Up next for Angels: Wednesday vs. Detroit -- latimes.com
Joe Saunders vs. Edwin Jackson
Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - FOX Sports on MSN
Curtis Granderson and Placido Polanco hit back-to-back triples in the seventh inning, with Polanco driving in the go-ahead run.
Lackey doesn't have it in seventh inning as Angels lose -- latimes.com
The talk shows and the message boards (Halos Heaven) no doubt lighted up before the scoreboard did: Why did Mike Scioscia leave John Lackey in the game so long?
Tigers-Angels Preview - FOX Sports on MSN
The Tigers look to complete their first three-game road sweep of the Angels in 16 years when the two clubs meet again Wednesday.
Detroit vs. LA Angels - August 26, 2009 - MLB.com: Gameday
MLB.com Gameday Preview: Detroit vs. LA Angels - August 26, 2009
Team Reports - CBSSports.com
The Angels will take a three-game losing streak into Wednesday's game against the Tigers. The Angels are the only team in the majors that has yet to have a four-game losing streak this season. They have not been swept at home this season.
Loux designated for assignment - Angels Unplugged - Los Angeles Times
The Angels designated pitcher Shane Loux for assignment after Tuesday's game, clearing a roster spot for Joe Saunders.
It's All-Opinions day - Angels Unplugged - Los Angeles Times
So the Angels continue to sit there and do nothing, and the Boston Red Sox, with an already vastly superior bullpen, add Billy Wagner and his 96 mph fastball. Then, to help their rotation, they have Paul Byrd in the minors, getting ready for a September call up . . . The moral: Some teams keep trying to get better. Others don't . . .
Angels had interest in Wagner - angelsbaseball.com:
"I think what is more important is what our starting pitching does. If our starting pitching gets us deeper into games, we can set up the bullpen in a different way."
Torii Hunter’s Personal Miracle - WSJ.com
Torii Hunter was in for a surprise. Two days before Christmas 2005, his father gathered him and his three brothers together to tell them they had a half brother.
Can he pitch?
Is Troy Percival a Hall of Famer? - Bleacher Report
In Major League history, only seven pitchers rank ahead of Troy Percival on the all-time saves leader board.
Famous `Big A' getting much-needed makeover - LA Daily News
The famous "Big A" on the west side of the 57 freeway in the stadium's parking lot is in the early phases of an upgrade that is being paid for entirely with the team's money. When it's finished, the old one-color board, which hasn't been operational most of this year, will be replaced by a full-color high-definition video board similar to the one on the east side of the 57 freeway in the parking lot of the Honda Center.
WWL's EC bias: Confirmed! - Viva El Birdos
If that isn't proof of an East Coast bias, I don't know what is.
August 26 - BR Bullpen
Events, births and deaths that occurred on August 26.
1984 - In Anaheim, the Tigers use the long ball to beat the Angels, 12 - 6. Kirk Gibson has two homers and four runs scored, Marty Castillo, hits a homer and scores three times, and Chet Lemon belts his first grand slam ever. Tommy John goes just two 2/3 inning in losing to Milt Wilcox (15 - 7).
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No... but it would be nice, if he did make it because he would dawn the halo cap.
KubanKowbell19 - August 26, 2009
Hahaha
“A giant crane is currently being used to assist workers who are applying a fresh coat of red paint to the 230-foot-high structure. The last paint job had faded to a dark shade of pink.
"
I knew it!
Figgi4life - August 26, 2009 via mobile
I knew it was getting a paint job
I see the crane everytime i take the amtrak to work. My pop and I thought people were painting it
princeton11loveshalos - August 26, 2009
I could never understand...
why they didn’t just paint it already and/or fix the burnt out LED lights. it’s been that way for a few years now. I was starting to cringe every time I drove by or rode my bike past it on the river bike path.
The color of that thing was starting to look like the shade of this comment box. at least it wasn’t periwinkle. or eggplant.
Brian S (brianguy) - August 26, 2009
Those would be some BIG LED’s…
This is old technology. You know, filaments and tubes? Parts were becoming scarce, from what I read.
Downing Rules - August 26, 2009
oh I see
Thanks.
I have stared at that thing from ground level and they sure looked like big LEDs from that vantage point. I don’t really know the age of the “halo” lighting system, only that the “A” was from the “Big A” scoreboard.
I did hear Arte on the radio this year say they wanted to get a “halo with lights that work” or something very close to that effect. though I couldn’t necessarily decipher exactly what that meant, or why it wouldn’t be easy to just refurbish the old one.
Brian S (brianguy) - August 26, 2009
Obsolescence is a bitch when working with an electronic beast made in the 1960’s! ;)
I cannot wait to see the finished product. Moreno does things right, from what I have seen around the field.
Downing Rules - August 26, 2009
true true
on that note, I just want to know who pushes the button and how long it usually takes for them to “flip the switch” when the team is on the road and gets a victory. has anyone ever seen it come on that would know??
I drove by it last week during a roadie literally 2 minutes after a game ended and Rory declared it Just Another Halo Victory. it was not yet lit.
I live very close so I will have to test it one of these days with a stopwatch… LOL
Brian S (brianguy) - August 26, 2009
I think Perci is an Angel HOFer
But not a MLB HOFer. If he’d been great with the Tigers or Cards then yeah. Only one decent year with the Rays. So only his Angel career was great. IMO.
Monkeyspanked - August 26, 2009
I was back in So Cal earlier this year...
and I stopped by the Big A. Took a photo in front of it. I’m glad its getting a makeover, it was looking pretty dated….
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 26, 2009
So, no chance for the Angels today?
The Angels are the only team in the majors that has yet to have a four-game losing streak this season. They have not been swept at home this season.
It sounds like all of this is coming to an end around here today.
Freddyd - August 26, 2009
Angels will score 25 runs and win by 3.
That is how today will go.
clover_black - August 26, 2009
Oh ye of little faith.
opiejeanne - August 26, 2009
Hindsight is surely 20/20
I was reserved to losing today, simply because so many factors were against Joe. But he came through. Good news.
Downing Rules - August 26, 2009
I didn't rule out the possibility of a win for him today, and I hoped he would win,
which are two separate things.
opiejeanne - August 26, 2009
Truth.
You are a better fanatic than I am. Good for you! ;)
Downing Rules - August 26, 2009
Well, I was kind of worried about his NEXT outing, not this one so much.
I don’t know if that makes any sense.
opiejeanne - August 26, 2009
Just don’t rule out the possibility of a win, like I had. We’ll be in big trouble then! ;)
Downing Rules - August 27, 2009
Heh. I don't. I am a bit of a worrier, though.
opiejeanne - August 27, 2009
I voted Yes because I didnt have the heart to vote no.
He probably just misses it. If he would of stayed healthy in Detroit he would have had 400 saves, that may have been enough.
haloak - August 26, 2009
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