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Angels Fume at Beckett, Umpires

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A series full of drama and emotion got a little more entertaining today, when Josh Beckett whistled a ball past Bobby Abreu's head, inciting a bench-clearing incident that resulted in four Angels getting ejected.Even after it was all over and the Angels had pulled out another dramatic 5-4 victory, taking...

Mickey Hatcher Would Like the Angels to Start Hitting Before He Loses His Job

The Los Angeles Angels are in first place in the AL West, and are about to start a very important (okay, as important as a series can be halfway through the season) series with the Oakland Athletics in Anaheim tonight. They're only 4.5 games ahead of Oakland at the moment, and they're coming off a series against the...

Reggie Willits has a Devoted Family who Lives in a Batting Cage

With as much time as major league ballplayers are away from their families, it takes a devoted wife and devoted children to spend their lives with a ballplayer. Does that devotion have a limit? Not for the family of Angels speedster Reggie Willits, who basically live in a batting cage. That's right, the Willits' decided to...

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06/01/12 GM Dipoto answers questions on Angels Source: MLB Jerry Dipoto didn't figure that his first months as general manager of the Angels were going to transpire quite this way.
05/30/12 Pujols continues post-Hatcher surge Source: Angels: From the Dugout Having freed himself from Mickey Hatcher 's apparently bad advice, Albert Pujols has taken off since the Angels fired their hitting coach May 15.
05/23/12 Why Aren't Hitting Coaches Good at Hitting? Source: The Wall Street Journal The disappointing Los Angeles Angels fired hitting coach Mickey Hatcher last week.
05/22/12 Fired Angels coach Mickey Hatcher says he doesn't hold... Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Mickey Hatcher knows he has plenty of critics; they came out in full force on Internet message boards and radio call-in shows every time the Angels went into a prolonged offensive slump.
05/22/12 New hitting coaches need to have steady hands Source: MLB Few personnel changes in sports are as paradoxical as hiring a new hitting coach in the middle of a baseball season.