“It was almost like we were playing that season for him,” Mathis said about the 2009 Angels. Every time we stepped on that field that was part of the reason that we played the way we played.”The Angels won the AL West in 2009. Angels owner Arte Moreno described it “like a punch in the heart” when general manager Billy Eppler called him Monday with the news about Skaggs. “It’s a little bit harder, especially when you’re playing a team that you played with him on,” Chavez said sombrely. Current Angels first baseman Albert Pujols was on that Cardinals team with Kile.

Source: thestar July 03, 2019 11:48 UTC