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Quick-fix approach didn't work for Los Angeles Dodgers or Los Ang...
Mark SaxonQuick-fix approach didn't work for the Dodgers or Angels this season.
Story | Conversation | October 03, 2012 -
C.J. Wilson and the art of coping
Mark SaxonANAHEIM, Calif. -- Because the Angels signed C.J. Wilson as a free agent this past winter, it's easy to forget he's not exactly a sage when it comes to being a starting pitcher. Until 2010, Wilson had never started a major league game, having pitc...
Blog | July 28, 2012 -
3 up, 3 down: Rays 3, Angels 0
Mark SaxonANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Angels say they're still focused on winning their division, but now they have two teams to get past. The Angels managed just five hits against Matt Moore and three relievers, and lost 3-0 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday ni...
Blog | July 28, 2012 -
Angels hope Greinke settles in fast
Mark SaxonANAHEIM, Calif. -- Zack Greinke will be riding a 19-game home unbeaten streak when he takes the mound at Angel Stadium on Sunday afternoon, but those came in a different home -- actually, two different homes. Greinke, the 2009 Cy Young winner, has...
Blog | July 28, 2012 -
Getting Zack Greinke pushes Los Angeles Angels forward
Mark SaxonThe Angels show commitment to winning now by getting Zack Greinke.
Story | Conversation | July 27, 2012 -
Patchy pitching, but splashy defense
Mark SaxonIn the third inning of Monday night's 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals, with Angels starter C.J. Wilson teetering on the brink of a second straight meltdown, Peter Bourjos retreated to the warning track, jumped and turned what might have been a Lo...
Blog | July 24, 2012 -
3 Up, 3 Down: Angels 6, Royals 3
Mark SaxonANAHEIM -- Monday night was a slow, sometimes-ugly grind and a far cry from the Angels' explosiveness of recent games. But they kept their momentum rolling along with a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals at Angel Stadium. Pinch hitter Kendrys Morale...
Blog | July 23, 2012 -
3 up, 3 down: Tigers 7, Angels 2
Mark SaxonThe Angels offense cooled off and C.J. Wilson pitched one of his worst games this season in a 7-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Wednesday. The Angels, embarking on their most grueling stretch of schedule this season, are 2-4 since th...
Blog | July 18, 2012 -
3 up, 3 down: Yankees 6, Angels 5
Mark SaxonThe Angels' bullpen, so dominant since early May, unraveled to open the second half as the Angels lost 6-5 at Yankee Stadium, with New York rallying from a 5-2 deficit in the eighth inning. The Good: Yankee killer. When you do things in New Yor...
Blog | July 13, 2012 -
All-Star spotlight shifts south and west
Mark SaxonRemember when the All-Star game was mostly a Red Sox-Yankees get-together? This season, 12 of the 36 players on the American League roster play for the Angels or Texas Rangers. It helps, of course, that the AL manager the past two seasons, Ron Was...
Blog | July 10, 2012 -
Angels All-Stars have grassroots feel
Mark SaxonOne of the more gratifying moments for a team is to see its homegrown players develop into All-Stars. In the Angels' case, three of the four players headed to Kansas City for Tuesday's game -- Jered Weaver, Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo -- were draft...
Blog | July 08, 2012 -
3 up, 3 down: Indians 12, Angels 3
Mark SaxonThe Angels are virtually unbeatable when Jered Weaver or C.J. Wilson starts. With anybody else, not so much. The Angels lost the rubber game at Cleveland, with Ervin Santana getting knocked around in Wednesday's 12-3 loss. The Good: Cutthroa...
Blog | July 04, 2012 -
3 Up, 3 Down: Angels 10, Blue Jays 6
Mark SaxonThe Angels managed to split a four-game series in Toronto with Sunday's 10-6 win at the Rogers Centre. It has been a resurgent offense leading the way lately -- a far cry from the majority of this season -- with the Angels launching three home run...
Blog | July 01, 2012 -
Angels' young All-Stars are game-changers
Mark SaxonFirst comes the speculation, then come the announcements, then comes the grumbling. It's a yearly tradition around the All-Star Game, and why not? It's all in good fun and if you're not complaining, you're not paying attention. Angels fans coul...
Blog | July 01, 2012 -
Weaver, Wilson, Trout, Trumbo are AL All-Stars ...
Mark Saxon... But Albert Pujols' name didn't come up. John Kruk and Karl Ravech discuss the American League pitchers and reserves for the All-Star Game....
Blog | July 01, 2012 -
3 up, 3 down: Angels 7, Orioles 3
Mark SaxonBaltimore's Camden Yards is always a good place to hit and the Angels offense is settling into a dangerous groove. Combine the two and you have perhaps the most prolific display Angels hitters have put on this season. The Angels had a season-high ...
Blog | June 26, 2012