| Top 100 Angels: Bert BLYLEVEN #85 |
| A no-brainer for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bert Blyleven pitched well for the Pirates and Twins before coming to Anaheim and having one of the best seasons (1989) by a pitcher to ever don the halo. Bert was a Post-2005 Top 100 Angel . Read about his contributions to
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| via Halos Heaven,Fri, Nov 21 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Sean Rodriguez leaves Dominican team, but it was planned |
| Infielder had a successful run, batting .270 in 18 games, and he might return in January. Sean Rodriguez became the second Angels infielder to cut his Dominican winter league season short, returning home earlier this week after a successful 18-game stint in which he batted .270 with six homers and
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| via L.A. Times - Angels,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Top 100 Angels: Mark EICHHORN #87 |
| Reliever Mark Eichhorn was a sidearming Scot Shields-type setup man who had some impressive seasons with the Angels. He paved the way in games for Bryan Harvey, a great tandem for shortening games. The Right Handed MIddle Reliever was a Top 100 Angel in our Post-2005 countdown, check out the
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| via Halos Heaven,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Stoneman RAVE over Wakamatsu |
| Stoneman RAVE over Wakamatsu New Mariner manager was the Angels' minor-league field coordinator and roving catching instructor in 2001 and '02 - he was core enough to the Angels that he was awarded a ring with us
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| via Halos Heaven,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Top 100 Angels: Joe ADCOCK #88 |
| Joe Adcock was a former Milwaukee Brave great who served as a veteran presence on some early 1960s Angel teams. He played 323 Games as an Angel and, most impressively, hit 18 HR in his final season in the bigs, 1966 - the middle of the deadball era - at
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| via Halos Heaven,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| A Hookah-Smoking Jordan Walden |
| A Hookah-Smoking Jordan Walden The Angels' Top Minor League Prospect goes the caterpillar route, Jefferson Airplane style
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| via Halos Heaven,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Top 100 Angels: Alex JOHNSON #86 |
| The Angels had a batting champion. His name was Alex Johnson. Tales abound about his bad chemistry in the clubhouse, but he beat out Carl Yastrzemski by .0004 points in 1970 and remains to this day the only Angel to win a league batting title. His .329 average is tied
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| via Halos Heaven,Thu, Nov 20 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Top 100 Angels: Frank ROBINSON #89 |
| So yeah, I was at the infamous interleague Pine-Tar Game where Frank Robinson, then the manager of the National League's post-Expo Nationals, fell from any perch of esteem I might have ever had for him. He was on our post-2005 Top 100 Angels List (click that link for an extensive
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| via Halos Heaven,Wed, Nov 19 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Wood released from Dominican team |
| Wood released from Dominican team
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| via Los Angeles Angels News,Wed, Nov 19 2008 , By Rhett Bollinger |
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| MLB.com 30% Off Sale - Today Only |
| MLB.com 30% Off Sale - Today Only! 30% off your entire order, but it's one day only -- TODAY. Do your holiday gift shopping now
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| via Halos Heaven,Wed, Nov 19 2008 , By yeswecan |
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| Pedroia deserved MVP in a big way (Yahoo! Sports |
| The tiny Red Sox second baseman stood tall after Ramirez was traded and excelled in pressurized Boston
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| via Yahoo! Sports,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By yeswecan |
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| Halos prospect Pettit up for AFL award |
| Click on the link above to read the story
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| via Los Angeles Angels News,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By yeswecan |
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| K-Rod comes in sixth in AL MVP voting |
| K-Rod comes in sixth in AL MVP voting
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| via Los Angeles Angels News,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By Rhett Bollinger |
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| Top 100 Angels: Brad FULLMER #90 |
| The unsung hero of the 2002 World Champions, Brad Fullmer posted the highest On-Base Percentage + Slugging (OPS) of any Angel that season (.388), in 94 of his 130 games that season as the Designated Hitter (the others were at 1B) . Fullmer played respectably in the 2002 postseason; it
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| via Halos Heaven,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| OC Register Enters 21st Century |
| OC Register Enters 21st Century The subject is Frankie, and the Register actually has a decent back-and-forth argument about stats-versus-grit and their new StatHead columnist Sam Miller pretty much mops the floor with Mark Whicker
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| via Halos Heaven,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Brandon Wood released by Dominican winter team |
| Shortstop is sent home by Estrellas after batting .167 in 48 at-bats. Brandon Wood , the Angels' top prospect and a candidate to start in their infield next season, has been dismissed from his winter club because of poor performance
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| via L.A. Times - Angels,Tue, Nov 18 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Top 100 Angels: Ruppert JONES #91 |
| I didn't have quite the appreciation of Ruppert Jones as an Angels fan until I was asked to manage a strat-o-matic replaying of the 1986 baseball season. My Angels won the division and it was on a platoon of Righty George Hendrick and the Left-Handed Ruppert Jones. While Hendrick made
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| via Halos Heaven,Mon, Nov 17 2008 , By Rev Halofan |
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| Brandon Wood Gets Cut |
| Brandon Wood was just cut from his Winter ball team in the Dominican according to LA Times. One step forward, two steps back.... If I remember - he was terrible last winter as well. Strikeouts still high, power and average down too. Or is winter ball even that important? Was
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| via Halos Heaven,Mon, Nov 17 2008 , By gorams77 |
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| K-Rod in rare contention for AL MVP |
| K-Rod in rare contention for AL MVP
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| via Los Angeles Angels News,Mon, Nov 17 2008 , By Rhett Bollinger |
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