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The Los Angeles Angels called up top pitching prospect Nick Adenhart to start Thursday night against Oakland. The Seattle Mariners ... [link]

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Thoughts on Nick Adenhart

If you missed the news, Rotoworld is reporting that Angels pitching prospect Nick Adenhart will be called up tonight to make his major league debut. As fantasy owners scramble to blindly add him or rush to put in a waiver claim for you unlucky Yahoo leaguers, the question you should actually be asking yourself is “What can we expect from him this year?”
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Buzzie Bavasi, former Dodgers GM, dies at 92 - Los Angeles Times

Emil J. "Buzzie" Bavasi, the forceful general manager who shepherded the Dodgers through their World Series-studded transition from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, died Thursday. He was 92. Bavasi, who also had served as an executive with the Angels and San ...
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Inauspicious Debuts

As I write this, the Angles trail Oakland 4-0 in the second inning. After a nice start, Nick Adenhart, making his major league debut, gave up a hit, four walks, and another hit, which led to those four runs. It's times like these I like to recall ...
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Open Thread: Game 30 - A's at Angels (cont.)

It's been an odd first two innings, to say the least. After the A's walk-walk-walk-walked their way to a 4-0 lead against a jittery rookie pitcher, it all felt apart in the bottom half, when Jack "Iron Man and Iron Glove" Cust butchered a routine fly. Unable to contain the damage, Duchscherer gave up a 3-run shot to Aybar... plus more nonsense, and here we are, trailing 5-4 after two ...
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May 17, 2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Cleveland Indians Box Score and Play by Play - Baseball

BATTING Anaheim Angels AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit PO A Details C Figgins CF-SS 5 2 3 0 0 0 .255 .672 16 0 1 2B D Erstad 1B 3 1 2 0 1 1 .245 .659 20 9 1 J Davanon PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .573 2 0 0 V Guerrero RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .315 .912 14 2 1 GDP J ...
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