Bobby Abreu News

American League powers collide in Anaheim this afternoon, as the New York Yankees and the hometown Angels play the second of three weekend games.

The New York Yankees wanted pitching help at the non-waiver trade deadline in 2006.

Mark Teixeira's 20 home runs in a Yankees uniform may have him tied for second in the American League, but the switch-hitting slugger won't be bringing his stroke to the State Farm Home Run Derby.

As the Angels reached the halfway point of the season Monday, the club had five .300 hitters in its starting lineup and led the major leagues with a team batting average of .280. The explanation? Mainly a renewed emphasis on having the hitters show more discipline at the plate.

The Angels cobbled together a three-run, seventh-inning rally with just one hit and plenty of patience today in a 9-6 come-from-behind victory over Baltimore that gave them three wins in a four-game series against the Orioles.

Taking a moment to remember Lou Gehrig, who delivered his famous "luckiest man" speech on July 4, 1939, was not unique to Angel Stadium.

To read the mattwietersfacts.com website, you might believe that, Chuck Norris-like sliced bread is the best thing since Matt Wieters etc., etc., etc.

Rob Johnson got the assignment to catch Felix Hernandez 's last start, and during the course of the game Saturday night , he and umpire Chuck Meriwether marveled together about the movement on the stuff that Hernandez was throwing, chortling from pitch to pitch, as King Felix's fastball cut and sunk, as his curveball broke over the plate.

The projected return of Ervin Santana to the Angels' rotation after he passed a test in a Minor League rehab start on Sunday night in Arizona is another indication that momentum has swung back in the direction of the two-time reigning American League West champions.

There's just something about the National League West -- the division Mike Scioscia grew up in as a young Dodgers catcher -- that brings out the best in his Angels.

Busting out with their biggest inning of the season, the Angels continued to flourish in Interleague Play, dispatching the D-backs, 12-3, on Friday night at Chase Field.

Bobby Abreu drove in the tying and go-ahead runs with a bases-loaded single in the eighth inning after Colorado third baseman Ian Stewart messed up two bunt plays, and the Los Angeles Angels won 4-3 Tuesday night in Anaheim, the Rockies' second loss in 19 games.

Torii Hunter is inching closer to a starting role in the Major League All-Star Game in St.

A seven-run fourth inning -- highlighted by a pair of homers and John Lackey's first Major League hit and RBI -- lifted Lackey and the Angels to an 9-7 decision over Barry Zito and the Giants on Monday night at AT&T Park.

As this Angels' season moves steadily along, decisions that could change the team's direction for years to come loom larger and larger.

Former major league outfielder Mel Hall received a 45-year sentence after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old and sexually abusing or inappropriately touching three girls.

Last month, on the night before Kevin Youkilis returned from the disabled list, the Red Sox played a game against the Toronto Blue Jays that lasted a mere 2 hours 13 minutes.

It was Hunter's first three-homer game in the majors. He was left on deck when Bobby Abreu struck out to end the bottom of the eighth inning, costing him a chance at tying the big-league record for homers in a game.

Edwin Jackson finished his second career complete game in style. Throwing fastballs clocked as high as 98 mph, Jackson struck out Bobby Abreu, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter to complete a four-hitter in Detroit's 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.

Told hea TMd been suspended six games, A.J. Burnett said, "Really?" Major League Baseball issued the suspension and a $2,000 fine Thursday morning, two days after a Burnett fastball sailed high and inside on the Rangersa TM Nelson Cruz.