The November 2, 2015 edition of Los Angeles Angels news includes the Royals putting an end to the 2015 season, Darin Erstad interviewing for his first MLB managing job, and more…
The Story: The Kansas City Royals are your World Series champs
MWAH Says: Just as Mark Gubicza predicted. KC is a nearly* unstoppable postseason force. What a world. Kendrys Morales, Drew Butera, Ryan Madson, and Joe Blanton all get World Series rings. In 2015. Baseball, man. Ned Yost now has more playoff wins (22) in two postseason appearances with the Royals than Mike Scioscia does in seven with the Halos. That’s only incredibly depressing.
*MadBum
The Story: Darin Erstad to interview for Dodgers manager job
MWAH Says: Word is Andrew Friedman’s spreadsheets are telling him that the best managers are former punters. Erstad has been the head coach of the Nebraska’s baseball team the past four seasons. If he gets the job, he’d be the first to go directly from NCAA manager to MLB manager since … like the ’80s? I have no idea how to look that up.
The Story: Matt Joyce tearing it up in Winter Ball
MWAH Says: You heard it here first: Joyce is going to sign a parachute deal with the San Francisco Giants and get swept up in their even-year magic, delivering the game-winning hit in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. For reals, though, he’s batting .302/.423/.512 with two dingers and three doubles in 12 games in the DR. Jordany Valdespin is hitting just about as well so it’s not like Joyce is setting the world on fire, but it’s still something.
The Story: Angels AFL team continues to get crushed
MWAH Says: The good news is that it wasn’t Angels pitching that led to the Solar Sox being outscored 18-3 over the weekend. Their only pitcher to take the mound, Greg Mahle, threw a scoreless inning. The bad news is that Mesa now owns a 7.07 ERA as a team through 12 games, and Halos pitchers are a big reason. All four guys have a 7.50 ERA or worse.
The Story: Grantland has officially ceased to be
MWAH Says: A sad moment for sports writing. Jonah Keri and Ben Lindbergh (and Rany Jazayerli and Michael Baumann) produced some of the most consistently great baseball stuff out there. One of the very few sites I visited on a daily basis. I’m sure they’ll all move on to bigger and better things, but I’d really rather not type “ESPN dot com” into my browser at any point.
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