Angels
Manager Marcel Lachemann wouldn’t confirm it, but it appears right-hander Darrel Akerfelds, who joined the Angels last Saturday, will be the team’s opening-day starter against the Milwaukee Brewers next Tuesday in Anaheim.
March 28, 1995
He’s the closest thing to a legitimate major leaguer in the Angel clubhouse, a guy who spent one full season with the Philadelphia Phillies and parts of four others in the big leagues.
Feb. 19, 1995
The replacement Angel pitching staff got a huge boost Saturday when Darrel Akerfelds, who spent a full season with the Philadelphia Phillies and parts of four others in the big leagues, crossed the union’s symbolic picket line.
March 26, 1995
Three replacement players impressed the Angels enough during spring training to earn assignments to the team’s triple-A affiliate in Vancouver, where they would be teammates of several 40-man roster players who were on strike for almost eight months.
April 4, 1995
Three players impressed the Angels enough during replacement spring training to earn assignments to the team’s triple-A affiliate in Vancouver, where they will be teammates of several 40-man roster players who were on strike for almost eight months.
Angel President Richard Brown is neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the chances for a settlement to the 7 1/2-month strike this week, but he does have one gloomy prediction.
Sports
Not a whole lot went right for the Montreal Expos Monday night at Montreal.
July 3, 1990
Rookie Brian Hunter’s second error in two innings allowed Philadelphia’s Dickie Thon to score from first base in the 12th inning as the Phillies beat the Braves, 12-11, Wednesday night at Atlanta.
June 6, 1991
Dodgers
The Dodger bullpen has blown another game in the late innings.
May 20, 1990