There’s a lot to be said for consistency. And then, there’s the Los Angeles Angels. If you define “success” as winning more games than losing them, the Angels have not been successful […]
Stay the course with Ron W
Ducks new duds = more wins?
The Anaheim Ducks haven’t made a good move since the 2017-18 season, the last time they made the Stanley Cup playoffs; indeed the last time they posted a winning (44-25-13) record. Since […]
Six very early NFL questions
We were in Oggi’s at Chapman and Harbor on Monday for lunch and one of the 500 (slight exaggeration) or so TV screen announced that it was 115 more days until opening […]
The Halos’ homely home record
Of all the depressing statistics that define the Los Angeles Angels’ too-early descent into the lower recesses of the American League, the most head-scratching number is this one: 4-12. No, that’s not […]
Stay the course with coaches
The Lakers’ firing of Darvin Ham as head coach this week was about as predictable and short-sighted as such things come. The team has now had seven head coaches in 15 years, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
The worst sports team name?
In the classic tale of Rip Van Winkle, the title character goes to sleep in colonial America and awakes 20 years later, stunned by the changes he missed, including going from being […]
