http://www.angelshomeplate.com A blog about Los Angeles Angels Baseball Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:46:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Los Angles Angels announced on Tuesday that they would be picking up the club opions on Vladimir Guerrero and John Lackey. They will however not be picking up the option on long time Angel Garrett Anderson. Guerrero will be earning $15 million in 2009 while Lackey will be picking up ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/angels-pick-up-options-on-guerrero-and-lackey/ The Red Sox always seem to find a way in the postseason. As much sucess as the Red Sox have had against the Angels in the postseason; particularly John Lackey, nobody in the ballpark had that losing feeling last night at the beginning of the night. The Angels aren't pushing the ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/red-sox-youth-wears-down-angels-in-game-one-loss/ The fans erupted after the Angels closed out the Yankees on Wednsday afternoon, but in a sense of anticipation and hope. The team congratulated each other as usual, but was all business going into the clubhouse. After the Mariners defeated the Rangers an hour later, the Angels were set to begin their ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/champs-again-angels-first-to-clinch/ The Angels lost 2 disappointing game sin Chicago to begin the 3-game series. Now, they had to avoid the sweep the lower their magic number. As it turns out, they were able to hold on. In a battle of lefties, Joe Saunders beat John Danks. Saunders was brilliant through 7 1/3 ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/game-3/ You had to expect a good series with 2 playoff contending teams matching up in Chicago. The White Sox and Angels battled each other for 3 games. Unfortunately, the Angels lost 2 out of 3. Here are the recaps: Game 1: The first one was a fun one--for White Sox fans. ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/angels-lose-2-out-of-3-in-wild-series/ The Angels won a close one in the Motor City on Tuesday night, beating the Tigers 5-4. This win was propelled by Torii Hunter's 3 hit, 3 RBI game. Joe Saunders pitched a strong ballgame, and the Angels took the go-ahead lead when Mark Teixeira drove in a run with ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/torii-hunts-down-tigers/ The Angels remarkable season is winding down, as their magic number to clinch the AL West is down to nine. The team still is playing well, as they have just recently taken the first 3 games of the series against Texas at Angel Stadium. Here are the recaps: Game One: The ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/angels-beat-texas-in-3-straight/ The Angels have cooled off. Their offense has come back down to earth recently, and after losing 2 out of 3 to the Rays in Tampa, the team came home to face the Minnesota Twins, and were promptly torn apart in the first 2 games. The athletic Twins did everything better ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/angels-lose-first-2-to-minnesota/ If I didn't have Cliff Lee on my fantasy team, I might be more upset about this. To hold down a team as hot as the Angels, you have to be good. Cliff Lee proved he was last night, just like he has this whole year. Lee went the distance, and ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/lee-indians-too-much-for-angels/ The Angels have been so hot of late that there wasn't much to worry about when the last place Mariners took a 3-0 lead against Jon Garland at Angel Stadium Tuesday night. The team had been coming off a 5-1 east coast roadtrip where most recently, they had swept the ... http://www.angelshomeplate.com/red-hot-angels-roll-through-ms/