May 19, 2012



The Squeeze: Padres 6, Angels 5

The gist: Bobby Wilson’s two-run triple in the seventh inning broke a tie and sent the Angels to a 6-5 victory over the San Diego Padres at Tempe Diablo Stadium Tuesday. Top bat: Non-roster invitee Michael Ryan continues to impress with his bat and his glove (see below). Bobby Abreu was a last-minute scratch from [...]





Garon, Blue Jackets beat Ducks 5-2 (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

The Columbus Blue Jackets have known for quite some time that they likely won’t return to the playoffs. The Anaheim Ducks are starting to realize a similar predicament. Jakub Voracek scored the first of Columbus’ three power-play goals and had two assists, leading the Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the fading Ducks on [...]





Garon, Blue Jackets beat Ducks 5-2 (AP via Yahoo! News)

Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus’ first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night. Source





Blue Jackets 5, Ducks 2

Fedor Tyutin and Jakub Voracek each had a goal and two assists as Columbus defeated the Ducks, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Honda Center. The Ducks are 0-3-1 since the Olympic break and fell seven points out of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Columbus, playing the second of back-to-back nights and without leading [...]





Selanne scratched with flu-like symptoms

Teemu Selanne was scratched from Tuesday’s lineup with flu-like symptoms, the Ducks announced. Selanne participated in Tuesday’s morning skate but did not come out for pre-game warmups. Ryan Carter and Brett Festerling were healthy scratches for the Ducks against Columbus. Selanne scratched with flu-like symptoms is a post from: Ducks blog Source





Selanne Out Tonight with Flu-Like Symptoms

Ducks winger Teemu Selanne is suffering from flu-like symptoms and will not be in the lineup tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Selanne h… Source





Disney ends free passes for volunteers

For those of you who planned on volunteering to earn a free Disney park ticket, you are out of luck. It’s too late. Today, Disney announced that it reached its goal of recruiting 1 million volunteers, who are earning free U.S. Disney park passes… Source





Rojas gets social

Getting a hold of Victor Rojas, the Angels’ new TV play-by-play man, isn’t too tough. He’s on Twitter. He’s on Facebook. He’s got a blog. Rojas is a social networking junkie. Tuesday, I had a chance to introduce myself to Rojas via Facebook, and we had a very pleasant chat. He’s excited about getting down [...]





Disney stops giving free tickets to volunteers

For those of you who planned on volunteering to earn a free Disney park ticket, you are out of luck. It’s too late. On Tuesday, Disney announced that it reached its goal of recruiting 1 million volunteers, who are earning free U.S. Disney park passes for volunteering for a shift with an accepted non-profit group. [...]





Matsui 1 for 2 but … boxers or briefs?

TEMPE, Ariz. Hideki Matsui went 1 for 2 in his spring debut with the Angels Tuesday, striking out in his first at-bat against Padres right-hander Chris Young then bouncing a single up the middle against Radhames Liz in his second at-bat. After leaving the game, Matsui worked out for awhile then met with the media [...]