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Nine to Know: Pence, Lowe, Colon, LaHair and more
The Phils celebrating Hunter Pence's walkoff homer The Angels celebrated their 4-0 victory over the Oakland A’s by announcing about 90 minutes after the game that they had fired hitting coach Mickey...
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Nine to Know: May 17th
The Angels are now 2-0 in games that Albert Pujols homers. Pujols hit a three-run homer last night as the Angels topped the White Sox, 7-2. Jerome Williams (4-1) won his fourth straight decision and...
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On the subject of…Rhymes, Beachy, Schilling, Damon, Dunn, McDonald, Sir...
Will Rhymes thinking of one-liners? Will Rhymes was not in the Rays lineup last night in their 5-3 loss to the Red (Hot) Sox last night after passing out Wednesday night after getting hit by a pitch....
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Nine to Know: Albert, Justin, Willie and more
Willie Mays in 1954 - from Life Magazine Every team in the East Divisions (AL and NL) is at .500 and above today. Who has the most wins against teams .500 and above? Think 1969 World Series as the...
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A quart of love for the Melk Man
The Angels beat the Giants last night, 12-5. In case you haven’t noticed, the Angels have won 20-of-30 and are just two games off the wild card pace and only five behind the Rangers for the lead in the...
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Nine to Know from the Bill Chuck Files…
Eight pitchers yesterday gave up at least five earned runs: Rk Player Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H ER BB SO HR 1 Travis Wood CHC MIA L 5-9 GS-5 ,L 4.2 8 8 2 6 2 2 Jacob Turner DET LAA L 0-13 GS-2 ,L...
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The Angels may look back at this one game
If the Angels either miss the postseason by one game or miss winning the AL West by one game they may very well look back at the game they lost last night to the Texas Rangers. The Rangers held a...
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Albert Pujols update
In the Angels 6-5 walkoff win last night over the rebuilding Red Sox, Albert Pujols hit his 29th homer of the season, all since May 6. The Pujols homer now gives him 474 for his career, passing Carlos...
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From the Bill Chuck Files…Nine to Know: Pedey, Pedro, Pujols, Pierre and more
The Cardinals, Rockies, and Rangers all finished the 2012 season with 1526 hits, the most in the majors. Umpire Chad Fairchild had the highest percentage of correct calls on taken pitches at 89.8%;...
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Nine to Know – Soriano, Farrell, Pujols, Gordon, Cano, AGon, Mayberry,...
From the Bill Chuck Files… Rafael Soriano keeps losing something off his fastball. In 2009, it was 93.4, in 2010 it was 93.0, in 2011 it was 92.8, and last season it was 92.3. Over the two seasons...
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Albert Pujols joins the 1000 Extra Base Hit Club
Oakland continued to roll and the Angels continued to struggle as the A’s won in Anaheim, 11-5. Albert Pujols went 4-4 and picked up the 1000th extra base hit of his career. Pujols became the 35th...
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The Longest Night – A’s vs. Angels
Brandon Moss hit his second home run of the night with two outs in the bottom of the 19th inning to give the Oakland Athletics a walkoff 10-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. It was career walkoff...
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Tweet of the Day: Jeremy Guthrie
Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Howie Kendrick and Mike Trout all homered off Jeremy Guthrie as the Angels defeated the Royals, 6-2. The four solo homers helped put an end to Guthrie’s 18-game unbeaten...
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Tweet of the day: Got heeeem
Okay, we don’t condone people running out on the field during a game. Then again I don’t condone fans repeatedly blocking my view as they go to and from the beer stand and the bathroom when there is...
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Four with four hits in interleague play last night
There have now been 658 times that a batter has gotten at least four hits in an interleague game and four of them happened last night. Jhonny Peralta, David Lough, Kelly Johnson, and Adrian Gonzalez...
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Pujols and Pedroia: More Walks than Whiffs
This weekend, the Angels came to visit the Red Sox and almost predictably the Sox took two of three outscoring the overmatched Angels pitching staff, 22-16. This three-game set brought together two...
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Angels: A Singular Sensation
The Angels beat up on Mariners starter Aaron Harang and three relievers for a season-high 21 hits in an 11-3 victory that included 18 singles. Albert Pujols had four hits to raise his average from .256...
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The Declining Albert Pujols Report
Albert Pujols, who hasn’t played since July 26 when he partially tore his plantar fascia while running, will miss the rest of the season. While sitting out the past three weeks, Pujols repeatedly said...
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The Ruthian Season of Paul Goldschmidt
In 2015, Paul Goldschmidt was one of a kind Check out the 2015 season of the Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt: Player HR BA RBI G PA AB R H 2B 3B BB IBB SO OBP SLG OPS Paul Goldschmidt 33 .321 110 159...
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Bryce Harper had a Pujol-like Ruthian season in 2015
I anticipate there will many times in Bryce Harper’s career in which he is compared to the Babe Just look at the amazing 2015 season for Bryce Harper Year Age G PA AB R H HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS...
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