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Sports Central
March 31, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Trout vs. Cabrera: A Tale of Two Extensions Hours after the Tigers signed Miguel Cabrera to an eight-year, $248 million contract extension, the Angels handed Mike Trout a six-year, $144.5 million contract extension.   |
Sports Central
January 26, 2011
Jess Coleman |
Vernon Wells? Really, Angels? The Angels should focus on winning back their seat atop the American League West. Vernon Wells was is not the answer. |
Sports Central
July 30, 2012
Greg Suttich |
Mike Trout, a Legend in the Making Since Mike Trout burst onto the scene one month into the 2012 Major League Baseball season, he has given every baseball fan the chance to see greatness day in and day out. |
Sports Central
July 4, 2012
Greg Suttich |
Hot and Not Heading to the All-Star Break The Yankees, Rangers, and Angels are playing the best baseball in the American League. The National League has seen the surprising Washington Nationals post the best record, with the Giants now flexing their muscle in the NL West. |
Sports Central
April 24, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Prince Albert Smokes 500 Home Runs This week's set between the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Nationals was supposed to be about Mike Trout vs. Bryce Harper. |
Sports Central
November 18, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Now That the AL MVP's Been Decided... Let's get one argument swept aside right here and now. Either Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout would have been a worthy American League Most Valuable Player winner. In fact, there should be no argument about that. |
AskMen.com
Chris Aung-Thwin |
Pujol's Contract When Albert Pujols turns 52 on January 16, 2032, the (by then probably massively overweight) slugger will have been earned up to $268,750,000. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2011
Kyle Jahner |
Albert Pujols Talk Takes a Hard Right Into Crazy-Town Albert Pujols is trying to effectively sign the last contract of his baseball life. |
Sports Central
August 3, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
Ill-placed Ill Will Around an Ill Pitcher? Unless you're Mike Trout, even on a day during which you got iced by Clayton Kershaw sustaining a scoreless inning streak, it must suck to be a Los Angeles Angel these days. |
Sports Central
October 12, 2012
Brad Oremland |
A Case For Mike Trout to Win AL MVP I'm here to make an argument for Trout that doesn't require any advanced statistics or weird acronyms like VORP and wOBA. |
Sports Central
June 4, 2012
Adam Russell |
Top Five Surprises of the MLB Season With two months of the current MLB season in the books, here are five things that, while maybe they're not that uncommon, are surprising to me. |
Sports Central
May 23, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
Age, Albert Pujols, and One Hell of a Gamble There's another topic that's gotten some debate of late: the deterioration of athletes that comes with age. No matter how great an athlete is, the end comes calling eventually. Always. To everybody. |
Sports Central
May 1, 2013
Andrew Jones |
April's Early Warning Signs All in all, the 2013 season looks to be an interesting one. Every division seems to have three or four potential contenders. But most likely May will weed out the weaklings and early overachievers. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2002
Allen Barra |
Angels in six Teamwork, belief and foul balls will carry Anaheim over Barry and the Giants. |
Sports Central
August 15, 2009
Eric Engberg |
The National League MVP Race This list of contenders for the sought-after award includes top contenders, darkhorses and not-yets. |
Sports Central
July 7, 2014
Andrew Jones |
MLB Midseason Awards While there are still plenty of games to play, it is fitting to look at who is on track for a few of the various awards that will come out at season's end. |
Sports Central
April 18, 2012
Joshua Duffy |
Revisiting Baseball's Offseason Moves Let's revisit some of the major moves from the offseason and see how they're working out. |
Sports Central
September 3, 2009
Paul Foeller |
King of St. Louis: Man vs. Machine As long as he continues on the same pace he has for nine years, and avoids major injuries, it seems foolish to think that Albert Pujols won't one day supplant Stan Musial as "The Man." |
Sports Central
June 15, 2010
Brad Oremland |
Albert Pujols, Ken Griffey, Jr., and Greatness I'm ready to argue Pujols as a better baseball player than Griffey. |
Sports Central
July 14, 2008
Kyle Jahner |
Diamonds in the Rough Who are the no-names shaping first-half pennant races? |
Salon.com
October 8, 2002
King Kaufman |
America loves underdogs Just not enough to watch them play. Too bad, because the baseball teams that are still alive are a stone gas. |
Sports Central
July 25, 2011
Vito Curcuru |
Under the Radar Three teams to watch as the division races heat up are the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and Arizona Diamondbacks. |
Sports Central
September 12, 2005
Eric Poole |
MLB's MVP Races Wide-Open In the National league, the MVP race is razor thin with just three players still in the running. But In the American League, there are more candidates. |
Sports Central
