Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
One-out singles by Erick Aybar and Chone Figgins puts two more runners on for the Angels. The teams are getting men on, but neither are getting the third hit to drive in a run. Garret Anderson grounds into a force...
Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Angels and Red Sox are on TNT while the game in Chicago finishes. Chone Figgins leads off with a double, doubling the Angels extra base hits in the series. Update: Beckett strikes out Anderson and Teixeira. Now he'll face...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif. --- Angels manager Mike Scioscia revealed his lineup for Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox. 1. Chone Figgins, 3B 2. Garret Anderson, LF 3. Mark Texeira, 1B 4. Vladimir Guerrero, DH 5. Torii Hunter, CF 6. Howie Kendrick, 2B 7. Mike Napoli, C 8. Gary Matthews Jr., RF 9. Erick Aybar, SS SP: John Lackey (12-5, 3.75 ERA)
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Back again, it's Slate's surface-level guide to baseball's postseason, written for those of you who think SportsCenter is that indoor soccer complex off Route 41. Don't know Chone Figgins from Henry Higgins? We're here to help. [ more ... ]
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Chone Figgins, scrappy or not? Either way, interesting Q&A in Keith Law’s ESPN chat yesterday: Paul Philadelphia: I know this is a touchy subject and won’t get picked, but do you find anything disturbing/odd about how few of the “scraptacular” players out there are of non-white descent? SportsNation Keith Law: (1:17 PM ET ) There is no [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Four opening day starters sit out victory over Rangers and Chone Figgins isn't sure when he'll be able to play. Chone Figgins came back from the doctor Friday with a new diagnosis for his sore right elbow: a deep contusion of the triceps tendon.
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
The best thing about the Angels clinching the AL West so early is that it gives the team plenty of time to set things up for the postseason. They can line up their starting rotation anyway they like it, and they also have time to let their players rest and recover from various injuries. Considering how many injuries the Angels have, they need as much time as they can get. If only those players
LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Chone Figgins needs an MRI test on his right elbow and Torii Hunter is scratched from Wednesday's lineup after getting hit in the right cheek by a ball. Just what the Angels needed, more injury problems.
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Associated Press : Figgins' hit in 9th gives Angels sweep — ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 4-3 Sunday for a four-game sweep.
dignmore.com (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The AL West champions complete a four-game sweep with the victory over Seattle. 1 Vote(s)
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The Angels' Chone Figgins drove the first pitch he saw from Seattle's Roy Corcoran off the base of the right field wall, bringing home rookie Sean Rodriguez from third base. That ninth-inning hit lifted Los Angeles to a 4-3 victory over the Mariners as both teams continued a possible march to 100 — victories for the Angels, losses for the M's.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
ANAHEIM, Calif., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A ninth-inning RBI single by Chone Figgins gave the Los Angeles Angels a 4-3 win Sunday over the Seattle Mariners. Figgins hit a drive off the right field wall to score Sean Rodriguez, who had tripled with one out in the bottom of the ninth. The Angels swept a four-game series and have won seven of their last eight contests. Mark Teixeira hit a solo homer for Los...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as the AL West champion Los...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Angels manager Mike Scioscia bristled at the notion that his team had it easy this year. The AL West champions won another close game Sunday when Chone Figgins hit an RBI single in the ninth inning Sunday, giving Los Angeles a 4-3 win over Seattle and a four-...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Chone Figgins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning and Mark Teixeira hit his 200th career homer as the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 4-3 Sunday for a four-game sweep.
