I was about to suggest that it’s interesting, what moments you remember in a three-decade career. Then I considered that we’re talking about a middle-of-the-lineup Angels hitter being shot dead on the streets of Gary, Indiana, and, yes, that probably ought to make for a memorable moment. Doesn’t happen every day. Anyway, that quote came […]

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The Angels don’t have to play all the regulars every day, these final 11 days of the season. But they should play enough of them, often enough, that they have a real shot at winning 100 games. A couple of good reasons to aim high:

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By me, of course. Not Andruw Jones. Nothing he did this season would bring to mind the word “blast” — at least not used in its slugging context. My, oh, my, what a dog. What a barking hound. What a self-inflicted wound the Dodgers dealt themselves, when they signed this grinning, useless, delusional and scandalously […]

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Maybe I have too much time, if I can look up this stuff. Some of it general interest. Some of it is fantasy-oriented. So those of you who hate the idea of hearing about someone’s fantasy team, think of it as stat-musings. For instance, Bengie Molina, former Angels catcher, now with the Giants? The big […]

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I did a bit of satire, or thought I did, the other day … based on baseball players’ dunderheaded habit of breaking their own bones while acting out. Punching walls, slapping bats, breaking glass, etc. In the wake of Carlos Quentin, the White Sox most productive hitter, breaking his hand while smacking his own bat […]

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Excuse me if this is a little dissjointed … I’m typing with one hand. The other is heavily wrapped because, yeah, my index finger is broken. How, you ask? Well, this is a little embarrassing … well, it’s really embarrassing, and inexcusable, but I broke it while I was punching the keyboard of my laptop. […]

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The Dodgers have it all goin’ on. Not only are they underachievers. Not only are they dead from the neck up. Not only can’t they get it together in the worst division in baseball. They also are thoroughly unlikeable — as people and players. A friend of mine (I’d use his name, but I didn’t […]

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The Angels middle infield situation is a train wreck. Maicer Izturis, out for the season with a torn tendon. Erick Aybar and Howie Kendrick, out of Wednesday’s game early with left-hamstring issues. Potential middle-infield backup Chone Figgins held out of Wednesday’s game with a sore toe. The Angels ended their 6-5 loss Wednesday with Sean […]

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It started down the right-field line, where most of the Chinese Taipei fans seem to be congregated. It was in Mandarin  … and thus unintelligible to me. But it quite certainly was sung to the tune of “Old McDonald Had a Farm.” More fans seemed into that than the seventh-inning stretch tune fest.

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The World Baseball Classic is  baseball’s answer to the soccer World Cup. The WBC works out much more handily. It is held in March, when none of the baseball-friendly countries are in their regular season. So it has all the stars. Unlike the Olympics, which appears to be conducted at about a Double-A level. The […]

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