http://gohalos.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:19:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, by Michael Lewis came out in 2003 about the Oakland Athletics and GM Billy Bean trying to win with a smaller budget. The primary focus at the time was pitching and on-base-percentage. And we saw this on the ... http://gohalos.com/the-new-moneyball/   The Angels have capitalized on playing in a division with teams in transition in recent years. They’ve won four of the last five A.L. West division titles as the Rangers, Mariners, and Athletics have been reshaping and retooling their respective organizations. With a strong farm system and a ... http://gohalos.com/the-west-is-getting-wild/ Just thought I would post some interesting background information.   Buster Olney arrived at ESPN after six years at the New York Times covering the Mets and Yankees   Not with ESPN anymore but Peter Gammons grew up in Groton, Massachusetts, and lives in Boston. Gammons covered the Red Sox at ... http://gohalos.com/espns-east-coast-baseball-background/   As most of you know Rex Hudler and Steve Physioc have been let go by the Angels. Now as we know more we will let you know, but the campaign to bring Rex back starts now. Please join our facebook group by clicking the link below, and let's ... http://gohalos.com/bring-back-the-wonderdog/   Now that Bobby Abreu is signed there are three other ex-Angel free-agents who's futures are uncertain. So how should the Angels approach this offseason? Priority #1- John Lackey and/or another solid starting pitcher. If the Angels were to lose Big John we would be left with four ... http://gohalos.com/free-agent-priorities-and-plan-of-action/   1. Matt Holliday - Sure he was great in Colorado and St. Louis, but there is just too much down side for the price he will be asking. The Cardinals should have beat the Dodgers, and he is a big reason why they didn't. The last thing we ... http://gohalos.com/free-agents-the-angels-sould-not-sign/   Major Expiring Contacts: Vladimir Guerrero 5 years/$70M (2004-08), plus 2009 club option 2009 Salary - $15 million Kelvim Escobar 3 years/$28.5M (2007-09) 2009 Salary - $9.5 million John Lackey 3 years/$17.01M (2006-08), plus 2009 club option 2009 Salary - $9 million Chone Figgins 1 year/$5.775M (2009) Bobby Abreu 1 year/$5M (2009) In my view the Angels have a legitimate shot of keeping all of ... http://gohalos.com/angels-offseason-overview/ Starting next week, after a brief recovery, we will be discussion all of the possible offseason moves, and how the Angels can improve next season. Thank you all for staying with us for 2009 and lets get ready for 2010. Go Halos! http://gohalos.com/coming-soon-on-gohaloscom/ ...Angels Thank you for never giving up, for remembering what's important in life, and for remembering the fans. I know some of you may not be back, but thank you for distracting us from our lives for three hours a night, and giving us something to cheer for. ...Fans Thank you ... http://gohalos.com/thank-you/ New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Angels @LA 4:57pm TV: FOX  A great series has a chance to be epic. Joe Saunders, who pitched well in game 2, takes the mound against Andy Pettitte, who the Angels have had a lot of success against. The Angels will ... http://gohalos.com/angels-vs-yankees-alcs-game-6-pregame/ New York Yankees vs Los Angeles Angels @LA 4:57pm TV: FOX  We've found ourselves in a 3-1 hole, but if anyone can pull us out of it, it'll be our ace John Lackey, who has posted a 1.38 ERA in 13 postseason innings of work. Lackey has already ... http://gohalos.com/yankees-and-angels-alcs-game-5-preview/   ...Players Errors happen when your nervous or mentally somewhere else, and high scoring innings happen when pitchers aren't aggressive. It feels like our Red Sox series of the past. Mental error after mental error. This is not the Angel team we have seen all year. Why is ... http://gohalos.com/what-are-you-afraid-of/