March 4, 2014
Brad Oremland |
Give WAR a Chance Analytic baseball fans have an all-in-one stat called Wins Above Replacement, or WAR. Many fans and journalists are skeptical of WAR, preferring traditional stats, but I'll explain why WAR makes sense. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2001
Stephen Cannella |
Kudos for Pujols Do you want to play an important role for a team locked in a tight playoff race? Then this a great time to be a rookie in the National League, where several first-year players have become central figures in their teams' postseason hopes... |
Salon.com
September 17, 2002
King Kaufman |
The Angels-A's race is a dud Thanks to baseball's boneheaded wild-card system, we once again have two great teams playing meaningless games in September. |
Sports Central
April 2, 2013
Brad Oremland |
Mike Trout/Miguel Cabrera Redux I wrote last year about Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera and the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Most frustratingly to advocates on both sides, almost nobody changed their minds. |
Sports Central
October 3, 2012
Andrew Jones |
2012 MLB Awards All in all, it was a very good year for baseball and the playoffs haven't even started yet. |
Sports Central
October 27, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
The Angels' Tragicomedy About all the Los Angeles Angels managed to prove is that you can't get to the World Series by playing like the 1962 Mets. |
Sports Central
July 12, 2010
Paul Foeller |
National League Midseason Awards Here's a look at the best National League players at midseason |
Sports Central
October 8, 2009
Sean Crowe |
It's Groundhog Day For Angels If the Angels don't beat the Red Sox this year, they'll never beat the Red Sox. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2002
King Kaufman |
Cinderella, Goliath and other Series myths With the Giants and Angels set to meet in the Fall Classic, it's time for Fox TV and other pundits to manufacture drama. |
Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Rebuilding the dynasty Here's some advice for the Yankees to use this offseason. |
Salon.com
September 25, 2002
King Kaufman |
MVP: Bonds and A-Rod, and it ain't close Let's cut the talk about reserving the award for a player on a winning team. The best player in the league is the most valuable, whoever he plays for. |
Salon.com
October 23, 2002
King Kaufman |
Batting around After the Angels' second straight 10-run outburst, a tight World Series is looking like a potential blowout. |
Sports Central
August 23, 2004
Piet Van Leer |
NL MVP? It's No Contest If numbers alone dictated the National League's Most Valuable Player, there would be plenty of debate. But they don't, so there isn't. |
Sports Illustrated
April 2, 2003
Daniel G. Habib |
No Respect The Angels opened the season as lightly regarded defending champs. |
Sports Central
March 12, 2014
Adam Russell |
New Rule and Replay Won't Reduce Controversy MLB is potentially opening a Pandora's Box with the combination of the new home plate rule and replay, and the controversies most likely won't be reduced as intended. |
Sports Central
May 1, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Baseball's Defiant April? The Cardinals have the National League Central rather secure for now, three games ahead of the .500-clinging Cincinnati Reds. And the Angels have the American League West's basement rather secure for now, themselves, nine and a half games out of first place. |
Salon.com
October 28, 2002
King Kaufman |
One last surprise After six nights of roller coaster weirdness, the Angels and Giants played a relatively uneventful Game 7. And when it was over, Anaheim almost looked like fun. |
Sports Central
July 11, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Saving Pujols For What?! No explanation comes close. There is no excuse. Albert Pujols should have hit. |
Sports Central
February 22, 2011
Clinton Riddle |
We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert Albert Pujols is now in full shutdown mode when it comes to the deadline (now long gone) he imposed on Cards management to discuss a contract extension with him |
Salon.com
October 17, 2002
Keith Olbermann |
Dusty's drama, the Angels' angst Will the Curse of Keane strike the Giants? Will the Angels' longtime demon torment them once again? Play ball! |
Sports Central
September 6, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
Cardinals, Reds Now Left to Look to 2012 We end this season right where we began -- what's Albert Pujols going to do? If he goes, the modern era of Cardinals relevance might just well go with him. |
Sports Central
May 16, 2006
Bijan C. Bayne |
Prince Albert: Best Hitter You'll Ever See? Now MLB has its own LeBron James in Albert Pujols, but they're not telling anyone. |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Postseason awards ballot Picks for MVP, Rookies, Coaches, etc. |
Salon.com
October 21, 2002
King Kaufman |
"Oh! My God!" The Giants and Angels don't seem able to play a dull World Series game. Even the participants have been amazed so far. |
Sports Central
October 19, 2005
Kevin Connelly |
A Walk in the Park Albert Pujols is such a dominant hitter, serious consideration has to be given to walking him every time he comes to the plate. Staying away from Pujols, the Astros win the NLCS in six. |
