By Greg Beacham/AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM (AP) — Mike Trout never had a significant injury in his charmed baseball career until May 2017, when he tore a thumb ligament sliding headfirst into […]
Mike Trout is out … again
My plan(s) to rescue the Angels
As promised, Jim’s second half of proposals for rescuing the Los Angeles Angels from perpetual exile in the Under .500 club. Remedy Four: Relocate or threaten to relocate. The Oakland A’s were […]
See future through the Smoke
The future has landed in Garden Grove’s Civic Center area. I’m not talking about the Civic Center Revitalization project; that undertaking – including a new police building with adjacent parking structure, as […]
Magnificent ‘Night Music’ at GW
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Love moves in mysterious ways. (Though lust is reasonably predictable.) In the marvelous new Martie Ramm-directed “A Little Night Music” at Golden West College’s Mainstage Theater, it’s […]
Rams got defensive in NFL draft
By Greg Beacham/AP Sports Writer HERMOSA BEACH (AP) — Jared Verse was immediately handed a phone when he eluded Friday traffic and arrived at the opulent beach-adjacent home serving as the Los […]
What should the Angels try?
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 […]
Find these “Lost Landmarks”
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune Harry Truman once wrote (or said) that “The only thing new under the sun is the history we don’t know.” Here in Orange County, where it seems […]
Champs crowned as league schedules are completed
The regular season for area high school baseball and softball teams is over; titles decided and the CIF-SS playoffs are starting next week. In baseball, the Cypress Centurions defeated the Pacifica Mariners […]
Local public high schools get good report cards from USN
Public high schools in our West Orange County area received a report card this week from U.S. News & World Report and most did pretty well. The magazine annually ranks high schools […]
Tom is remembered fondly in the ‘House that Bradac Built’
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune If Yankee Stadium was called “The House that [Babe] Ruth Built,” surely the Festival Amphitheater in Garden Grove– now the Garden Amp – could be termed “The […]
