Podcast: 60 For 60 — The 60th Anniversary Angels (Nos. 60-56)
by BJ Martin and Stu Matthews, Angels Nation staff Angels fans, listen up ... here they come! As part of the special podcast series commemorating "60 For 60" -- 60 great Angels players going all the way back to 1961…
Angels 5, Giants 2 — Cactus League 2/28/21 Breakdown
by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing editor The "No-MLB Anxiety" eased up quite a bit on Sunday. So did the total absence of fans in the stands. The Covid pandemic is still around, but 28 teams played in 14 MLB spring…
Spring Training Watch: The Outfielders
by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing editor In a month's time, the green, green grass of home will be ready for Mike Trout, Justin Upton, Dexter Fowler and ... Jo Adell, who hopes to get back to the Big A and…
Spring Training Watch: The Infielders
by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing editor Cynical Angels fans -- you know the ones around the message boards -- cried out for a player named "Maypitch" or "Mayhit." But the Thursday arrival of bearded shortstop Jack Mayfield, an old-school glove-slinger,…
Spring Training Watch: The Relief Pitchers
by BJ Martin, angelsnation.com staff writer Every year, non-roster invitees and "no-name" players in the Angels' spring training camp make a big impact for themselves in the Cactus League. Last March, the excellence of pitchers Mike Mayers and Jacob Barnes…
The Press Gang Forecast the 26-Man Angels Opening Day Roster
by Angels Nation staff | and guest contributors: Angels players, coaches and trainers are hard at work. They're gearing up for the 2021 season in Tempe, Ariz. -- and from the "pressbox" (or Zoom Conference Box, thanks to a worldwide…
Springtime in the Springs — Tim Mead
Springtime in the Springs: Tim Mead (One of our special series about the Angels' memorable spring trainings in Palm Springs, CA -- before the Cactus League and in honor of the club's 60th MLB season). by Stu Matthews, angelsnation.com managing…
Springtime in the Springs — Autograph Hunter!
Springtime in the Springs: Autograph Hunting (One of our special series about the Angels' memorable spring trainings in Palm Springs, CA -- before the Cactus League and in honor of the club's 60th MLB season). by BJ Martin, angelsnation.com staff…
Wife “retires” Albert Pujols — then swiftly “unretires” MLB legend
Alarm bells rang out briefly across Angels' social media Monday after Deirdre Pujols -- the wife of Angels veteran slugger Albert Pujols -- posted on Instagram that her 41-year-old husband was experiencing the "first day of the last season" of…
Spring training notes: Two-way talk around Ohtani, Ward, Walsh
Angels pitchers and catchers are the only ones straggling in so far at the team's spring training complex in Tempe, Arizona when the club held their first official workouts. In order to manage the complexities of the ongoing Covid pandemic,…
