monkeywithahalo.com - 10/7/2009
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The start of the ALDS is a little more than 24 hours away and the Angels and their fans are eager to learn their post-season fate. Will it be another year of Boston-induced disappointment, or will the Angels finally overtake their playoff nemesis? A lot of people think that this is ...
hardballtimes.com - 10/8/2009
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The Red Sox have dominated this playoff matchup,
and 2009 doesn't look like the year that will...
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Why the Red Sox will beat the Angels
firebrandal.com - 10/8/2009
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With the opening pitch set for 9:37 pm,
Eastern Standard Time, the Sox and Angels get ready...
to kick off their leg of the American League playoffs. The short-series ALDS puts tremendous emphasis on the opening game, as a 1-0 lead in a Best of 5 is better than gold. With Beckett going up ...
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ALDS Game One Preview
hardballtimes.com - 10/8/2009
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hardballtimes.com —
Baseball’s checkered history of expansion may be the
real issue in competitive balance. Click the title to...
read more. Read more great baseball stuff at The Hardball Times .
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Why the Angels should face the Rockies
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"It's A Different Year": Thursday Halolinks
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34 MLB experts give picks for Red Sox-Angels - Sporting News Twenty-four of our panelists like the Angels to beat the Red Sox and advance to the ALCS.
Why the Red Sox will beat the Angels - Hardball TImes I feel confident that the Red Sox are the better team and should be headed to the ALCS.
And from our new friend at "Monkey With A Halo"
10 Reasons Why the Angels Will Beat the Red Sox (and 5 Why the Won’t) - Monkey With ...
Patience overrated, depth not
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Monkey with a Halo — which, by the way, you should really be reading if you’re not already — has 10 reasons of his own why it’ll be the Angels this year. Here are three: Patience - The Achilles heel of the last several Halo post-season squads has been their over aggressiveness at the plate. But this line-up is different and finally knows how to work the count until they get their pitch, taking the pressure off themselves and putting it on the opposing pitcher. Line-up depth - It used to be that the Angels had to try and scratch out runs with sac bunts and bloop singles ...
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