MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Angels. Here's how their 25-man roster might look using only internal candidates: C - Mike Napoli - $425K C - Jeff Mathis - $415K 1B - Kendry Morales - $600K 2B - Howie Kendrick - $433K SS - Erick Aybar - $415K 3B - Brandon Wood - $400K IF - Maicer Izturis - $1.2MM+ IF/OF - Robb Quinlan - $1.05MM+ LF - Chone Figgins - $4.75MM+ CF - Torii Hunter - $17.5MM...
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Looking back on game four of the ALDS between the Angels and Red Sox, there's one clear moment during the game that we can blame the Angels loss on. That would be the suicide squeeze Mike Scioscia called for from Erick Aybar in the 9th inning with Reggie Willits on third and one out. As we're all aware of by now, things didn't work out too well, and Scioscia has been catching plenty of heat for
LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Despite criticism from fans after Angels lost series to Boston, Scioscia says odds were that Erick Aybar would get bunt down and Reggie Willits would score. He says he'd make the same call again. Still feeling the squeeze of criticism two days after the Angels' season came to an abrupt and painful end, Manager Mike Scioscia on Wednesday vigorously defended his decision to try what some viewed as an...
The Inn at the End of the World (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
No joy in, etc. Not even enough to google the poem and reprint it. Not that Erick Aybar would ever be mistaken for the mythic Mighty Casey. Couldn't even lay down a bunt. Sheesh.
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
I'm not just saying this to rile up unhappy Angel fans. That's a bonus. There were a lot of factors that ultimately led to Anaheim's losing this series in four games, but their most obvious blunder as a team came in the top of the ninth inning tonight, when - in a 2-2 contest - Erick Aybar attempted to lay down a squeeze bunt, missed, and got Reggie Willits hung up between third base and home. Willits...
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...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Catcher Mike Napoli, who homered twice, singled to lead off the 12th inning and scored on Erick Aybar's one-out single to center, enabling the Los Angeles Angels to end an 11-game postseason losing streak against the Boston Red Sox with a 5-4 victory Sunday at Fenway Park.
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Angels can't even lose right , though God knows they tried. In the second, with two out, three Angels, Howie Kendrick, Torii Hunter, and Erick Aybar, all converged on Jacoby Ellsbury's routine pop to center, only to have ... none of them catch it. With the bags loaded, all three runs scored, and the Angels once again looked like Little Leaguers. It wasn't the only miscue. Hunter badly misjudged...
Miami Herlad (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Erick Aybar was having a dreadful series.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
BOSTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Mike Napoli homered twice and scored the winning run Sunday when the Los Angeles Angels beat Boston 5-4 in 12 innings in Game 3 of their AL Division Series. Napoli scored on Erick Aybar's single to help the Angels snap an 11-game post-season losing streak against the Red Sox and stave off a three-game division series sweep. Game 4 is set for Monday night at Fenway Park, with...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Erick Aybar drove in the go-ahead run in the 12th; Jered Weaver got the win in relief.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Erick Aybar's 12th-inning single proves decisive as Los Angeles stays alive with 5-4 win in 12 innings
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Angels played badly for two games and 11 innings, right until the top of the 12th in Game 3 of their AL division series against Boston. Erick Aybar, 0-for-13 in the series to that point, delivered an RBI flare single to lift the Angels to a 5-4 win.
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Mike Napoli hits two home runs and Erick Aybar drives him in for the winning run in a 5-4 victory at Boston. BOSTON -- With their backs against the wall, the Angels got a guarantee of victory from their manager before Sunday's third game of the American League Division Playoffs at Fenway Park.
SOX & Dawgs (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Erick Aybar’s single in the 12th inning scored Mike Napoli from second base to give the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox in front of 39,067 at Fenway Park to keep their postseason hopes alive. With the win the Angels ended an 11-game losing to streak to the Red [...]
