BLS postseason entrance exam: Los Angeles Angels

Sharpen those No. 2 pencils and start brewing your cram coffee, because it's exam time here on Big League Stew! Between now and the start of the postseason, we'll be giving essay-style tests to a blogger from each of the eight teams lucky enough to earn a playoff ticket. Next to take a seat in the classroom is Mat Gleason (a.k.a. Rev Halofan) of Halos Heaven. His Angels clinched their third straight AL West title on Monday night. Team name: The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Deal with it.GPA/school rank: 94-64, AL West championsAccomplishments: 2009 was the sixth straight season with 89+ Angel Wins, the sixth straight season that the Angels crushed their Pythagorean projections and the third straight season they took the division. They've now reigned as such for five of the past six seasons. Sportswriter Matt Welch recently observed that the team's .594 Winning Percentage over six straight seasons is a mark that has never been duplicated by many of baseball's mo...