Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Albert Pujols donning his new Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim uniform at a press conference to announce his joining the team on December 10, 2011 in Anaheim.
[image: MLB Twitter]

St. Louis Cardinals free agent first baseman Albert Pujols has signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for a record 10 years at $250-$260 million dollars according to reports.
The Cardinals had planned to talk with Pujols’ agent one more time Thursday before heading home. But sources told Olney that the Cardinals’ latest offer was [...]

As a matter of personal policy, I rarely write about the New York Yankees.  No offense to Yankees fans, but I’m just morally opposed to the concept of buying championships in a league that is clearly skewed to favor those teams that can out-payroll everyone else.  Therefore, I usually leave blogging about the Bronx Bombers [...]

The Boston Red Sox whomped the Los Angeles Angels 5-0 on the strength of a stellar performance by pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka.  Dice-K worked 8 innings, giving up only 1 hit and striking out 9.
Matsuzaka (2-2) was sharp in his last showing, throwing seven scoreless innings in a win Monday against Toronto, and he kept [...]

Jered Weaver is on a roll.  Wednesday night he struck out eight Texas batters on the way to a six hit, one run performance.  It was also a complete game for Weaver and his fifth win of this early MLB season.  The Angels beat the Rangers 4-1.  According to NBC Sports:

The complete game was the [...]

Spring training is here, baby!  And we’re loading up on news and rumors from around the majors.
The Los Angeles Angels went 80-82 last season and missed the playoffs for the second time in seven seasons.  Not bad.  But how are going to put together a winning season this time around.  Doug Mead asks 10 Questions [...]