MIKE SCIOSCIA RUMORS

The case for Sciosciaface

It's official, Angels fans. We are on a roller coaster of a season. We're experiencing highs and lows like never before. The season is but two months young and we've already been on emotional ups and downs that, recently, have fluctuated faster than Jose Canseco's testosterone. Pujols has turned the corner, then he hasn't. Vernon Wells is mildly productive, then...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  6 days ago
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An open letter to Angels fans: What exactly do you want Scioscia to do?

This is not a typical analytical piece like you normally see in this space. No, this is an "open letter" to you, the average Angels fan. I have one very simple, very direct question for you: what exactly is it you want Mike Scioscia to do about this struggling ballclub? With the losses piling up and the runs, well, not, there is a growing movement from a segment of Angels...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  8 days ago
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Scioscia mixing late-inning bullpen duties

Angels manager Mike Scioscia has popped the "closer bubble" again. Scioscia uses that phrase to refer to a reliever whose job it is to pitch in the ninth inning, and only the ninth inning -- the final link in the bullpen chain to close out games. He moved RHP Jordan Walden out of that role early this season as Walden struggled to find consistency (particularly with his...
Via Fox Sports West  |  10 days ago
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Halo Headlines: Hunter will stay with his son indefinitely, Scioscia feeling the heat, Trout finally gives the Angels a legit leadoff threat

The May 18th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels ...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  13 days ago
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Angels GM on firing Hatcher: 'The voice needed to change'

With the offense and its expensive centerpiece "grossly underperforming," Los Angeles Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto decided a change was needed. Dipoto relieved hitting coach Mickey Hatcher of his duties Tuesday, replacing him with Triple-A hitting coach Jim Eppard. Hatcher had been on Mike Scioscia's coaching staff since Scioscia became manager in 2000 and...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  14 days ago
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Turning Halos around won't be easy for Eppard

ANAHEIM, Calif. No one expects the Angels' new hitting coach to turn around the team's flagging offense in a day, or even a week. But at some point this season, Jim Eppard will be expected to do what Mickey Hatcher couldn't do breathe some life into a group of hitters that has confounded everyone who has seen them play, including themselves. Can it be done? Firing...
Via Fox Sports West  |  14 days ago
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Scioscia is going to ride it out with Pujols

The Angels have tried very little to shake first baseman Albert Pujols out of his season-long slump, choosing instead to largely sit back in hope -- and amazement -- that he will somehow figure things out and return to the level of production he had for 11 seasons with the Cardinals. Manager Mike Scioscia did give Pujols a "mental day off" during the Angels' last...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  15 days ago
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A Pep Talk from "Angry Mike" Scioscia

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following post is a piece of satire, submitted from special guest writer known only as "Angry Mike" Scioscia, a parody of the real Mike Scioscia, so, you know, don't sue us.  You can follow Angry Mike Scioscia on Twitter at @Scioscialism.  This post contains a fair amount of profanity, so please be aware of that before proceeding.  I'm...
Via Monkey with a Halo  |  24 days ago
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Rays' Rodney greets former Angels teammates, not Scioscia

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. During pregame stretch Tuesday, shortstop Erick Aybar embraced Fernando Rodney and playfully tugged at the Tampa Bay Rays closer's goatee. Rodney shook hands with Albert Pujols and hugged several Angels relievers. There were no such pleasantries between Rodney and Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, not after Rodney, the former Angels reliever, fell out of favor...
Via Fox Sports West  |  April 25, 2012
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Angels tinkering with top of batting order

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia wants to put Albert Pujols in the third spot in the batting order, guaranteeing the slugger gets to the plate in the first inning. "That's the spot that we see him being the most productive," Scioscia said Thursday. A lot depends on who the Angels find to hit in the first two spots. "I think we have some guys that...
Via Fox Sports West  |  March 01, 2012
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