By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Los Angeles Angels named Arizona Diamondbacks executive Jerry DiPoto as the team’s new general manager. He replaces Tony Reagins, who remains with the team as a special assistant. I think this is a great hire for the Angels.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

An All-Star team of major leaguers led by New York Yankees stars Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, less than 48 hours after the St. Louis Cardinals won Game 7 of a scintillating World Series.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

Game 7 of the World Series between St. Louis and Texas averaged 25.4 million viewers to make it the most-watched ballgame since 2004. Before that series, in which the Red Sox won their first title in 86 years in four games, the high mark was another Game 7 — the 2002 World Series between San Francisco and the Los Angeles Angels.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

Jerry Dipoto believes the relationship between pitchers and catchers comprises 90 percent of baseball. Perhaps that’s why the former major league pitcher believes he’ll get along quite well with old catcher Mike Scioscia in their new partnership with the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels introduced Dipoto as their new general manager on Saturday, ending owner Arte Moreno’s monthlong search…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

The Texas Rangers were one strike away from a championship — twice — and Mike Napoli was oh-so-close to being the likely MVP of the World Series. But the bullpen’s collapse in Game 6 forced the first winner-take-all game since 2002, and the St. Louis Cardinals spoiled Napoli’s unforgettable series with a 6-2 victory Friday night.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

Ricky Adams, a utility infielder on the Los Angeles Angels’ 1982 Western Division championship team, died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 52. The team said he died in Rancho Cucamonga. Adams was a first-round pick of the Houston Astros in 1977. He signed with the Angels in 1980 and went on to make his major league debut with them in September 1982.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

A drained Tony La Russa sat behind the podium, jersey gone and a blue towel draped around his neck, “When you dream,” the St. Louis Cardinals manager said, “you dream about seventh game, all the heroics.” After one of the greatest games in baseball history, a 10-9, 11-inning victory over Texas in Game 6 in which the Cardinals were twice within one strike of elimination, it was…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

Mike Napoli bats eighth, but he came through again, delivering a two-run double in the eighth for a 4-2 win over the Cardinals.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News

The troubled Boston Red Sox team that is currently in search of a manager, general manager and are dealing with controversy surrounding alleged beer consumption in the locker room during games announced that John Lackey will undergo Tommy John surgery .

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Los Angeles Angels News