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Baseball in California a story of conquer, but not divide
It's been a dry, but terrific, year for major league baseball in California. In case you have been out illegally watering down your driveway, the four teams with highest win totals through Monday do business in our state. Oakland's Athletics lead the majors with 61 wins, followed by the Angels (59), Dodgers (56) and San Francisco (55, tied with Detroit and Milwaukee). Only our "fifth" baseball Beatle, San Diego, is failing to hold water with its un-statesmanlike 43-55 record. The Padres did help keep the pennant chase in state last week by agreeing to trade closer Huston Street to the Angels. Why don't we just call it a season now and start the Golden State...
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Baseball in California a story of conquer, but not divide
It's been a dry, but terrific, year for major league baseball in California. In case you have been out illegally watering down your driveway, the four teams with highest win totals through Monday do business in our state. Oakland's...
Angels remain on the lookout for pitching
The Angels are not one of the clubs approaching the July 31 trade deadline with urgency. They already have accomplished their primary goal, fortifying their bullpen by trading for closer Huston Street and setup men Jason Grilli and Joe Thatcher. ...
Trade gives Angels bullpen All-Star company in Huston Street
A bullpen that went from being a glaring weakness in April and May to a strength in June and July received a huge shot in the arm Friday night when the Angels acquired All-Star closer Huston Street in six-player trade with the San Diego Padres. ...
Huston Street thinks he'd look good in Angels uniform
In the hours before the All-Star game, Huston Street dressed in the uniform of the San Diego Padres. The Angels are trying to put a halo on him, soon, and Street would be thrilled to join them. "I would love it," he...
Price not right: Angels won't break up major league roster in trades
David Price might be the grand prize in the trade market, but the Angels are out of the running. The Angels long have known they do not have the elite prospects necessary to acquire Price from the Tampa Bay Rays. That would require the Angels...
Angels are chasing A's, but anything could happen in second half
The Angels and Oakland Athletics are like a pair of cyclists who have broken away from the peloton, the A's holding the top spot in the American League West and the Angels in prime drafting position, 1 1/2 games back. The Angels, who at 57-37...
The Times' Major League Baseball rankings
Jim Peltz ranks Major League Baseball's 30 teams. Last week’s rankings are in parentheses, Statistics are through Friday’s games. 1. OAKLAND: The A’s have baseball’s best winning percentage (.624) and...
Red-hot Angels complete four-game sweep of Rangers
The home of the Texas Rangers hasn't been very hospitable toward the Angels, and not just because of the stifling heat and humidity that can be suffocating at times. The Angels lost their last eight games here in 2013, four in walk-off fashion, three...
Yasiel Puig impresses Torii Hunter, could draw more praise this week
The men who play baseball are fans of the sport too. The MLB Network is the default setting for every clubhouse television. When veterans hear about The Next Big Thing, well, they would rather not take the word of a talking head. They prefer to see...
Problems continue on the mound for Angels' C.J. Wilson
To explain his recent struggles, Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson compared his pitching to golf. In his previous start, when he gave up three home runs in 41/3 innings, he was way off in the woods. Against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday at...
Jered Weaver should start Saturday, Angels Manager Mike Scioscia says
Jered Weaver’s tight back appears to be healing without any issues. Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said before Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays that Weaver is on track to start in his rotation spot Saturday. Weaver,...
Angels can hear Oakland's call to arms, but will they answer it?
The Oakland Athletics made their intentions clear last week when they bolstered an already stout rotation by trading for Chicago Cubs ace Jeff Samardzija and right-hander Jason Hammel. The best team in baseball won't be satisfied with a third...
Jered Weaver's back is improving, but next start in doubt
Jered Weaver, pulled from Monday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays after two innings because of lower-back tightness, felt good enough to play catch Tuesday, but the Angels have not yet decided if their ace will make his next scheduled...
Angels' Garrett Richards dominates Astros in 6-1 victory
Angels first baseman Albert Pujols can tell how dominating flame-throwing right-hander Garrett Richards is by the conversations he has been having with opposing players who reach base this season. "When you've got hitters who come to first...
Angels' Mike Trout to start All-Star game; Garrett Richards snubbed
The excitement of a 6-1 victory that capped a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros on Sunday was tempered when the Angels learned that only one player from their club, which has the third-best record in baseball, was named to the American League...
Angels' little deal for relief trumped by A's big one for starters
It should have been an unqualified good day for the Angels. They needed a left-handed reliever, and they got one. Their team got a little better. But the Angels are chasing the Oakland Athletics, the best team in baseball. The A's did not...
Josh Hamilton homers again in Angels' loss to White Sox
A week ago, Josh Hamilton probably would have popped up the belt-high inside changeup he got from Chicago White Sox left-hander John Danks in the eighth inning Wednesday night, or missed the pitch completely. Instead, the Angels slugger...
Garrett Richards doesn't get caught in jam this time for Angels
The Angels were four batters into a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday when Garrett Richards put them in a three-run hole by walking two and giving up a three-run home run to Jose Abreu. The Richards of 2012 or 2013 may...
Joe Smith double dips in Angels' doubleheader sweep of White Sox
Sidearm-throwing Joe Smith is not your prototypical closer, a guy “who comes in throwing 97 miles per hour with a nasty breaking ball,” as Manager Mike Scioscia said. The Angels don’t care as long as Smith continues to do what...
Angels' Albert Pujols remains focused and gets results
The word "slump" exists for Albert Pujols, and the Angels slugger will occasionally drop it into conversation, but that doesn't mean he puts much stock into it. "I don't believe in slumps," Pujols said. "I think that's something people have...
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