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Richard W. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesJered Weaver looks to win 20 games for the first time in his career as the Angels hold onto their Wild Card hopesThe Los Angeles Angels head into the last six games of the season with more than just a glimmer of hope....

With the Angels mired in an August slump and facing a 5-0 deficit Friday with one of the best pitchers in the league on the mound, they needed someone to step up. That someone -- as it has been many times this season -- turned out to be Mike Trout. ...

Albert Pujols spent the first month-and-a-half of the season making headlines for all the wrong reasons. The perfect balance of power and average for each of his first 11 years in major league baseball, Pujols was hitting for neither. As of May 14, h...

The Angels finally showed signs of life in the last week, going 4-3, including their first three-game win streak of the season. WHAT WENT RIGHT Jered Weaver. Last year's AL Cy Young runner-up is the early leader for the award this year after th...

Welcome to the first edition of Halo Effect, a weekly look at the Angels from a statistical and historical perspective. So far this season, there's no sugar coating it, things have been ugly. BAD STREAKS The Angels are riding a four-game l...

Apparently, Blake Griffin was worth the wait. Griffin After sitting out all of last season with a broken left kneecap, the Clippers rookie entered Saturday's game averaging a double-double (16.5 PPG, 10.5 RPG). Griffin exploded for 44 points o...

Michael Beasley, the number two overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft was basically given away this offseason by the Heat for a 2011 Timberwolves 2nd-round pick. Beasley Wednesday, he exploded for a career-high 42 points against the Kings... 12 mor...

Prior to this season, one of the main story lines facing the San Diego Padres was how early in the season they would fall out of contention and trade Adrian Gonzalez. After winning Wednesday, they are now 72-47 with a six-game lead in the National Le...

Tuesday saw a couple of streaks end for two of the game's best pitchers. Meanwhile, baseball's hottest hitter kept his streak alive. CC Sabathia, NYY - 7 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 2 ER in loss at Indians Sabathia entered the start against his former club...

Buster Posey, the 2008 Golden Spikes Award winner as the best player in college baseball was drafted 5th overall that year. Posey had a cup of coffee with the Giants last year, but with the offensively-challenged team in contention this year, the pre...

This week in the TMI Power Poll, we break down the top 10 bullpens in the bigs. The ability to have a strong stable of arms late in the game has been the difference for many teams this season as managers have more and more information at their dispos...

Last year on Insider, Tom Haberstroh used Pitch f/x to break down some of the nastiest pitches in baseball and earlier this season Baseball Tonight researcher Mark Simon broke down Adam Wainwright's curveball and came to the conclusion it is the best...

This week in the TMI Power Poll, the topic was the best third basemen in the game today. There was a bit of a youth movement at the hot corner as four members of the top 10 have fewer than four years of service in the big leagues. Meanwhile, a former...

This week in the TMI Power Poll it's all about starting pitchers. Who is the best in the game today? Who is the most likely to throw a no-hitter? We break down why each starter in our top ten strikes fear into opposing hitters. Only two pitchers ...

This week on the TMI Power Poll we look at the top all-around centerfielders. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti publicly criticized Matt Kemp last week, suggesting that the centerfielder's new contract has him too comfortable and that his baserunning and defe...

This week in the TMI Power Poll we focus on switch hitters. No easy task to be able to rake from both sides at the major-league level. Despite his slow start to 2010, we have Mark Teixeira firmly in the top spot thanks to his track record. Teixeira ...