibility: Former Angels' spark plug Chone Figgins returning to Anaheim. 

  • News

    October 28, 2010

    OC's Scariest People

    Crypt from the headlines, here are our annual 31 flavors of fiendishness

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Out-of-Work Angels Rally Monkey Creator Forced to Sell His World Series Ring

    ​Things really are tough all over. Robert Castillo was let go as a production manager with the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles in the 2007 off-season. He hasn't latched onto a new job since, so he is selling his 2002 Anaheim Angels World Series Championship ring. Asking price: $19,995.What's even sa ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Angels Press-Box Pooh-Bah

    [Best of OC 2010] John Moynihan's 10 OC Survival Tips

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Angel Herrera Leal Convicted of Murder in Wrong Way Disney Way DUI Crash

    ​We told you last week about Angel Herrera Leal facing a murder charge in Fullerton's North Justice Center a December 2008 crash on the 5 freeway near Disney Way in Anaheim that occurred after the Los Angeles 30-year-old drove several miles the wrong way. Leal was found guilty by a jury today of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    Andrew Thomas Gallo, Accused of Killing Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart and 2 Others, is Not Only Alleged Drunken Driver Up on Murder Today

    Andrew Thomas Gallo​Separate murder trials for two alleged drunken drivers begin this morning in Orange County.One you've heard a lot about, the other not so much.Guess that's to be expected when a rookie phenom Angels pitcher is a murder victim in the more talked-about case.

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    5 Fun Facts in Leaked Angels Documents

    ​Tommy Craggs is having a helluva time revealing the financial secrets of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in "MLB Confidential" on Deadspin.com, thanks to leaked documents team officials have confirmed are the real deal.Major League Baseball and Angels' VP of Communications Tim Mead are not amu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    5 Reasons to Actually Continue Watching the Angels

    ​Yes, they're eight games back in the AL West. Yes, they can't even win their series against miserable teams like the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles, though in the Halos defense Baltimore had magic on its side. Yes, very few Angels players seem like they give a crap right no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    5 Reasons Why the Angels' Season Went to Hell

    Jay Brockman/OC Weekly​We're well into the last half of the Major League Baseball season, and if you've been paying attention to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim recently, you'll know they haven't been playing their best. There have been a few players worth noting (Hint: his name rhymes with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Five Places for All-Star Players to Avoid to Stay Out of Trouble

    Christopher Victorio / OC Weekly​Major League Baseball's All-Star Game isn't known for enlisting sluggers with squeaky clean criminal records. Exhibit A: this mugshot gallery.And Orange County, where today's All-Star Game will be held, has time and again lured athletes into trouble--legal, medical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Where To Eat Before The 2010 MLB All-Star Game

    MLB.com​If you've been reading along with OC Weekly recently, you'll remember that we reviewed the eats both inside and outside the stadium where a certain important baseball game will be played tomorrow.If you can't handle the idea of overpaying for stadium food, here are some additional suggesti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    GM Torii Hunter?

    ​Angels centerfielder Torii Hunter began the season making controversial comments about blacks and Latinos in Major League Baseball and headed into the All-Star break calling out teammates who may be dogging it.Now Spiderman says he wants to do whatever a general manager can.

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Angels Limp Their Way to the All-Star Game

    Courtesy of Angels BaseballThis has been as odd a season of Major League Baseball as there has ever been. That's really saying something for an organized sport that has been played for more than 100 years.Consider the four no-hit games pitched before the break, how two of those no-hitters were perfe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    High-Speed Rail Plan Slammed by Berkeley; Curt Pringle in Senator's Cross Hairs

    ​California's planned high-speed rail system has been the target of varied criticism, including from Orange County state assemblywoman Diane Harkey who wants to kill the thing outright. Now, a study from UC Berekely--funded by the high-speed rail authority--says the entire project is based on ride ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Give 'Em Halos: World Cup Edition, Part One

    ​What a great time to be a sports fan. The world's best soccer players are battling in South Africa, the world's best basketball teams played an epic Game 7 for the NBA Championship and, here in Orange County, the Angels are back!After a long struggle that had many reaching for the panic button, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    UPDATED: Wheelchair-Bound Fan Sues Angels and Anaheim for Discrimination

    ​Originally posted 2:45, June 15. Updated 4:59 p.m. with non-comment comments from the city and the Angels. See bottom of post. J. Paul Charlebois says that he wanted to watch a Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim game from the Anaheim stadium's club level, which is the swanky tier with box seats ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    What a Difference a Break Makes

    ​When Kendry Morales came down after his game-winning home run celebration, then stayed down; some Angels faithful rewound back to 1999. That was the year the Halos signed Mo Vaughn to a six-year, $80-million contract, at the time the highest in the game. The excitement in Orange County was palpab ... More >>

  • Food

    June 10, 2010

    Butter Up, Angels Fans!

    [Hole In the Wall] Four places to eat before a Halos game (and one to visit afterward)

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Shedding Light on Baseball's Dirty Secret

    zazzle.com​Dear Mr. Selig,Good morning, Mr. Commissioner, it's me, the voice of all baseball fans! I've been whispering in your ear for some time but you have managed to tune me out more often than not. That ends now: the rumble you hear is the dissatisfaction with the status quo that you have it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Andrew Thomas Gallo Can't Get Fair Trial in Angels Country, Claims His Lawyer

    Faces of Andrew Thomas Gallo​The attorney for Andrew Thomas Gallo, the 23-year-old San Gabriel resident facing second-degree murder and other charges in the crash that killed Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others, has filed a motion to move the trial out of Orange County.

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2010

    Angels Can't Even Win Right

    Kendry Morales' injury: Not as cute as this kitten's​So, I'm sitting here watching the Angels game on Saturday. They are hosting the Mariners who were pre-season favorites to win the division but are playing more like Mouseketeers than Mariners. Despite that, however, they managed to beat up the h ... More >>

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