I could say that I've had cold fingers, but I've been writing about other things as needed. Sometimes there are things I just can't say. The last several weeks nothing seems to come off my fingers about the Angels. Not here or anywhere: not on message boards or doodles on my calendar, It could be that my fingers are struggling between messages from my head and my heart. Sorrow and joy, if you will.
After everything that's gone wrong, the Angels still have a chance to make the playoffs. My head says no way that a team that on paper is at worst fourth in the league stands around six or seven as I write this can suddenly become championship caliber when it counts, after 153 games. Hard to believe it's come to this. How could this team fail, I keep asking myself. Then my heart kicks in: surely there is a happy ending. A season for the ages with Weaver winning 20, Trout jumping, and Torii rejuvenated. The Angels win 11 of the last 12, end up in a ...
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