Locked On Angels - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Angels

It's Mike Trout Appreciation Week! With the offseason underway, Brent Maguire is dedicating this entire week to the historic career of the one and only Mike Trout. On Monday, the first episode of this five-part series takes a look at Trout's ride through the MLB draft process, his time in the minors, his cup of coffee in 2011, and his historic 2012 season.

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On the second part of this series, Brent Maguire takes a look at the Angels needs in the bullpen, at catcher, and in the corner outfield positions.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates Angels Positions of Need article: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/10/26/exploring-the-angels-positions-of-need/

-All audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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The Dodgers are 2020 World Series Champions and the offseason is officially here. On the first official day of the offseason, Brent Maguire kicks off a two-part series exploring the Angels positions of need. First up, addressing the Angels disastrous starting rotation and second base.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates Angels Positions of Need article: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/10/26/exploring-the-angels-positions-of-need/

-All audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

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In the final installment of the playoff reflection series, Brent Maguire takes a look back at the 2014 season. The last time the Angels made the playoffs, they won 98 games en route to the #1 seed in the American League, Mike Trout won his first MVP, and the club was agonizingly swept in the ALDS against the Royals.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates 2014 Playoff Reflection: http://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/05/12/playoff-reflection-the-2014-season/

-Crashing the Pearly Gates Positions of Need article: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/10/26/exploring-the-angels-positions-of-need/

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On Monday's episode, Brent Maguire looks back at the memorable 2009 season. 2009 has the honorable distinction of being the last year the Angels won a playoff game (oof) AND the year they selected Mike Trout in the draft (yay). Beyond those two tidbits, the Angels also won 97 games in 2009, finally beat Boston in the ALDS, had a full lineup of .300 hitters in an August game, and tragically lost 22-year-old Nick Adenhart early on in the season. Beyond the 2002 title season, it's hard to find a year with more action and storylines than the 2009 season.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates 2009 Playoff Reflection: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/ctpgtest/2020/05/11/playoff-reflection-the-2009-season/

-This Week in Baseball Nick Adenhart Tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTRLXYMjFIg&t=76s

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On Thursday's episode, Brent Maguire looks back at the 100-win 2008 Angels squad. A midseason trade for slugger Mark Teixeira and a superb pitching staff helped spark the best regular season performance in franchise history.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates 2008 Playoff Reflection: http://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/05/06/playoff-reflection-the-2008-season/

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On Wednesday's episode, Brent Maguire reflects on the Angels 2007 playoff season. The Angels were about to start off a stretch of three straight division titles, the only time the club has done that in franchise history. Just a heads up, there was an audio issue on Brent's end so the audio may sound a bit muffled throughout.

-Crashing the Pearly Gates 2007 Playoff Reflection: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/05/04/playoff-reflection-the-2007-season/

-All audio courtesy of Major League Baseball

-Brent can be reached at [email protected]

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On Tuesday's episode, Brent Maguire takes a look back at the 2005 playoff season for the Angels. In 2005, Bartolo Colon won the second Cy Young Award in franchise history and the Angels dominantly pitched their way to their second ALCS in four seasons. At the risk of bringing postseason PTSD to Angels fans, Brent decided to not go too in-depth for the 2005 ALCS (thanks @ A.J. Pierzynski and Doug Eddings).

-2005 Playoff Reflection at Crashing the Pearly Gates: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/04/27/playoff-reflection-the-2005-season/

-Angels GM Candidate article at Crashing the Pearly Gates: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/10/19/examining-the-potential-angels-gm-candidates/

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-Contact Brent at [email protected]

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On Monday's episode, Brent Maguire examines the potential Angels general manager candidates. On Sunday, Jon Morosi of MLB.com reported six new names who were candidates for the role, which you can find here: https://www.mlb.com/news/angels-general-manager-search

Brent also examined these candidates in written form at Crashing the Pearly Gates, which you can find here: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/?p=5409

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On Friday's episode, Brent Maguire takes a look at the 2004 playoff season for the Angels and shows some love for Vladimir Guerrero, the 2004 American League MVP.

Crashing the Pearly Gates Playoff Reflection: https://crashingthepearlygates.com/2020/04/18/playoff-reflection-the-2004-season/

Brent can be contacted at [email protected].

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