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Matsui makes Angels debut
Hideki Matsui finally got to play some baseball again on Tuesday, and he enjoyed the experience, even if it meant facing one of the game’s most challenging pitchers right out of the Cactus League chute.
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There’s no guns in baseball; A new regulation?
This just in: Major League Baseball bans deadly weapons in clubhouses.
Really? Pre-Gilbert Arenas, packing was cool in MLB, and other pro sports?
I can remember in 1971, when Angels infielder Chico Ruiz was accused of pulling a gun on the enigmatic Alex Johnson DURING A GAME when the two teammates werein the clubhouse after they...
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Pitchers and catchers report
TEMPE, Ariz.
Those four words get baseball fans pretty excited. But not much really happens today.
Angels players will be trickling in and out of the team’s complex most of the day, dropping things off or just stopping by before or after taking their mandatory physicals. The most action we’ll see will probably be a light...
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Reminder: AL West roundtable live chat
Evan Grant who covers the Texas Rangers for the Dallas Morning News has organized an AL West Roundtable live chat for Monday morning at 11 a.m. PT.
Grant will be offering his expertise on the Rangers. I’ll do the same for the Angels and long-time baseball writer Larry Stone of the Seattle Times will handle...
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Brett Simpson Send Off Party
It’s just a couple of weeks awaybefore the start of the 2010 ASP World Championship Tour. This year one of Huntington Beach’s hottest surfers is about ready to make his maiden voyage on the Dream Tour.
If you’re a fan of Brett Simpson, then come celebrate his first yearin the big leaguesthis Friday night.
Huntington Surf...
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Kendry Morales now on Team Boras
“The most feared man in baseball” has now signed one of the Angels’ top assets. First baseman Kendry Morales has cut ties with agents Alan and Randy Hendricks and signed with Scott Boras, Boras confirmed to ESPN.com’s Jorge Arangure Jr.
Boras’ negotiating tactics have made some teams reluctant to deal with his clients if at...
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Blessed with talent, West divisions are best
From April through September 2009, without much acclaim or acknowledgment, the best baseball in the Major Leagues was played out West. Things are not expected to be any different in 2010.
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Steve Phillips does it again
Former New York Mets general manager and ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips joined Matt Lauer on the “Today” show Monday morning to discuss his addiction to swinging at any pitch even close to the zone (sort of like Rob Deer, but not really).
Phillips seemed remorseful enough, but had to sit awkwardly by as Lauer...
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Time to remake … the Baseball Boogie?
The folks at Boost Mobile decided this year’s Super Bowl was the appropriate time to remake that godawful relic of ’80s cheese called, ‘The Super Bowl Shuffle.”
The ‘85 Bears set off a chain reaction of poor judgment throughout sports with the original video. Teams from every sport were somehow deluded into thinking they could...
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Olney: Torii Hunter at free safety
Apparently, I wasn’t the only one thinking about this. ESPN’s Buster Olney pondered the same question (which baseball players could play in potential NFL players.the NFL) in his blogSunday. Turns out, Olney also has Angels CF Torii Hunter as a potential star in a defensive secondary, just like I did.
“He has free safety written...
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