Yardbarker: Reggie Willits

Abreu Signing Signals Chone Figgins Adios

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:25:42 -0500

More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP Figgy Stardust (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Browse more photos » The Angels wasted no time in re-signing Bobby Abreu. The terms appear to be $19 Million Guaranteed money ($9 M each year and a $1 Million buyout for 2012 if they do not pick up the option for then - and it kicks in if Abreu posts 550 PA in 2011 or a combined 1200 PA in 10-11. With team leader Torii Hunter in CF...

Reggie Willits: "The Happiest Man On Earth."

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:38:53 -0500

Wow, that was close. I don't know what keeps you up at night, but I know what would have kept up Reggie Willits. What is it that goats eat again? It was a wonderful, strange, incredible game. Plenty of articles are being written on the amazing comeback. And it was amazing. The best game in Angels history since game 6 of the 2002 World Series. But it didn't feel like it was going to be that way. The Angels seemed out of sorts, timid, unfocused. Four times they took a called ...

Red Sox Blow Lead, Join Cardinals in Offseason and Wistful Remembrance of 2004

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:43:50 -0500

...things were going well for the Boston Red Sox. They had a 5-2 lead entering the eighth inning. They had, at long last, gotten production, a three-run homer off the bat of J.D. Drew tripling their runs from Game 1 and 2 combined. They had just gotten two perfect innings from Daniel Bard. And they had Billy Wagner and Jonathan Papelbon, who had a combined 536 saves, coming in to sew Game 3 up against an Angels team that had been quiet for most of a game that started at 9:07 a.m. Pacific t...

Angels Starters Need Thursday Off

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:10:11 -0500

More photos » by Elise Amendola - AP wtf? Browse more photos » Seriously, just give everyone a breather and start this lineup tonight in the Fenway Toilet: Reggie Willits RF Gary Matthews Jr. CF Bobby Abreu DH (give him a chance to charge the mound and dislocate Josh Beckett's Shoulder) Brandon Wood SS Terry Evans 1B Freddy Sandoval 3B Howie Kendrick 2B Ryan Budde C Chris Petit LF Trevor Bell...

Sears Tower Renamed for Reggie Willits

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:48 -0500

Sears Tower Renamed for Reggie Willits The Windy City so admires scrappy players they renamed their tallest building after baseball's biggest underdog.

Sears Tower Renamed for Reggie Willits

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:44:48 -0500

Sears Tower Renamed for Reggie Willits The Windy City so admires scrappy players they renamed their tallest building after baseball's biggest underdog.

Dodge Ball Daily - Spring Training: Tape Delayed

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:03:25 -0500

By Adam Dodge - Angelswin.com Senior WriterVisualizing the flapping dwarf arms attached to Robb Quinlan, as he waddles down the first base line after hitting a weak ground ball to third base, to the sound of Terry Smith?s voice sure beats listening to a co-worker yap about her deadbeat husband ...

Dodge Ball Daily - Spring Training: Tape Delayed

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:58:45 -0500

By Adam Dodge - Angelswin.com Senior Writer Visualizing the flapping dwarf arms attached to Robb Quinlan, as he waddles down the first base line after hitting a weak ground ball to third base, to the sound of Terry Smith

Our Trip to the White House

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:22:17 -0500

Wanted to wait to post this when I got some photos and finally did. One of our guys took a couple nice shots I'd thought I'd share. One of the days we were in DC, a few of us players (Reggie Willits, Justin Speier, Robb Quinlan) and staff got a tour of the White House, mostly the East Wing and some of the West Wing. I really had to pinch myself because it was surreal. I guess since 9/11 they don't do public tours so I definitely felt privileged to be there. We got a chance to see the Oval Office and the Rose Garden during our visit back in 2003 after we won the World Series but this time we spent about two hours there. Our tour guide was a former sniper with the secret service. This guy was great, knew all the ins and outs to the White House and gave us some great insight. He took us down to the basement where there is a bowling alley. I got to roll a ball and left three pins standing. You know I would have picked up the spare but we each threw just one. Parts of the White House were closed because the President was visiting with the Prime Minister from Vietnam. We saw all the formal rooms which were very regal looking, the red room, the blue room and the green room. We also saw the Oval Office and some of the other rooms in the White House. The whole time I kept thinking about how many famous people had stepped foot in this building and how many important and private discussions regarding our country took place. I had a sense of pride walking through there as an American citizen. It truly was an experience of a lifetime. Thanks for reading the blog y'all. Got the Rangers tonight.

Lineup Literacy: Week 13

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:53:29 -0500

The GNUru yet again provides fantasy baseball lineup advice to those in weekly leagues. Included are the GNUru's hot hitters and pitchers, in addition to those pitcher schedule to make 2 starts.

Reggie, Orlando, Vlady

Thu, 31 May 2007 15:33:31 -0500

One of the biggest keys to our offense and our scoring runs early has been Reggie Willits. He always gets on base. Everytime you look up he works the count to 3 and 2 and then he either walks or gets a hit. And right behind him, Orlando Cabrera is a great situational hitter. He puts runners in scoring position. It's all about getting runners on in front of Vlady. He does the damage. Just look at what happened in the fifth last night. Reggie gets on to start the inning, Orlando follows and Vlady hits it out to put us up for good. That's what I'm talking about. We have been doing a lot of that early, scoring runs in the first inning. b0rd3rline asked me a question about the early run support and how it helps the pitchers. It gives the pitcher more confidence to just throw strikes. When you have runs on the board you know that one pitch isn't going to kill you so you can be a little more aggressive. Most pitchers are at their best when they're aggressive and having the lead early helps you do that.

Reggie, Reggie

Tue, 22 May 2007 04:17:25 -0500

Our offense has been working really well and Reggie Willits has been a big part of that. When our offense is working it starts at the top. Vlady is great no matter what, but he is really dangerous with guys on base. We need to get runners on in front of him so that he can really do his damage. Reggie has been great getting on base and it has made a huge difference. We know that he won't be able to hit .370 for the season but there are other things he does that help the offense. He really makes the pitchers work. He'll get six or seven pitches each at bat, which helps everyone else in the lineup. It allows the other guys to see more pitches and get a better feel for what the pitcher is doing. It also helps us get into the other team's bullpen earlier and when you do that the chances of winning go up. Garrett Anderson is going to come back and he'll be on the field, but I'm telling you now, don't look for Reggie to come out of the lineup. They'll figure something out because Scioscia is really happy with him. He's a really good situational hitter and that fits in well with Scioscia's philosophy. It wasn't that long ago when the media was on Hatcher because our offense was struggling. We knew we'd come back because we have too many guys with good track records. That's just the way the media is, when things aren't working they have to blame or question somebody and it got blown up. It was definitely unfair to Hatcher. He works hard in the cage throwing to those guys. It's up to the guys to perform. Now all of a sudden he's smarter because we're scoring runs. In reality, he does a good job all the time.