Ted Williams – arguably the greatest hitter in baseball in the modern era – once said “Don’t let anybody [bleep] with your swing.” That was his earthy way of saying, “You’ve come […]
What should the Angels try?
Ohtani homers in Toronto and the Dodgers are still rolling
Shohei Ohtani answered the boo-birds at Rogers Centre in Toronto with a home run on Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays 12-2. With the win, the Blue Crew […]
Angels stop skid with 7-4 win
The Los Angeles Angels snapped their five-game losing streak on Tuesday, defeating the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 in Anaheim. Mike Trout, batting leadoff for the first time since 2020, homered in his first […]
Again, Lakers fall late to Denver; Angels lose 5th game in a row
For the second game in a row, the Los Angeles Lakers built an early lead and faded late, losing 101-99 to the Denver Nuggets on the road, falling behind two games to […]
Tough Luck Tony’s latest fall
Now, this is a tough one. Do we roll our eyes over Anthony Rendon’s latest injury, which will put him out of the Angels lineup for the umpteenth time? Is this just […]
Shohei makes history as Dodgers break skid, 10-0
The Los Angeles Dodgers snapped their three-game losing streak on Sunday. beating the New York Mets 10-0 in Chavez Ravine. Shohei Ohtani made history as he hit his 176th career home […]
“Baker’s Dozen” was number 1
Writers influence writers, and no sports writer ever influenced me as much as Hugh Baker, the sports columnist for the Garden Grove Daily News (later The Orange County Evening News). From 1959 […]
Opinion: The 49ers got dragged all the way down to The Beach
Probably the most interesting thing about Long Beach State’s opening round 85-65 loss to Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament isn’t the fact that it was the […]
Opinion: Sports Re-Animated
Shohei and the Blue Crew are lighting up Korea, every gambler and hoops fan in America is seized by March Madness and is feverishly filling out his or her brackets and Jimmy […]
Opinion: Women copying the worst in men’s basketball
I don’t expect women to be “ladies.” I expect them to be women, just as I expect men to be men. Gender confusion aside, I’m surprised about the level of thuggy violence […]
