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It's just one win, but it felt like a series clincher. For the first time in club history, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim recorded a shutout in the postseason, blanking the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Game One of the American League Division Series. What began as a good old-fashioned pitcher's duel between John Lackey and John Lester became a firm display of mental fortitude as the Angels dispelled any notion ...

á Yogi Berra said it best: It's deja vu all over again. For the third time in as many years, and fourth in the last six, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will face off against their postseason nemeses, the Boston Red Sox. In the past, the Red Sox have delivered nothing short of a royal beating to our beloved Halos. But as Angels center fielder Torii Hunter said on ESPN radio last ...

When it comes to sports teams, the playoffs are hardly the time to start making changes. But when it's the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim you're talking about, any new approach to the first round of the playoffs is a welcome change indeed. Earlier this week, Angels center fielder Torii Hunter appeared on a local sports talk radio show to discuss the playoffs, declaring in no uncertain terms that the Angels will ...

Just when we thought they were out, they pull themselves back in. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had effectively won the AL West and were out of any playoff races, any heated battles for divisional supremacy, and last-minute scrambles for a final spot in October. They were seven games ahead of the Texas Rangers with only 10 games to go. It would take a monumental collapse to blow that lead. But the ...

The very thing that has put the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in position to secure their third consecutive divisional title is now the only thing standing in the way of postseason success. The offense has been in a terrible slump in September, and every time it looks like the bats might finally wake up, they go ahead and nod off again. In their last two games, the Angels left a combined ...

  On Sunday, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim secured their 46th come-from-behind victory on the season. Some of those wins have come on clutch home runs or big late-inning hits, as was the case on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, while others have been fostered by strong pitching from both starters and relievers in tight ball games.  But the one constant in all of them has been spectacular defense. The Angels have had ...

This year, Joe Mauer is making every other catcher in the American League look bad by comparison. But right now, Mike Napoli doesn't need any help with that. The starting backstop for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim has been amazingly inconsistent all season long, which begs the question: Who will fill that role in Anaheim come 2010? On the surface, Napoli's numbers don't look too shabby. He is currently hitting .267 with ...

It is hard to imagine a more pathetic loss than the one handed to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Wednesday night. Up by a run with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth at Fenway Park, Angels closer Brian Fuentes gave up two walks and three singles, including a bases-loaded game-winning bloop to left, to hand the Boston Red Sox a 9-8 victory. The walk issued ...

  September baseball can often feel like October playoffs. Monday night, Mike Scioscia managed his squad like it was the last game of the World Series. On the cusp of what could be the most important week of the season for his Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Scioscia took over the one-game make-up contest against the New York Yankees as if his whole season was riding on it. He pinch ran, pinch hit, ...

  For years, the pitching staff of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was an embarrassment of riches. The starting rotation and bullpen rosters over the last decade have read more like the baseball equivalent of a Forbes Fortune 500 list, with names like Bartolo Colon, Francisco Rodriguez, and a healthy Kelvim Escobar throwing hostile takeovers from the mound each night. That was then. This year, the Angels' staff has turned into a derelict ...