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Forget Albert Pujols. There's another reason to watch the Los Angeles Angels, and his name is Mike Trout. For all the hype Bryce Harper has rightfully received, it's time to start giving a few headlines to another rookie phenom, time to give the L...

Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty ImagesAfter dropping his first six starts of the season, Ervin Santana has turned the corner and won his last two games.Earlier this season, Ervin Santana couldn't get any run support. Against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, h...

As each week and month passes, the Angels feel more like Jerry Dipoto's team and less like Mike Scioscia's team. The strongest indication of that yet was Tuesday's move -- surprising mostly in its timing -- to fire hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, a ...

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The Los Angeles Angels have fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher after their dismal offensive start to the season.

Mike Trout was in fourth grade when Albert Pujols was baseball's most precocious talent, way back in 2001. Trout was a bigger fan of Derek Jeter's at the time. "I kind of went with the Jersey guy," Trout said. Now that Trout and Pujols are shar...

Ervin Santana struck out nine during 7 2/3 innings of four-hit ball, Albert Pujols drove in two runs with infield singles, and the Los Angeles Angels rebounded from yet another shutout loss with a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

ANAHEIM -- The Angels showed a little more life the second time they faced aging ex-Cy Young winner Bartolo Colon, scraping out 12 hits off him in a 4-0 win at Angel Stadium. There were some rare signs of life from an offense that, most of this se...

Sunday night in Texas, Mark Trumbo took a 2-and-2 fastball from Rangers reliever Mark Lowe that may or may not have brushed the outside edge of the strike zone. Trumbo says he could have lived with it if the umpire had called him out on strikes. One ...

OK, let's be brutally honest here about Jon Lester's complete game 6-1 victory on Monday night: It came against the Seattle Mariners. A lot of pitchers look pretty good against Seattle. Nonetheless, it was Boston's first nine-inning complete game ...

ANAHEIM -- Tyson Ross had a 7.71 ERA going into Monday, but like a lot of other undistinguished pitchers who have stymied the Angels this season, he looked invincible against this struggling team. Ross pitched his only scoreless outing of 2012 as ...

Mike Trout is batting .368 with a .422 on-base percentage, four doubles and two home runs in 10 games this month, prompting the following comment from Angels manager Mike Scioscia: "He's doing what we'd think he would be doing." That probably tell...

A few items you may have missed that are worth a look: • Hostilities in the Twitter war between New York Giants defensive lineman Osi Umenyiora and Eagles running back LeSean McCoy resumed in earnest as @OsiUmenyiora tweeted: "Happy Moth...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers poured in five runs in the third on their way to a 13-6 blowout win over the Los Angeles Angels. Every starter in the lineup got on base and only David Murphy didn't have a hit (though he drew a big walk in the t...

Even with the known risks, the Rangers can't afford not to sign Josh Hamilton.

Getty ImagesJered Weaver is looking to improve to 6-0 for the second-straight season, but Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers stand in his way.Hammer time comes to Sunday Night Baseball (8 ET, ESPN) as Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers host the Los...