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Angels president says luxury tax threshold 'not a line in the sand'
It has been widely reported owner Arte Moreno is extremely reluctant to exceed the $189-million luxury tax threshold for 2015, and that Moreno's stance is preventing the Angels from pursuing expensive free-agent aces such as Max Scherzer, Jon Lester and James Shields. Not completely true, said Angels President John Carpino, who arrived at the winter meetings Tuesday with his team's luxury tax payroll at about $180 million. "If an opportunity presented itself that made sense to Arte, he would look at it," Carpino said. "Right now, when you look at revenues and expenses, we're trying to be prudent. But I don't believe...
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Angels president says luxury tax threshold 'not a line in the sand'
It has been widely reported owner Arte Moreno is extremely reluctant to exceed the $189-million luxury tax threshold for 2015, and that Moreno's stance is preventing the Angels from pursuing expensive free-agent aces such as Max...
Matt Williams, Buck Showalter are managers of year in MLB
Matt Williams, who led the Washington Nationals to the best record in the National League in his first season as a manager, and Buck Showalter, who led the Baltimore Orioles to their first division championship since 1997, were honored Tuesday as managers...
Baseball awards picks: Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout ... not TWC
The boss wanted picks for baseball's annual awards. We'll get to them, but we had a few questions first.
Will L.A. get to see the Dodgers on TV next season?
We're going to say yes, with guarded optimism.
Time Warner Cable could not get DirecTV to...
Frustrated Angels end talks with Anaheim on stadium lease
The Angels on Friday ended negotiations with the city of Anaheim over a new Angel Stadium lease, frustrated by the inability to finalize a deal more than a year after there was a framework for an agreement.
The Angels have held extensive discussions with...
Tustin wants Angels, but who pays for the ballpark?
As the city of Tustin affirmed its interest in pursuing the Angels, the city manager said Tuesday that the city would not contribute to a stadium deal without a mechanism to recoup its investment.
Four days after the Angels walked away from stadium...
Dodgers-Angels World Series would be a downright neighborly first
The imaginary Freeway begins north of Dodger Stadium, in Pasadena, in the grassy knolls and cluttered corners around Pepper Street where Jackie Robinson learned to play a game he would forever change.
The Freeway, with a Hall of Fame legacy, travels...
Angels owner Arte Moreno, who stayed the course, closes in on big goal
When Arte Moreno bought the Angels in 2003, seven months removed from their only World Series championship, the franchise was regarded within baseball as a sleeping giant.
The Angels, born in 1961, never had made consecutive postseason appearances....
Angels end stadium negotiations with Anaheim; Tustin on deck?
The Angels on Friday ended negotiations with the city of Anaheim over a new Angel Stadium lease, frustrated by the inability to finalize a deal more than a year after the parties had ratified the framework of an agreement.
The Angels have held...
Angels need, and get, a little extra to beat Twins in 10 innings, 7-6
The Angels didn't so much beat the Minnesota Twins Friday night as they did outlast them.
In a game that featured 17 pitchers, 39 baserunners and took 4 hours and 30 minutes to complete, Kevin Jepsen was the last man standing, the Angels reliever...
Bud Selig's time is running out to solve stadium issues in Anaheim, Oakland
The Bud Selig farewell tour is about to hit Southern California, with stops in San Diego and Anaheim this week and Dodger Stadium next week. In the five months before he officially hands the commissioner's gavel to Rob Manfred, there will be no shortage...
It's quite the turnaround for Angels and General Manager Jerry Dipoto
In every week of spring training, from every corner of the Angels clubhouse, the mantra was the same: We can't afford another slow start. We can't bury ourselves for the third consecutive April.
Three weeks into the season, the Angels had fallen five...
Albert Pujols and Mike Trout: 1st playoff trip for Angels' dynamic duo
Albert Pujols is a three-time most valuable player. Mike Trout should win his first MVP award this year. For the first time, the Angels' dynamic duo will play together in the postseason.
When Angels owner Arte Moreno lavished $250 million on Pujols...
10 micro-itineraries for inland Orange County
South of Los Angeles and north of San Diego lies an intermittently magical 789-square-mile realm where freeways hum and Disneyland flourishes, where immigrants remake old communities as new ones ripple across the hills. Many outsiders treat this place...
Add Omar Minaya’s name to the growing list of candidates who will interview for the Angels’ vacant general manager post. Minaya, the former GM of the Montreal Expos, held the same post with the New York Mets from 2005 to ...
Former Dodgers Assistant General Manager Kim Ng is interviewing for the Angels GM job Wednesday, and the Angels are expected to receive permission to interview Texas Rangers assistant GM Thad Levine for the position after the World Series is over. But the team
Angels first baseman Mark Trumbo, a former Villa Park High School star who hit .254 with a team-leading 29 home runs and 89 runs batted in this season, was named American League rookie of the year by the Sporting News on Wednesday.
Jerome Williams, the journeyman right-hander who boosted the Angels rotation by going 4-0 with a 3.68 earned run average in 10 starts in August and September, has not allowed an earned run in his first three starts for Magallanes of the Venezuelan winter leagu
New Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto hires Larry Corrigan as a special assistant.
Jerry Dipoto vowed to be aggressive in Latin America, and one of the Angels' first moves under their new general manager was to sign two outfield prospects from the Dominican Republic, Ranyemi Alberto Mendoza for $70,000 and Ayendi Perez for ...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants the next Dodgers owner to be from Los Angeles, which is swell, but not essential.
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