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Cleveland Indians (22-10) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (19-15)

Pitching Probables: CLE – Fausto Carmona (3-3, 4.43 ERA)  LAA – Dan Haren (4-2, 1.76 ERA)

Game Info: 12:35 PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West; Radio - KLAA 830 AM

Alright, let's try this whole 1000th win for Scioscia thing again.  The Angels gave it a good shot yesterday, but Weaver just didn't have his good stuff and the offense, well, they was its usual iffy self.  Alas, we are bloodied but unbowed, so the Halos will hand it over to ace #1B and see if that will work a little bit better.

Alright so maybe I went a little overboard with my belief in Jered Weaver. Apparently, he is human and is not the invincible cyborg I thought he was. More importantly, I was dead wrong about this game as the Angels let unknown Alex White get his first major league win. I can't help but feel a little responsible since I basically wrote an entire column of bulletin board material, which I am sure the Indians read. This got them all fired up and they put together and inspired enough effort to take down the might Weave. Oh yeah, and the Angels still can't hit.

Angels 3 Indians 4

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Cleveland Indians (21-10) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (19-14)

Pitching Probables: CLE -- Alex White (0-0, 3.00 ERA) LAA -- Jared Weaver (6-1, 1.69 ERA)

Game Info: 6:05PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West; Radio - KLAA 830 AM

The Angels are in first place!! I'm sorry but given the way the season has gone that is nothing short of a miracle. They can't hit, the bullpen has been a work in progress and their fifth starter is barely legal to drink, but they are still two games ahead of the A's and the Rangers. How have they done it? Because of the greatness of Jared Weaver. There was a time not long ago when people wondered what the Angels were going to do without a legitimate #1 starter to anchor the staff. Well those days are long gone my friends. Weaver has been one of the game's elite and is currently the Cy Young frontrunner. The only thing that has slowed him down this year was a case of the stomach flu that caused him to lose 8 pounds. Even then he battled the Red Sox in his last start. So all hail the Weave, may we sign him to a long term contract extension before Lucifer Boras talks to the Yankees.

I don't know why this team seems to feel the need to play more innings than they are required but at least this one they decided to end with a victory. What's even more shocking is that they are in first place! How did that happen? Nevermind, I don't care how they are doing it as long as they keep it up.  

Angels 2 Indians 1

With Kendrys return shooting farther and farther away as the days go by, one must wonder when we'll finally get our hero back in the field mashing homers. Many people speculate the grand return of Kendrys, and the over/under on how many balls he'll mash out of the park on the day of his return. If you are afraid of Kendrys coming back half of the player that he left, then you should close out this article now. This is the exploration of such an event, an adventure through multiple scenarios....a journey through the twisted mind of MWaH! I should warn you that this is not going to be a happy-cheery daisies and unicorns article, put your big boy pants on and grab a box of tissues because this is going to be depressing as hell.

Let us engage in a moment of silence for all those championships we'll miss without him.

As I am sure many of you know, the Lakers are down 0-2 in their playoff series.  Laker fans are obviously gravely concerned.  I, however, think it is freaking hilarious.

In my pre-Bloguin life, I was actually a Laker blogger, running LakersOfFire.com.  I like to consider this my "gay for pay" stage as I was not AT ALL a Lakers fan.  My true allegiance lies with the Golden State Warriors, my true feeling for the Lakers were a mix of contempt and, well, what's a nice way to say "deep-seeded, soul-wrenching hatred?"  Honestly, I hated the Lakers, but I really thought it would be an interesting writing challenge to blog full-time about a team that I wasn't a fan of.  Considering that I found so many Laker fans to be myopic homers, I thought I might be able to carve out a nice niche for myself, and I actually kind of did.

The only problem was that I think I might've damned my soul to eternal damnation in the process.  That's why I declined to keep my Lakers blog alive when Fanball went belly up and Bloguin swooped in to dig me out of the wreckage.

Now, to repent for my past sins, I have just one thing to say about the Lakers losing the first two games of their playoff series against the Mavericks despite being the prohibitive favorites to win it al', and that is "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

Ah, I feel so much better now.  Now, I'll go finish my penance by saying twelve "Pau Gasol is playing like he has sand in his cervix"-es.

The failure is just so funny.

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Cleveland Indians (21-9) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (18-14)

Pitching Probables: CLE -- Justin Masterson (5-0, 2.25 ERA) LAA Tyler Chatwood (2-1, 4.94 ERA)

Game Info: 7:05PM PT; TV - Fox Sports West; Radio - KLAA 830 AM

And so the Angels return home after what I guess could be called a successful road trip. Taking 2 out of 3 against the Rays and splitting with the Red Sox gives them a winning trip, which is usually what you aim for anytime you head out on the road. The question is what sort of emotional toll will the last couple of games take? I see it going one of two ways, either they use the marathon game and it's daytime companion as a springboard to a hot streak or it leads to a total collapse due to mental fatigue. I imagine the schedule makers thought they were doing the Halos a solid by giving them the Indians, but fate has a way of playing cruel games.