Finley finds a home with Angels
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Steve Finley will remain on the West Coast, but he&#39;s decided to return to the American League after 14 seasons.
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John Lackey and the Los Angeles Angels clinch their third AL West title in four years, with Lackey pitching them to an easy win over Seattle.
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The Angels have reached agreement on a two-year contract with former Dodgers outfielder Steve Finley, who provides a more cost-efficient, shorter-term solution to their gap in center field than top free agent Carlos Beltran.
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Bengie Molina had four hits, including  a three-run homer, as the Anaheim Angels completed a three-game  series sweep with a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees on  Sunday.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Anaheim Angels had trouble believing this was the same Justin Miller they faced more than three months ago, when he hit three batters and gave up three consecutive home runs.
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The Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catch up. Now they're one win away.
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Joe Blanton settled down after a rocky start and Mark Ellis hit a three-run homer, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
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Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back a strong outing by John Lackey, and the Angels beat Oakland, 6-2, last night in Anaheim, Calif., to pull within one game of the West-leading A's with a week to play.
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The Anaheim Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catch up. Now they're one win away.
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Vladimir Guerrero homered twice, and Troy Glaus and Jose Guillen also hit home runs as the Angels moved within a game of the first place Oakland Athletics in the West with a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Anaheim, Calif.
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The AL West champion Los Angeles Angels left Texas with a few more bumps and bruises, and their most lopsided loss of the season.
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Darin Erstad stroked a three-run homer  to help the Anaheim Angels stay alive in the American League  West Division title race with a 5-3 triumph over the Oakland  Athletics Saturday.
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The Los Angeles Angels moved to the brink of their third AL West title in four years.
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By JOHN NADEL AP Sports Writer. By adding Finley, the Angels can move Garret Anderson to left field, where. The Angels have an option for a third year, at which time Finley will be 42.
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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.
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When John Thomson got the call last week from his agent and was told that the Kansas City Royals wanted to sign him, it didn't dawn on him that his new manager was going to be his old one. The reunion of Thomson and Buddy Bell went well. The right-hander won in his Royals debut, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
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Steve Finley thrust his fists in the air as the ball left his bat. His ninth-inning grand slam Oct. 2 beat the Giants and assured the Dodgers' first postseason appearance since 1996. Three days later, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Dodgers to begin the NL division series behind five home runs &#151; two by Larry Walker.