Bill Shaikin, a California Sportswriter of the Year honoree, covers baseball and sports business for the Los Angeles Times. His story on the Dodgers’ Russian physicist-turned-healer who claimed to channel positive energy to the team – “If You Think It, They Will Win” – was featured in the Best American Sports Writing anthology. He was the beat writer when the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and the Angels won the World Series in 2002, two events considered beyond improbable before they happened. He incurred the wrath of Kelly Clarkson’s fans while wondering why she was singing at the Turin Olympics, in a country with a cultural lineage that included da Vinci, Michelangelo and Fellini. He has reported from the Dominican Republic, Israel, England, Italy, Mexico, Canada and Hickory, N.C. He graduated from UC Berkeley and hopes to see the Golden Bears in the Rose Bowl during his lifetime, just once.
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The Angels are last in the American League West and might stay there until they embark on a complete rebuild like the one the Athletics implemented years ago.
Pete Rose’s reinstatement by MLB surely clears a path for other players, like Barry Bonds, to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But what if neither of them is enshrined?
The city of Anaheim will probably wait until after the baseball season to address the future of Angel Stadium.
Petco Park is the best ballpark in Southern California, offering amenities Angel Stadium doesn’t have. The city of Anaheim would like to change that.
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Shaikin: Agent Nez Balelo ‘wouldn’t do anything different’ with Shohei Ohtani’s $700-million deal
Nez Balelo, Shohei Ohtani’s agent, was on hand for Sportico’s Invest West conference at Intuit Dome on Thursday and discussed subjects related to his high-profile client.
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Shaikin: ‘No one should forget.’ How the manager of the AL’s best team is shedding his asterisk
Detroit Tigers skipper A.J. Hinch is prospering now five years after he was revealed as manager of those cheating Houston Astros.
The project, proposed in 2018 by former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, requires approval from Metro, the Los Angeles City Council, Caltrans and the state parks agency.
As the Dodgers have become acutely aware of managing the workloads of their starting pitchers, they have not prioritized managing the workloads of their key position players.
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Shaikin: Ducks unveil $1-billion arena renovation, stress-free parking. But can either OC team win?
The work being done to Honda Center stands in stark contrast to the current stalemate between the city of Anaheim and the Angels over the future of Angel Stadium.
Trevor Bauer’s latest court fight against Lindsey Hill stalled on Wednesday when a judge denied him a default ruling. The judge said he would revisit the matter in June.