mpcincal

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Well, it's just after midnight on Oct. 27, so in the midst of constantly hearing about the Dodgers being back in the World Series, I can take a moment (or few) to reflect on the special night 15 years ago: Of Lackey's five innings, Garret's 3-run double, the bullpen coming up with one more shutdown performance, and finally the moment when that last out settled into Darin Erstad's glove.
Happy anniversary, fellow Angel fans.

Starbucks Grounds.

I think the details in the article are a little off in the article: Judging from the video, I think Schofield actually hit it into the bullpen in left field and it cleared the taller BP fence by a good couple of feet. And as shown in the video, there was no leaping attempt from Collins; he just watched the ball fly over his head.
My experience that night was a lot like Chuck's. I was 18, and had just gotten off work at my fast-food job and turned on the radio in my car on the way home. It was 12-5 when I started the car, and they were able to put a couple runs on the board by the time I got home. My mom was in the living room with the news on and told me the Angels probably lost, and my Dad had given up and gone to bed. I went to my room to listen to the rest of the game on the radio.
When the call for the grand slam happened, I couldn't believe it; I started jumping around and burst into my Dad's room and woke him up. I then went back into the living just as the KTLA news was coming into its final segment. Apparently, they had just finished up the sports report, and Keith Olbermann was saying that the game wasn't over yet, but the Angels would probably suffer another loss. News came back on for the sign-off and Hal Fishman swung it back to Olbermann, who had a sheepish grin and said "Well, guess what happened?"
Over 30 years later, still a very memorable moment, even though it was a regular season game and I think the Angels probably would have won the division even if they had lost that game. I'm glad to see so many still remember it.
P.S. Sorry Dtwncbad had to miss it, but I'm sure he had a better night than 99 percent of us that night.

If they're going to do anything, I think they could just switch cap colors to navy crown and red bill, keeping the logo intact. The jersey wouldn't have to change either. As the photo showing all the different unis shows, the Angels always had red lettering on the jerseys with the navy hats.
One other thing I would do is take the primary logo off the sleeve, it's just unneccesary. Keep the secondary on the other sleeve.
I like the idea of bringing back the sleeveless vests. I think the players would love them for the summer day games. I'd like to see them do it a little differently on that one -- like putting the logo on the chest a la the classic A's or Reds uniforms.

If they're going to do anything, I think they could just switch cap colors to navy crown and red bill, keeping the logo intact. The jersey wouldn't have to change either. As the photo showing all the different unis shows, the Angels always had red lettering on the jerseys with the navy hats.
One other thing I would do is take the primary logo off the sleeve, it's just unneccesary. Keep the secondary on the other sleeve.
I like the idea of bringing back the sleeveless vests. I think the players would love them for the summer day games. I'd like to see them do it a little differently on that one -- like putting the logo on the chest a la the classic A's or Reds uniforms.

If they're going to do anything, I think they could just switch cap colors to navy crown and red bill, keeping the logo intact. The jersey wouldn't have to change either. As the photo showing all the different unis shows, the Angels always had red lettering on the jerseys with the navy hats.
One other thing I would do is take the primary logo off the sleeve, it's just unneccesary. Keep the secondary on the other sleeve.
I like the idea of bringing back the sleeveless vests. I think the players would love them for the summer day games. I'd like to see them do it a little differently on that one -- like putting the logo on the chest a la the classic A's or Reds uniforms.

If they're going to do anything, I think they could just switch cap colors to navy crown and red bill, keeping the logo intact. The jersey wouldn't have to change either. As the photo showing all the different unis shows, the Angels always had red lettering on the jerseys with the navy hats.
One other thing I would do is take the primary logo off the sleeve, it's just unneccesary. Keep the secondary on the other sleeve.
I like the idea of bringing back the sleeveless vests. I think the players would love them for the summer day games. I'd like to see them do it a little differently on that one -- like putting the logo on the chest a la the classic A's or Reds uniforms.

Don't forget Joe Torre teaming up with Starr from 1985 to the middle of 1990 when he left to become the Cardinals manager. I always thought he did a great job on commentary.

Don't forget Joe Torre teaming up with Starr from 1985 to the middle of 1990 when he left to become the Cardinals manager. I always thought he did a great job on commentary.

Don't forget Joe Torre teaming up with Starr from 1985 to the middle of 1990 when he left to become the Cardinals manager. I always thought he did a great job on commentary.

Don't forget Joe Torre teaming up with Starr from 1985 to the middle of 1990 when he left to become the Cardinals manager. I always thought he did a great job on commentary.

Don't forget Joe Torre teaming up with Starr from 1985 to the middle of 1990 when he left to become the Cardinals manager. I always thought he did a great job on commentary.

It's an older book and might be harder to find, but I've always enjoyed "Damned Yankees" by Bill Madden and Moss Klein, two guys who covered the Yankees through the 1970s and '80s. This came out in 1990 as the Yankees were headed to the low point of the Steinbrenner era before regrouping and starting the late '90s dynasty.
 
It has the usual Steinbrenner-Billy Martin stories, and some others detailing the Yankees' rise to World Series titles in 1977-78 and moderate success into the '80s before their slow decline mainly due to Steinbrenner's meddling. Some funny stories in there.
 
I also enjoyed the books by former umpire Ron Luciano, mainly the first two "The Umpire Strikes Back," and "Strike Two."

Well, Sean Rodriguez sure made an impression tonight: He's probably launched a thousand memes and tweets with the sick knockout of the Gatorade cooler.
 
Also, it had been a long time since I've seen him. I didn't realize he went for the "son of Rico Suave" look.

Well, Sean Rodriguez sure made an impression tonight: He's probably launched a thousand memes and tweets with the sick knockout of the Gatorade cooler.
 
Also, it had been a long time since I've seen him. I didn't realize he went for the "son of Rico Suave" look.

Did anyone notice the actual AL West standings for this season were almost exactly reversed from what they picked? They got the Angels right, but their top two picks ended up as the bottom two, and of course the Rangers were first and the Astros second. The only thing that kept from perfectly reverse order was the A's finishing last instead of the Mariners.
 
EDIT: Chalmers beat me to it.

It wouldn't be a matter of WHOM I would root for, but WHAT I would root for -- mainly for the stadium to explode, or maybe something like that football-game incident in "The Dark Knight Rises."

It wouldn't be a matter of WHOM I would root for, but WHAT I would root for -- mainly for the stadium to explode, or maybe something like that football-game incident in "The Dark Knight Rises."