*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
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
Even more important than the Angels keeping Mark Teixeira - hey, it's not like the LAofA isn't already loaded with power hitters, right? -- was keeping record-breaking closer Francisco Rodriguez, or "K-Rod" as the kids and Bizzaro World Madonna call him. But now that the right-handed flame thrower has split for New Yawk, good riddance, already. Hey, K-Rod, have fun coasting on those ninth inning leads courtesy of the Angels starters, other relievers and Scot Shields now that you've got that stel
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
I thought the worst thing I'd read so far about Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was that the A's are gaining on them, but then came this: "The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will always be Disneyland's team and should expect nothing
but another fairy-tale in the AL West this season." Disneyland's team? That was soooooo 2002. You know, the, gulp, last and only time the Halos won the World Series. Where was this going again? Oh, yes: the fairy tale connection courtesy of Melissa Segura at SI.com
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
So your Anaheim Angels of Anaheim lost the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees because of a shocking loss of their trademark sharp play (seriously, guys: that error in the bottom of the eighth?). Whatever--let's move on to meatier issues.SO...at a carne asada Sunday event, I met someone who works as a chauffeur. This driver has driven New York Yankees to their hotel when they visit and has the pictures to prove it--for the playoffs, they stayed at the Island Hotel in Newp
