Angels Baseball
Shields, Jepsen look strong in sim game
TEMPE, Ariz.
Scot Shields just finished throwing to hitters for the first time since last May. He and Kevin Jepsen threw one inning (between 15 and 20 pitches) in a simulated-game environment on the practice fields this morning.
“Everything came out good. My knee felt good,” said Shields who had surgery last June to repair the...
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Shields, Jepsen look strong in sim game
TEMPE, Ariz.
Scot Shields just finished throwing to hitters for the first time since last May. He and Kevin Jepsen threw one inning (between 15 and 20 pitches) in a simulated-game environment on the practice fields this morning.
“Everything came out good. My knee felt good,” said Shields who had surgery last June to repair the...
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Angels’ prospect will undergo surgery
TEMPE, Ariz.
Angels outfield prospect Chris Pettit had hoped to avoid surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. But after three months of rehab and physical therapy, Pettit has not seen sufficient progress and will undergo surgery on Tuesday.
The surgery will sideline him for six to nine months, wiping out his 2010...
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Angels’ prospect will undergo surgery
TEMPE, Ariz.
Angels outfield prospect Chris Pettit had hoped to avoid surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. But after three months of rehab and physical therapy, Pettit has not seen sufficient progress and will undergo surgery on Tuesday.
The surgery will sideline him for six to nine months, wiping out his 2010...
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Pettit to have season-ending surgery
Nursing a shoulder ailment resulting from a baserunning mishap in the Dominican Republic in November, Chris Pettit learned on Tuesday that he will undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum on March 16 and will be out for the season, requiring six to nine months of rehab.
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Pettit to have season-ending surgery
Nursing a shoulder ailment resulting from a baserunning mishap in the Dominican Republic in November, Chris Pettit learned on Tuesday that he will undergo surgery to repair a torn labrum on March 16 and will be out for the season, requiring six to nine months of rehab.
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Mariners use Figgins at second base
Interesting infield look Monday for the Seattle Mariners in Phoenix against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Incumbent second baseman Jose Lopez is playing third base, 2009 first-round pick Dustin Ackley is at second base (he’s being converted from outfield), and ex-Angel Chone Figgins playedsecond base in a split-squad game against the White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., where...
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Santana gets better of Guerrero in first matchup
SURPRISE, Ariz.
But it really was no Surprise.
In his first at-bat against his former team, Rangers DH Vladimir Guerrero swung at the first pitch, sending a drive to the wall in right field where Terry Evans ran it down.
“If he elevated it a little (it would have been a home run),” Angels pitcher Ervin Santana...
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Lunch and Lineups: Angels at Rangers
SURPRISE, Ariz.
You remember those old cartoons when Foghorn Leghorn would be running away from the farmer or Wile E. Coyote would be chasing the Roadrunner? The animators would only draw, like, two backgrounds and the Roadrunner would run by the same butte-mesa-cactus scenery every three frames.
That’s what driving out to Surprise is like. I...
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Vlad looks back, ready to forge ahead
Vlad Guerrero’s past and present converged on Monday, when the Rangers played their DH’s former team. He said he enjoyed his time with the Angels, but is healthy and ready to pound the ball for Texas.
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