Reds 7, Angels 5 (8 inn.) — Cactus League 3/2/21 Breakdown
by Stu Matthews, Angels Nation managing editor The Angels played their first full game of spring training at Goodyear Ballpark on Tuesday, and their first night game. And their first overly long game. At the end, the Angels lost to…
Podcast: 60 For 60 — The 60th Anniversary Angels (Nos. 55-51)
by BJ Martin and Stu Matthews, Angels Nation staff Angels fans, listen up ... here come some more! As part of this special podcast series commemorating "60 For 60" -- 60 great Angels players going all the way back to…
Angels 4, White Sox 4 — Cactus League 3/1/21 Breakdown
by Stu Matthews, Angels Nation managing editor There's no crying in baseball, and there are no tie games either. But it's spring training, and about 2,000 fans watched the Angels "draw" 4-4 against the Chicago White Sox in their home…
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…
Mike Trout Guest Column — “Why Not Be Like Mike?”
by Clarence Council III, special to angelsnationcom Mike Trout and I couldn't have come from farther apart, physically or geographically Even though I was born and raised in the south side of Chicago -- where a different Mike (Jordan) performed…
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…
