Southern Cali Sports

The Los Angeles Angels ended their 2007 baseball season with Reggie Willits hitting in the cleanup spot…

The Los Angeles Angels trotted out a small-ball-baseball lineup capable of typically scoring 2 or 3 runs a night and they ran into a buzz saw that held them to 3 runs in the American League Division series…

You can’t trot your small ball lineup out against the likes of the Boston Red Sox who are charging towards their 2nd World Series Ring this century…

Curt Schilling pitched 7 innings of shut out baseball (to send the Angels home for the season) and many saw it coming since he’s basically been a post-season pitcher his entire career and the scary thing is that Josh Beckett looks even better then him!

The Boston Red Sox have set the standard…

2 or 3 big bats in the lineup and 2 or 3 pitchers that would probably be aces on any other team in the major leagues…

Like it or not, this is who you’re competing with for baseball dominance.

The only team in the American League playoffs the Angels might’ve beaten is the New York Yankees and they’re lucky they didn’t get swept themselves yesterday and they may be going home after today.

Anyway you look at it, the New York Yankees will NOT beat the Cleveland Indians…

Where am I going with all of this?

The LA Angels need to make some changes…

Vlad Guerrero needs some protection in the lineup and the likes of Garret Anderson, Juan Rivera or anyone else on the Angels roster is not likely to provide it. Don’t choke on your Kool-Aid if you think Gary Matthews is the answer.

Let’s face it, the LA Angels are a good team but they’re not a great team and next year the Angels need to add a bat.

Enough with the friggin’ small ball!