Posts Tagged ‘MLB.com’
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End of the Road for Boston Woes OR Just the Beginning of Boston’s Road WoesJuly 20th, 2008
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A few short months ago a la October, the Angels were basically running away from Fenway’s bombers with their proverbial tails between their legs. After losing two series ending in sweeps to the Red Sox on two separate post-season occasions since the turn of the millennium, the Angels seemed to have their work cut out for them again in 08 if they wanted any chance at another World Series run.
The Angels have been, in their career, weak against the formidable Boston lineup. It is because of this that so many sports writers have criticized the Angels’ management for not acquiring a more fear-inducing bat for the middle of the lineup to back Big Daddy Vladdy. In fact, despite a successful first half, power rankings on ESPN still give little credence to the team and still stress this same overly-repetitive theme: “The Angels are the clear favorites in the AL West despite an offense that ranks 23rd in the majors in OPS and runs scored. Will they make a run at Mark Teixeira or Matt Holliday, or cling to the hope that starting pitching, a great closer and a flair for one-run victories can propel them deep into October?” (Crasnik’s “Starting 9” on ESPN.com). Though that last little statement, ending in a rhetorical question, seems to be rather connotative of a negative sentiment, I beg to differ, and offer up a definite YES. Great pitching > great hitting. Almost always. Read more
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What a Deal!June 21st, 2008
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There are a lot of good deals going around baseball right now; in fact, MLB.com has been writing articles about them all week.
But I have to, of course, highlight my team’s stadium. The deals for players – i.e. Jon Garland which I still don’t completely trust, and the deal over Torii Hunter which I now fully support – are not the only good deals going on at Angels Stadium.
Ha! I bet you totally thought I was going to talk about players’ deals.
I was sitting in class (teaching) about a week ago, and the kids were all watching a movie (I hate block schedule). Being the resourceful woman that I am, I brought my laptop with me. Perusing about the sports websites bookmarked on my internet browser, I came across an article on the Angels’ team site talking about “bargains.” On the article was a link to their special ticketing information, and the first one on there was something about the series against the Mets. By typing in the password “mets,” you could get selected seating for $3 for upper view, $5 for lower view, and $20 for some of the good ground level seats. So I said “why the hell not?” whipped out my credit card and bought a pair on the spot. Oh the benefits of wi-fi!
Wednesday night’s game was the game of choice, and I’d bought two tickets in section 425, row F. FIVE BUCKS! That’s it! On our way to the park we hit up the ever-so-close Del Taco and got ourselves a couple Del’s Deals, paid our $8 for parking, walked ourselves up to our seats, and parked ourselves for the rest of the game.
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California Doesn’t Exist to the MediaMay 15th, 2008
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*soapbox speech begins*
California used to be an important place: home to Hollywood, the place to see all the major stars, the place of movie productions, the place of television stations and filming, the place of music industry and radio… but not only media. It’s also the place of constant summer, the pacific ocean, Disneyland, and skiing only another hour drive away. Not to mention, the third-largest commercial economy in the world.
It used to be that everyone was in love with California, especially the “OC” (though I, being myself from LA, don’t really much understand the hype). But lately, us Angels fans should be feeling a bit dejected.
I often look to sports news and television to keep up with the rest of baseball which regional television prevents me from seeing on a daily basis. However, the more and more I read, the more media bias I see, and the more sickened I become. I understand that everything has an inherent bias. We all have our opinion of things, and we’re all entitled so. But the purpose of media is to present facts and information to all audiences. And without reliability, honesty, and timeliness, news loses credibility. As of late, the media has really been losing it, at least for me.