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Arte Moreno, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, said Monday that “it’s very necessary” to re-elect the president. “We all know where we’ve been,” Moreno, a fourth-generation Mexican American, said during a “Latinos for Trump” roundtable at the in Phoenix Arizona Grand Resort & Spa, according to the Arizona Family publication. “It’s necessary to focus on today and the future, and it’s very necessary to vote for President Trump.” Moreno, who purchased Phoenix-based Outdoor Systems advertising in 1984 and turned it into a multi-billion-dollar company, said a second Trump term would help small business owners.

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of a deadly combination of alcohol and drugs, an autopsy conducted by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner shows. Skaggs, 27, was found dead July 1 in a Southlake hotel while the Angels were in town to play the Texas Rangers. The autopsy and toxicology report released Friday show Skaggs had a combination of fentanyl, Oxycodone and Oxymorphone in his system.

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in an accidental overdose, a medical examiner in Texas said in a report released Friday. The 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in the Dallas area July 1 before the start of what was supposed to be a four-game series against the Texas Rangers. The first game was postponed before the teams played the final three games. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office issued a technical report that said Skaggs died as a result of "mixed...

Is any other Angels' fan offended by this crass "Christmas in June" promotion ?

ANAHEIM -- The Angels' offense finally kicked into gear in the series finale against the Twins, but that wasn't even close to being the story. On Wednesday night, it was all about Jered Weaver, the ace pitcher who recorded his first no-hitter and the ninth individual no-hitter in Angels history, leading his club to a 9-0 victory that gave them the sweep and three straight wins for the first time this year. Weaver came in having given up just three runs in his last 21 2/3 innings. And prior to a two-out, seventh-inning walk to Josh Willingham, the only baserunner...

Baseball's best player is getting paid like it. The Los Angeles Angels swooped in to win the Albert Pujols sweepstakes with a quarter-billion dollar offer the superstar slugger just could not refuse. With his old team the St. Louis Cardinals and the Florida Marlins engaged in a bidding war for the first baseman's services, the Angels appear to have blown everyone out of the water with a 10-year offer that may be as much as $260 million. Pujols led his team to a World Series title this past season, but his longtime manager, Tony LaRussa, announced his retirement and...

CLEVELAND -- Ervin Santana pitched the first solo no-hitter for the Angels in nearly 27 years, getting some long overdue revenge against the Cleveland Indians and leading Los Angeles to a 3-1 win Wednesday.

<p>The Times reported this week that former Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson is auctioning off the bat he used to hit his historic homer in the 1988 World Series –- along with his jersey, helmet and World Series trophy.</p> <p>And now comes news from CNBC that Robert Castillo, the former Angels production manager who created the Rally Monkey, is selling his World Series ring, valued at $19,000.</p>

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The man charged with killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunken driving crash pleaded not guilty Monday to three counts of murder as relatives of the dead and one survivor looked on. Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, also pleaded not guilty through his attorney to three other felony charges and one misdemeanor in the April 9 collision that occurred just hours after Adenhart pitched six scoreless innings in his season debut. Gallo watched from inside a security enclosure as defense attorney Randall Longwith entered the pleas before an Orange County Superior...

Here is a video report on the tragic death last night of Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Nick Adenhart. Adenhart pitched six scoreless innings last night against the Oakland A's, and then was killed last night in a car accident when his vehicle was hit by a suspected drunk driver. Adenhart and two others in his vehicle were killed. The driver who hit Adenhart fled the scene on foot and was caught by police about 30 minutes later. He was reportedly driving on a suspended license. Adenhart was only 22 years old. The Angels-A's game scheduled for tonight has been postponed....

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, who started in a home game against the A's Wednesday night, was killed in a felony hit-and-run car accident in Fullerton, California, early Thursday morning, according to multiple reports. The accident was cause by the driver of a minivan who ran a red light, which caused the Mitsubishi that Adenhart was riding in to hit a light pole, police said. In addition to the 22-year-old Adenhart, two other people died in the crash. One of the other people killed was also affiliated with the Angels organization, TMZ reports. The driver of the minivan fled...