Thursday, August 3, 2017

Angels hit 3 home runs in third in 7-0 rout over Phillies

Angels hit 3 home runs in third in 7-0 rout over Phillies

Eight years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies acquired a young, potential-filled right-hander named JC Ramirez in a trade for Cliff Lee, an ace starter they had acquired four months before in failed pursuit of playoff glory.

Four years later, Ramirez reached the big leagues in a Phillies uniform,…


Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs returning to starting rotation

Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs returning to starting rotation

The Angels will reintroduce a long-gone member of their rotation Saturday against Oakland. Left-hander Tyler Skaggs will return to the mound after a three-month absence.

Skaggs suffered a strained oblique muscle in Texas on April 29. Strains of Skaggs’ severity typically take 10-12 weeks to return…


Marco Núñez y el presente físico de los Lakers

Charla de Mike Trudell con el “profe” de los Lakers.


Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Checking In On the Training Room

Marco Nunez took over the position of Lakers Head Athletic Trainer from Gary Vitti last season and completed a year of generally good hea


Pujols carries Angels’ offense in 7-1 win over Phillies

Pujols carries Angels’ offense in 7-1 win over Phillies

No matter how good Mike Trout is — and the center fielder has been transcendent since he reached the big leagues for good in 2012, with two American League most valuable player awards and three runner-up finishes — he alone cannot lead the Angels to a World Series.

That’s been proved over the…


Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Angels mailbag: What’s left this season?

Hey, Angels fans. The team is 51-55 right now, five games out of an American League wild-card spot, twice as far as last week. They struggled some in Cleveland and Toronto. Multiple walk-off grand slams were involved.

At Monday’s trade deadline, they did little. Let’s get to some questions about…


Spending on international players sets up trade deadline moves for Dodgers

Spending on international players sets up trade deadline moves for Dodgers

The three o’clock hour was underway, and so were the conference calls with the general managers. The trade deadline had passed a couple hours earlier, and now was the time for the Dodgers and Angels to explain their moves.

At 3:15, Farhan Zaidi talked about the Dodgers’ trade for Yu Darvish.

At…