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Congrats To The Twins For Cashing In On Two AL West Teams’ Shohei Ohtani Thirst
The Minnesota Twins, who were informed earlier this week that they are out of contention to sign Shohei Ohtani, made the best of the mayhem by swiping two top-10 prospects from the Mariners and Angels, two teams reportedly very much still in the mix to get the Japanese superstar....
Andrelton Simmons Drops The Ball, Still Catches It
Though Andrelton Simmons usually plays perfect defense, the shortstop had a little trouble with a Jay Bruce pop fly Wednesday against Cleveland. But he’s Andrelton Simmons, and it’s impossible for him to fuck up a play that easy....
It's 2017 But We Still Got Fresh, Hot Mike Trout Takes
Rationalizing why Mike Trout is bad and your guy is the undisputed MVP is an experience that every American League fan will go through at some point over Trout’s career, but tonight on the Houston Astros’ broadcast, the announcers started really grasping at straws....
Manny Machado Made His Third Dinger Of The Night A Walk-Off Grand Slam
The Angels and Orioles combined for 10 dingers in last night’s slugfest, a game O’s manager Buck Showalter described as a “dunk contest.” But we are here to talk about Manny Machado, who is an absolute monster. With his team down 5-2 in the third inning, Machado smoked a two-run tater 418-feet to ce...
Mike Trout's Shortest Season Is His Most Impressive Yet
Mike Trout got his 1,000th hit last night, on his 26th birthday, and yet that’s not even the most absurd Mike Trout Number to obsess over today. Here is something to really blow your mind:...
Don Baylor Dead At 68
An easy way to measure an athlete’s influence on his or her sport is to consider what they meant to different groups of fans. Don Baylor, who died of cancer today at age 68, was many things to many people....
Oakland's Matt Joyce Allegedly Uses Homophobic Slur In Exchange With Fan
Matt Joyce of the Oakland Athletics reportedly used a homophobic slur while shouting at an Angels fan Friday night, according to an Associated Press photographer who overheard the exchange....
Cleveland Wins With Walk-Off Grand Slam After Blowing 7-0 Lead
Cleveland had the good fortune of benefitting from a very bad Jesse Chavez outing tonight—building a 7-0 lead during a second inning in which the Angels starter allowed two doubles, walked four and gave up two home runs, one of which was a grand slam. (He was ultimately pulled in the third.) But tha...
What Broke Donnie Moore?
This piece was originally published in the February, 1990 issue of GQ. It is reprinted here with the author’s permission....
When Will You Remember That Albert Pujols Was Great?
Albert Pujols is one home run away from joining baseball’s 600 home run club. He’ll become just the ninth player in the history of the game to achieve the feat. Do you care?...
Mike Trout Is Headed To The DL For The First Time In His Career
Mike Trout left Sunday’s game against the Marlins after he appeared to sprain his thumb on a headfirst slide. The extent of the injury was unclear at the time, but an MRI today showed that the Angels outfielder has a torn ligament in his left thumb. The 25-year-old will go to the disabled list for t...
Mike Trout Might Actually Be Getting Better
Through 37 games, Angels slugger Mike Trout is off to the best start of his career. He’s hitting .341/.451/.742 with 13 home runs, eight stolen bases, and 24 walks....
White Sox Lose Game In 11th Inning On Albert Pujols Single
The White Sox almost won in extra innings last night against the Angels in Anaheim, but ultimately let the Angels win on a walk-off single....
Elvis Andrus Tricked Cameron Maybin Out Of An Extra Base With A Slick Little Fake Tag
The Rangers blew the Angels out early this afternoon, thanks to some steady work from Yu Darvish and a hail of hits from almost every batter in the lineup. Their defense was also on point, and no play was better than one Elvis Andrus made in the second inning....
Stem Cell Treatments Could Be The Next Frontier In Fixing Broken Pitchers
In an interesting dispatch from spring training, Yahoo’s Jeff Passan reports on Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards’s recovery from a May 2016 elbow injury that shut him down for the season....
Could Mike Trout Exploit A California Labor Law Quirk To Become A Free Agent Early?
There isn’t a team in Major League Baseball that wouldn’t jump at the chance to sign Mike Trout, whose two MVP awards in his first five years of big league service vastly underrepresent how good he really is. And there isn’t a team that could afford to do so that wouldn’t throw hundreds of millions ...
Rangers' Double Play Breaks Mike Scioscia's Spirit
Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia always looks like an anxious bloodhound, but his heart broke in half on TV after Texas Rangers pitcher Nick Martinez started a double play with a behind-the-back catch....
Matt Shoemaker Takes A 105 MPH Line-Drive To The Head
In the second inning of Sunday’s game against Seattle, L.A.’s Matt Shoemaker was struck in the head by a 105 mph line-drive off the bat of Kyle Seager....
Mike Trout Gets Way Up To Rob A Grand Slam
Hello, it’s time once again for a check-in with Mike Trout, that guy who continues to be the best player in baseball despite wasting away on a crap-ass Angels roster....