Adrian Beltre Sweepstakes Down To Red Sox & Angels

The Tigers have agreed to a 2-year contract extension with potential free agent third baseman Brandon Inge. The deal includes a 2013 club option, and Detroit is now out of the running for Adrian Beltre. Jon Heyman of SI.com tweeted on Thursday morning that Beltre will either sign with the Red Sox or the Angels, [...]

Bobby Abreu On The Red Sox’ Radar?

By claiming fan favorite turned traitor Johnny Damon from the Tigers, the Red Sox proved their desperation for a capable bat in left field. Aside from Manny Ramirez, there might not be a human being on Earth that has a worse relationship with Red Sox’ management. Not surprisingly, Damon turned down a return to Boston, [...]

Davis returns, shines during Rays over Angels

P Wade Davis returned off the 15 day DL and gave a strong performance as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Los Angeles Angels. Davis pitched into the 6th inning, surrendering 6 hits and 2 earned runs. Tampa took the lead in the top of the second inning and never looked back, beating the Angels [...]

Rays welcome an old friend

The Tampa Bay Rays said hello to an old friend last night, Scott Kazmir. Kazmir has struggled mightily since being traded away from the Rays to the Angels. Tampa jumped on Kazmir early and posted 4 runs in the first two innings, it could have been worse for the lefthander. In a great sign for [...]

Jays Shine in California Sun, beat Angels.

  The Toronto Blue Jays (62-55)  managed to bounce back against the Los Angeles Angels (60-58) in the rubber match of the three-game series with a 4-1 victory. Jays starting pitcher Ricky Romero (10-7) was able to outduel his Angels counterpart, Dan Haren (1-3 with Angels), through 7-innings before giving the ball up to Jason [...]

Jays Beat Angels – Wells, Encarnacion &Tallet Clear Waivers + Trades with Braves & Twins in the Works?

  The Toronto Blue Jays (61-54) stretched their new win streak to two games last night, thanks to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, brought to us by the letter “W”, the number “3″ and the arm of Marc Rzepczynski (1-1) . Toronto looks to extend their winning ways to three games tonight, putting Brett Cecil (9-5) [...]

Scoot Saves Sox From Embarrassing Loss

A grand slam in the 8th propelled the Sox to what should have been an easy victory over a bullpen and starter by committee. In the series finale the So were thinking sweet with Beckett facing the Anah…. LA pupu platter of pitchers du jour. Beckett performed well showing a nice breaking ball and his [...]

Joel Pineiro Scratched: Advantage Sox

Former Red Sox and current Angels starter Joel Pineiro has been scratched from his start for today’s game. Pineiro, a 10-game winner this season, strained his left oblique while warming up in the bullpen prior to the game. In his place, reliever Scot Shields makes his first start in nearly 7 years for Anaheim, and [...]

Running Rant: Lackey’s Return

Tonight I’ll be doing a sports guy style running diary. I’ll do these for big games, weird games, or games where I am too aggravated with the Sox to cajole some intelligent content loose from my head. I’ll post my thoughts between innings. (It should be noted that these are unfiltered. Anger, happiness, and other [...]

Angels’ Former Ace Faces Current Ace: John Lackey vs. Jered Weaver

Tonight is an important start for John Lackey in more ways than one. Lackey spent his first 8 Major League seasons with the Angels, many of them as the ace of the rotation, and tonight marks his first start in Anaheim since signing with Boston in the off-season. He’ll also be pitching opposite Jered Weaver, [...]

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