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Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rockies (3-25-2021) Bundy on the Bump!

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BALLY SPORTS WEST ANNOUNCES 2021 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

REGULAR SEASON BROADCAST SCHEDULE

 

Opening Day Coverage of the 2021 Angels Regular Season to

Feature the All-New Bally Sports West Network Branding

 

“Bally Sports Big Opening Day” Will Debut Prior to Angels vs White Sox Pregame Coverage on April 1;

Live Show to Offer MLB Previews and Sports Updates Across the 19 Bally Sports Regional Networks

 

LOS ANGELES – Bally Sports West (rebranding from FOX Sports West), home of the Los Angeles Angels, today announced its 2021 Angels regular season schedule with approximately 154 games. All games not airing exclusively on a national platform, will air on the all-new Bally Sports West regional network starting with Opening Day coverage, April 1 at 8AM vs the Chicago White Sox.  

As previously announced, Matt Vasgersian will join Angels telecasts this season as the network’s lead play-by-play announcer alongside Analyst, Mark Gubicza who returns for his 15th season. Daron Sutton will also rotate in throughout the season to provide play-by-play alongside Gubicza. New this season, Jose Mota will join game broadcasts to supply added analysis; Alex Curry also returns throughout the season.

The network will continue to deliver “Angels Live” pregame and postgame coverage, providing fans with unmatched access to the team with interviews, extended analysis, unique features and more. Led by Patrick O’Neal, rotating at the host position with Kent French throughout the season, Opening Day coverage on April 1 will feature a special one-hour “Angels Live” pregame show ahead of first pitch. 

In celebration of the Angels 60th anniversary season, Bally Sports West will deliver specialty themed 60th Anniversary telecasts that welcome in former Angels players behind the mic. More information on the schedule and guests analysts will be revealed throughout the season. 

Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Cubs (3-22-2021) Canning on the bump!

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Interview Conducted by David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer

There’s no doubt that the Angels this year will hit a lot of homeruns this year. With Trout, Rendon, Ohtani, Upton, and Pujols in the lineup, the potential for a lot of offense is clearly established.

But the biggest homerun the Angels may hit this year is in bringing back Daron Sutton to help with the Play-By-Play announcing for the Angels broadcasts. Along with Matt Vasgersian, Sutton will form part of the broadcast team to work alongside with Mark Gubicza and Jose Mota.

Long-time fans will remember Daron from his great announcing on the radio with Mario Impemba during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. And, even longer fans will remember him as the son of Don Sutton who won his 300th game with the Angels back in 1986.

Daron, an admitted Angels fan, brings a unique style to the booth that is easy to listen to and at the same time very informative. He brings the joy of a fan and the experience of having grown up in the around the game and having played in the Minor Leagues for the Angels as a pitcher.

AngelsWin.com recently caught up with Daron to talk Angels baseball and about his return to calling Angels games. Please click below to watch our interview and be sure to follow him on his Twitter feed @lifeisgreatsut.


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Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Royals (3/19/2021) Bundy on the bump!

Marsh's triple tonight reminded me that it's one of my favorite things.  

Robbed hrs

Walk off wins.  

What are yours?  

GameDay Thread: Angels vs. Mariners (3/17/2021) Happy St. Patricks Day!

The Indians are throwing their ace against what could be our opening day lineup. 

 

Lineup - 3-16 vs. CLE.PDF

GameDay Thread: Angels @ Reds 3/15/2021 - Alex Cobb on the bump!

With the clocks moving forward, we're now in alignment with the time in AZ, so most games will be at 1:05/1:10.


 

Who is going to be on opening day roster? I guess you have to throw in Ward too. It will not be Adell.   

So far here's the top two contenders.

Luis Rengifo: .286/.421/.992 (2 SB, 1 HR). Defensively Rengifo has played 1 game at 2B, 3 games at 3B, 4 games at SS and 1 game in LF. Rengifo has committed one error and it was at 3B. 

Franklin Barreto: .375/.444/1.007 (1 SB, 0 HR). Defensively Barreto has played 4 games at 2B, 2 games at 3B and 4 games at SS.  Barreto has yet to commit an error at any of those positions on defense. 

I'm guessing since Barreto is out of options we'll see him get the nod while Rengifo sees time across the diamond in the minors to continue his development. If he reestablishes himself as a leadoff hitter, getting on base and stealing bases, I could see him taking over at either 2B or SS in 2022. 

Vote!

Alex Claudio scheduled to make his debut today. 

Gameday Thread: D-Backs @ Angels (03/12/2021) Stassi catching

The Angels have named Matt Vasgersian TV play-by-play voice. Daron Sutton hired to back Vasgersian up when doing ESPN games.


 

Gameday Thread: Giants @ Angels (03/11/2021)

Gameday Thread: Angels @ Indians (03/10/2021)

7 innings today. There's also apparently a "B" game that Bundy is going to start in.  Hopefully Detmers sees action in that one, since he's not listed on this one. Looks like Rodriguez will get an inning in this one, though. 

6 innings today.  

Gameday Thread: Angels vs. Rockies (3/6/2021)

Some fan bases are more well-known than others for having few too many during a baseball game, but which MLB are the biggest drinkers?

NJ Online gambling recently surveyed 2,631 Major League Baseball fans who were over the age of 21, to learn more about their drinking habits and to find out which fanbases drink the most..

Here’s what they found:

The Los Angeles Angels are the 24th booziest fans in baseball averaging 2.8 drinks per game.


Angels fans spend the 2nd most in MLB per game with an average of $49.


Top 5 booziest fanbases: 1. Chicago White Sox 2. Atlanta Braves 3. Cincinnati Reds 4. Cleveland Indians 5. San Diego Padres.


The Angels rank 9th for the biggest pregamers with 60% of Angels fans admitting to drinking before the game starts.


The Angels rank 15th for biggest lightweight drinkers with 29% of Angels fans admitting to having missed some or all of a game due to drinking too much.


28% of Angels fans reported drinking more when the team is playing poorly which ranked 3rd among MLB fanbases.

Gameday Thread: Angels @ A's 3/5/21: Ohtani on the mound!