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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Even though the American League is stacked with star shortstops, the Angels’ Zach Neto certainly has the skills, statistics and swagger to be an All-Star.
Trevor Bauer was awarded more than $300,000 in damages after alleging Lindsey Hill violated their settlement agreement. Hill did not contest the claim.
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Shaikin: ‘Another log on the fire.’ Yankees eager to avenge World Series meltdown against Dodgers
The Dodgers laughed at the Yankees’ slew of mistakes that sealed the Dodgers’ World Series win. The teams play their first rematch at Dodger Stadium this weekend.
Angels play-by-play broadcaster Wayne Randazzo isn’t afraid to be honest with his audience when it comes to the team’s successes and struggles.
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.