Angels
Angels reliever Joe Smith was stunned to learn that a 24-year-old from Biola University chose a 93-mph fastball Smith threw for Cleveland in 2010 as the single finest pitch of the last seven years.
March 12, 2015
Sports
No players, even the great ones, are immune to lengthy slumps, as Mike Trout showed in August, when the Angels center fielder and 2014 American League most valuable player hit .218 with one homer and seven runs batted in.
Sept. 9, 2015
The most heartwarming trade at Monday’s deadline: The Toronto Blue Jays traded reliever Joe Smith to the Cleveland Indians.
July 31, 2017
If anybody could get lost in the celebrity of being a major league baseball player, it is Angels pitcher Joe Smith.
March 8, 2015
Joe Smith can be feisty, a trait you want in a reliever with a lively but not overpowering 88-mph fastball.
May 6, 2015
A baseball broadcaster will usually get a good laugh or end up on some blooper reel when he inadvertently says a reliever is “throwing up in the bullpen,” but Monday night, it was actually true.
May 6, 2014
Closer Huston Street is preparing for a heavier workload in the wake of Joe Smith’s left-ankle sprain, suffered when the setup man tripped while walking down a flight of steps at the team hotel Saturday.
Sept. 20, 2015
No one caught him with an emery board in his pocket, but it was hard to imagine that Milwaukee Brewers reliever Will Smith’s shiny new arm would escape Major League Baseball scrutiny for very long.
May 22, 2015
Joe Smith looked genuinely confused.
July 28, 2014
They’re slingshot-wielding relievers in a game of flame throwers, two stick-and-move artists among punch-out specialists.
Feb. 24, 2015