Angels get to A&#39;s bullpen after Zito hands ball over
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This is how the AL West was un-won: Basically, the same way it was so often won. How ironic that the Oakland Athletics â-inners of the last three division championships with
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Aaron Sele , the former Red Sox righthander, went an impressive 9-4 during the regular season for the Angels. But he and that .692 winning percentage will be out of the Division Series between the Angels and Sox.
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The Oakland A&#39;s have been problematic for the Anaheim Angels for so many years (think the early &#39;70s, late &#39;80s, and the last few seasons) that you&#39;d have thought this was a bigger deal than it was.
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Even when Bobby Crosby was at the podium, addressing local reporters at the Coliseum, his cell phone was going off. The A&#39;s shortstop was in demand.
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Marco Scutaro's latest game-winning hit gave the Oakland Athletics a chance to wrap up the AL West at home this weekend. With runners on first and third and one out in the bottom of the 12th, Scutaro lined a single to deep left-center over a five-man infield to give Oakland a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, reducing the Athletics' magic number to two.
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And when you do all three as well as the Red Sox did on Tuesday afternoon, the result is a 9-3 win over the Angels in the first game of the American League Division Series.
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Joel Pineiro was midway through his first bullpen session last week when a stray ball from the other side of the green divider that splits the bullpen rolled past him. He turned around and saw, leaning alone against the cyclone fence at the rear of the pen, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, his arms folded.
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John Lackey allowed two hits in 7 1-3 innings and the Anaheim Angels moved a little closer to Oakland in the AL West with a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday night.
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The Angels agreed to a one-year, $4.5 million contract with RHP Paul Byrd yesterday and traded RHP Ramon Ortiz to the Reds for a minor league pitcher.
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Ramon Hernandez had a big hand in Thursday's win thanks to his arm, throwing out a runner at third to quell a possible Angels rally.
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OAKLAND -- -- The essential difference between the A&#39;s and the Anaheim Angels, so narrow yet so pronounced, rang loud and clear Saturday, distilled to a single inning.
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Barry Zito and the Oakland Athletics have made a habit of excelling after the All-Star break, and it looks as if this year is not going to be any different.
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OAKLAND - The Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catchup. Now they&#39;re one win away.
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If the main plot was Barry Zito pitching to pad Oakland&#39;s lead in the American League West, perhaps the subplot was Zito pitching to earn a spot in the postseason rotation.
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Marco Scutaro drove in the winning run in the 12th inning with a single and the Oakland Athletics reduced their magic number to win the AL West to two with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
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Anaheim Angels&#39; Vladimir Guerrero singles to right against the Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
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The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback by scoring three times in the eighth inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 yesterday and clinch the AL West title.