Torii Hunter News

Alberto Callaspo had a clutch 2 RBI double with two outs in the 11th inning to "break open" a 1-1 tie.

Torii Hunter is expected to rejoin the Los Angeles Angels when they return from their current trip, yet manager Mike Scioscia says he still isn't sure when during the homestand that might be.

Last week former Grand Blanc High School student Darius McClinton-Hunter was one of five Prosper, Texas high school students to be arrested on sexual assault charges.

He is NOT in tonight's starting lineup : Trout LF , Callaspo 3B , Pujols 1B , Trumbo RF , Morales DH , Kendrick 2B , Aybar SS , Bourjos CF , Wilson C It was a year and a week ago that Halos Heaven caught up with Angels outfield prospect Kole Calhoun in the dugout of San Manuel Field, home of the inland Empire 66ers, where he played last season.

By the time interleague action ends on Sunday night, the 2012 MLB season will have reached the one-quarter mark, and while some of the usual suspects are at the top of the hitting charts, there are some surprises as well.

A lack of timely hitting hurt the Los Angeles Angels during the first stop on their road trip.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had a plethora of outfielders one week ago. They were already minus one with Torii Hunter on the restrictive list and now have lost two more players.

The best way to make room for someone with power on the Seattle Mariners' roster would be to release Chone Figgins.

It's not often that I write totally off-topic posts, but the recent firing of Mickey Hatcher, the former long-time Hitting Coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, got me thinking about just how the nature of the job of a big-league hitting coach.

Dice-K works 6 2/3 in rehab start: Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's latest rehab start for Triple-A Pawtucket was his longest.

More than 200 people marked in front of the Harris County criminal courthouse in Houston to protest the acquittal of a former Houston police officer in the alleged beating of a teenage burglary suspect.

Torii Hunter has been away from the Los Angeles Angels since May 12 while dealing with personal matters dealing with the arrest of his 17-year-old son , Darius McClinton-Hunter.A The Angels placed Hunter on their restricted list, and, according to Hunter's attorney , the veteran outfielder will remain away from the team until his son's legal issues ... (more)

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig says it's up to Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics, and the Oakland owner maintains he's focused on San Jose rather than a move outside the Bay Area.

Jimmy Johnson's No. 48 team won the NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge, avenging last year's loss in the finals to Denny Hamlin's No.

An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship game.

Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single for his first RBIs since April and the San Francisco Giants capitalized on shoddy fielding by St.

Mike Napoli understands it. He knows a struggling team can't fire the players, so they have to find a scapegoat somewhere.

Boy, was that not pretty. Some ugly baseball for the Rangers led to them being swept for the first time this season May 11, 2012; Arlington, TX, USA; Texas Rangers center fielder Craig Gentry watches a fan catch a home run ball hit by Los Angeles Angels right fielder Torii Hunter in the sixth inning at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

The lawyer for Torii Hunter 's teen-aged son said Tuesday that the Prosper High School junior "emphatically" and "categorically" denies sexual assault allegations against him.

The state is giving Exide Technologies an extra 14 months to comply with the new air-quality standard for lead because of the company's dispute with the city of Frisco over permits.