San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum has won his second NL Cy Young Award, mlb.com has announced:
“Lincecum is the first pitcher to win consecutive Cy Young Awards since Randy Johnson, a Giant in 2009, won four in a row with the Arizona Diamondbacks from 1999-2002.”
Here are other back-to-back winners:
Angela Dalton and her family apparently can’t wait for spring to get excited about the Midsummer Classic.
In anticipation of the Angels hosting the 2010 All-Star Game at Angel Stadium, the Daltons carved the logo of the 2010 event into a pumpkin and e-mailed a photo to Anaheim reporter Eric Carpenter.
The game is scheduled for July 13.
Major League Baseball has opened online voting for “This Year in Baseball Awards.”
Click below for link to voting:
Mark Saxon has written an interesting column on the uptick of blown calls by umpires this October, and how they have been an embarrassment to Major League Baseball.
What do you think?
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The Angels are down three games to one in a best-of-seven series - and are coming off a 10-1 thumping by the Yankees.
Is this series over?
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While the Angels battle the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series, former Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams is tuning his guitar for a Latin and smooth jazz performance at Anthology in San Diego on Wednesday night.
Williams, a five-time All-Star with the Yankees from 1991 to 2006, has been playing guitar as long – and now longer – than he has been playing baseball. He was on the World Series teams in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Anthology, a destination for both music and fine dining, will host Williams at 7:30 p.m. The business is at 1337 India Street, San Diego.
Williams’ musical talents have received critical acclaim and given him 40 Top 40 Album honors. Tickets start at $7. The show is schedule to begin at 7:30 on Wednesday night.
The good news: A limited number of World Series tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Tuesday to Angel Insider fans.
The bad news: You must have registered as an Angels Baseball Insider by Oct. 6.
Click below to learn more about the World Series ticket sales:
I was just told this great story by Eric Carpenter, an Orange County Register reporter who attended Friday night’s game at Angel Stadium.
Eric grew up in Anaheim, graduated from Anaheim High School and has been rooting for the Angels all his life:
“So, I’m walking to the Angels game on Friday night and I see a couple of Sox fans turn around and start jawing at an Angels fan in a wheelchair and I’m thinking, ‘Oh, no. What’s this?’ Turns out, they offer to push him about a quarter-mile to the stadium entrance. … Thought it was a pretty cool moment.”
Proof positive that all Red Sox fans are not… well, you know.
Angels beat reporter Bill Plunkett has broken down the best-of-five ALDS - analyizing offense, defense, starting pitching, bullpen and intangibles - that begins at 6:37 p.m. tonight at Angel Stadium.
Click below for the link to his analysis - and prediction:
A live, online chat with Angels reporter Bill Plunkett will begin at noon Thursday at www.ocregister.com/angels. The main topic of discussion will be the Angels, but other postseason baseball may also be addressed.
No login or registration is required to ask questions, participate or simply view the discussion.
