Ever since Billy Beane popularized what’s come to be called “Moneyball,” the close analysis of statistics has become the foremost aspect of baseball. I was looking at some season-to-date stats of our […]
Getting on base is the key step
Most valuable, most unlucky
You know, Mike Trout and I have a lot in common. No, I’m not pulling your leg. In fact, leg pulls are part of what I am mulling when I think about […]
Now, he’s a sucker for soccer
After years of grumbling about soccer, suggesting it was sort of … well … boring, I have finally decided that “world football” has its merits and am starting to enjoy the World […]
Walkoffs nice, but wins better
In my youth I had a crummy old car that sputtered and stalled at intersections … and sometimes ran as smooth as a gravy sandwich. Was it the carburetor? The air filter? […]
Trades both terrific and terrible
The LA-OC sports world is excited about the Rams trading to get superstar defensive end Myles Garrett from the Cleveland Browns. Brown, in case you haven’t heard, has been five times an […]
Mike Trout in Dodger Blue?
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Where has the old Mike Trout gone? Or, more to the point, where should he go? Mr. Trout has been one of the great baseball players […]
Angels best hope: a new big A
In the news business, the “title” of a regularly occurring event is called a “standing head.” So the topic of “What’s Wrong With the Angels?”might be similarly labeled. I mean, the Halos […]
Jo helps the Angels to soar
The Jo Show Dept: That’s what the Angels are calling the near-magical performance of the Angels outfielder Jo Adell on Sunday, as he robbed the Seattle Mariners of three “sure-thing” home runs. […]
How L.A. (ai) Angels won it all
Anyone remember the 1987 song by R.E.M. entitled “It’s The End of the World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)”? That notion occurred to me when I saw an […]
It’s all how you say it, Luka
As in all offenses outside the social norms, the rule of thumb is, “Don’t get caught.” At a game last Saturday – won by the Lakers 105-104 – our Luka Doncic and […]
