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Angels ALDS Roster Posted

foxpaw — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:57:43 -0000

The Angels' ALDS roster was posted over at angelsbaseball.com. Here's the full roster:

Pitchers
John Lackey
Jered Weaver
Scott Kazmir
Joe Saunders
Ervin Santana
Matt Palmer
Darren Oliver
Jason Bulger
Kevin Jepsen
Brian Fuentes

Catchers
Jeff Mathis
Mike Napoli
Bobby Wilson

Infielders
Kendry Morales
Howard Kendrick
Maicer Izturis
Erick Aybar
Chone Figgins
Robb Quinlan

Outfielders
Juan Rivera
Torii Hunter
Bobby Abreu
Gary Matthews Jr.
Reggie Willits

Designated Hitter
Vladimir Guerrero

Didn't see it posted anywhere else. Looks pretty solid to me. That bullpen looks pretty good, up until you get to Brian Fuentes. Does anyone think that Brandon Wood should be on the roster over Q? I dig the 3 catcher setup, setting up Napoli to be available for pinch hitting in late game situations. GMJ's done a decent job pinch hitting, and having Reggie there for pinch running situations is good.

3 hours to go, can't wait!

Roku Media Player adds MLB.tv

foxpaw — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:24:20 -0000

For anyone not familiar with it, the Roku Media Player was born the Netflix Player, a $99 appliance that you hook up to your TV, and your internet connection (it supports WiFi out of the box) and it allows you to play movies from Netflix's Watch Instantly catalog on your TV. Recently renamed to expand beyond just Netflix, they first added support for Amazon's Video-on-Demand, and just yesterday they announced support for MLB.tv. You have to have an existing MLB.tv account, and the same blackout restrictions apply so it's not going to replace cable any time soon, but if you're a baseball junkie, already have an MLB.tv subscription, and don't have a computer to hook up to your TV this could be a pretty good alternative. It can do HD quality, provided that you have a fast enough internet connection.

EDIT: Link to LA Times article.

Rex Hudler Puff Piece

foxpaw — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:03:50 -0000

Rex Hudler Puff Piece

An article I came across this morning, just a little puff piece on the Wonder Dog.

Mike Scioscia. Taken Sunday June 29th at Dodger Stadium.

foxpaw — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:05:32 -0000

Mike Scioscia. Taken Sunday June 29th at Dodger Stadium.

Howie to the DL

foxpaw — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:09:04 -0000

So sayeth the official site.

Following Friday night's 5-4 victory over the Mariners, the Angels announced they were placing second baseman Howard Kendrick on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 14.

Bad news for sure, but Aybar seems to be picking up the slack. If only Izturis would start hitting too then we wouldn't miss him as much. Though I don't think either of them can really make up for a currently hitting .500 Howie.

Juan Rivera

foxpaw — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:45:03 -0000

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but there's an article on the official site that mentions that Juan Rivera is going to be starting a rehab assignment on Monday.

Quoth the article: "Sidelined with a broken left leg suffered in winter ball, with brief 90-foot trots forming the extent of his physical activity, outfielder Juan Rivera will make his first rehab start -- or any start, for that matter -- of the season with the Rookie League Arizona Angels on Monday."

It goes on to quote Mike Scioscia saying that he could be in the 50-60 at bat range by the end of August or early September and that he could be an option later on.

Figgy's recent hot streak thanks to Haynes

foxpaw — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:02:56 -0000

According to an article in LA Daily News Figgins credits some batting advice given to him by Nathan Haynes for his recent resurgence after his two-day benching:

"The things he said were real important because it's not your at-bats or the things you're doing wrong but to just try something different," Figgins said. "What he told me has been working."

Neither one is giving specifics on what words of wisdom Nate shared with Chone.

More A-Rod Rumors

foxpaw — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:49:41 -0000

Buried in an article about Joe Torre regaining respect for A-Rod is this juicy little tidbit:

And everyone presumes that Arte Moreno will offer A-Rod partnership as an owner to get him to come west to play for the Angels.

That's all the article says about it. It's obviously pure speculation, but would it work? Has there ever been a player in their prime that a franchise wanted so badly that they were willing to offer them part ownership of the team in order to play with them?

Jose Molina, bus driver

foxpaw — Fri, 11 May 2007 00:26:18 -0000

From the game recap at the official site.

"Jose Molina had a dream day for a catcher, calling a shutout, starting two rallies with hits and stealing home on the back end of a double steal with Reggie Willits. There was an unconfirmed rumor that Molina would drive the team bus to the airport for the flight to Texas and Friday night's start of a seven-game road trip."

For some reason the mental picture of Jose driving the bus with a big grin on his face just cracks me up. Just don't crash it Jose!

Speier to the DL

foxpaw — Tue, 08 May 2007 22:48:25 -0000

According to the LA Times Speier's going on the 15-day DL "because of a non-baseball-related medical condition."

They're saying that it's basically the "flu-like symptoms" that he's been experiencing, but to land on the DL it's gotta be something worse than that.

Maybe Casey gave him mono.