Category — Angels

According to Dennis Berman of the Wall Street Journal, the group headed by Magic Johnson has won the bidding for the Dodgers for $2 billion, a record purchase for a Major League Baseball team.
This historic development means Johnson becomes the 1st African American to own a MLB club.
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The Phoenix metro area is getting a boost in beer sales with 2 of our favorite characters, Padres fan Bill Prall and Pirates breath Paul McDonald. The 2 sent us this gem before reloading on Coors Light and taking in the punk-ass Cubs and D-Backs exhibition on Friday at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the new spring training digs for the D-Backs and Rockies.

The Phillies (7-2) are the favorite to capture the World Series, according to the odds at Santa Fe Station in Las Vegas. The Cardinals, who shocked the world and the Phillies in last season’s playoffs, are 16-1, down from 18-1. Among the others: Yankees (9-2); Red Sox (7-1); Angels (5-1); Dodgers (28-1); Rangers (4-1); Tigers (5-1); Giants (12-1); Braves (16-1); punk-ass Cubs (35-1); White Sox (50-1); Padres (155-1); and A’s (100-1).

So who’s the blond?
This select group of former Major Leaguers and Hall of Famers gathered for dinner Sunday at N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. How about this lineup: Reggie Jackson; Randy Johnson; Bo Jackson; John Smoltz; Ozzie Smith; Wade Boggs; Gary Sheffield; David Wells; Trevor Hoffman; Joe Carter; Rob Dibble; and Harold Reynolds.
Image courtesy of Palms Casino Resort

Maybe Prince Fielder’s buddy Matt Kemp is a better recruiter than we know.
ESPN LA

If Texas signs Prince Fielder, the Rangers-Angels rivalry will be as compelling as any rivalry in Major League Baseball, including the frequently overhyped Yankees-Red Sox matchup.
Yahoo Sports

No Genuis and Prince Albert? Probably had something to do with their Tea Party politics? Didn’t think so.
The Cards do the White House and the 1st Lady is a big hit as usual.
Post-Dispatch

There also is a tale about Super Bowl Sunday in Dallas last February, but that’s a story best told on a rainy day.
Nothing could have been sweeter for the Dallas Mavericks than capturing their 1st NBA title, particularly by beating the Miami Heat, but a close second was Dirk and his mates wiping out the Lakers in a sweep that still resonates in L.A.
For me though, nothing in 2011 compares to Game 6 of the World Series in St. Louis, where the Rangers were a strike away from claiming their 1st championship before David Freese drilled a fastball to right over the head of Nelson Cruz and the Cardinals, who were on life support just to make the playoffs a month before (not everyone thought such though), began a seemingly impossible rally in extra innings that resulted in the club winning its 11th banner.
Hours before Game 7, which was practically an afterthought as far as Cards fans were concerned, I strolled up to a betting window in 1 of my favorite sportsbooks (Santa Fe Station in Vegas) like the cocky young fella I used to be, decked out in a classic power blue Cards’ jersey (think the ’80s and the “White Rat”) with the Wizard’s name and number in red letters on the back and flashing the biggest and shittiest grin 1 could imagine. Even the betting clerk couldn’t resist smirking.
“You know why I’m here,” I said sarcastically, confident as I’ve ever been before wagering a bet.
“Good luck,” he said.
I didn’t need it. I knew my money was as good as gold.

Man, what are all of the folks who voted him MVP thinking? Hell, if this is true, what the hell was he thinking?
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

For Angel fans, today was a heavenly affair. Arte Moreno and the club introduced 2 of their highest-paid millionaires, Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, during a press conference at the Big A. More than 4,000 fans attended.
AP
Resource: These 2 players must have had excellent business managers working for them.