Bartolo Colon

The Los Angeles Angels (22-25) and Seattle Mariners (21-27) will continue an American League West series on Saturday night at Safeco Field, with the first pitch scheduled for 7:15 ET on FOX Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners Los Angeles is in the midst of its longest win streak of the year, winning four consecutive [...]  

(AP) -- Although the Los Angeles Angels are suddenly rolling, they haven't had to face particularly tough starting pitching during their four-game run. That will change ... an 8.71 ERA in back-to-back losses in New York and Cleveland in his previous ...  

It's an admittedly small sample, but Robinson Cano really seems to like hitting against Bartolo Colon. Cano's second-inning home run (No. 7 for the season and his third in four games) was Cano's fourth hit in six at-bats against his former teammate.  

On Thursday, May 24, the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 to win their third consecutive game. With the victory, the Angels moved out of last place and improved to 21-25 in 2012. It's been frustrating to watch the Angels' prized free agent ...  

Seattle Mariners Vs. Los Angeles Angels 5/24/12: Mitch's Free MLB Baseball PickSports Chat PlaceThe Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels meet for game one of their series of the two bottom teams in the AL West. The Seattle Mariners have played some of the worst baseball we have seen this season and they are also a team that has proved they ...Angels-Mariners PreviewYahoo! Sportsall 7 news articles »  

Albert Pujols had three hits, and Dan Haren struck out a career-high 14 in tossing his sixth career complete-game shutout, and the Los Angeles Angels won their third straight with a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.  

More baseball! Don't check your calendar; it's not a typo. The A's and Angels play at 7PM Eastern Time, which is 4PM our time. The A's try to sweep the Torii Hunter-less Angels (in what is an incredibly sad story, without knowing many of the details). The Angels will be starting Ervin Santana, while Bartolo Colon will face off against his old team, now obviously representing Oakland. He is coming off a really terrible start, so I hope he...  

Pujols homers as L.A. gets even in series  

Pujols homers as L.A. gets even in series  

Pujols homers as L.A. gets even in series  

Pujols homers as L.A. gets even in series  

This St. Louis team looks a lot different than that one with Albert Pujols now playing for the Los Angeles Angels and Carpenter and Lance Berkman on the disabled list. Unlike the Phillies, however, the Cardinals have managed to overcome their ...  

It wasn't as though Bartolo Colon didn't give the Los Angeles Angels anything good to hit. The Oakland Athletics' right-hander threw 82 of his 108 pitches for strikes against his former team - including 38 in a row at one point. Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon throws to the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Oakland Athletics' Jonny Gomes...  

It is halfway through May and the Oakland A's are only four games out of first place in the AL West with a 19-17 record. They trail the Texas Rangers who are proving to be one of the best teams in baseball.The team that many believed would challenge the Rangers for the division sits in last place and are the A's current opponents. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are having a rough season and have a 15-21 record entering the second game of...  

The A's don't need him showing cracks in the armor before they even hit the All-Star break. It's no secret a team needs to bring the sticks to Rangers Ballpark whenever they play there beginning Wednesday. Texas leads the AL in runs with 212.  

In a year where there have been multiple interesting storylines for the A's — the education of Yoenis Cespedes, the emergence of Ryan Cook — the one that makes me scratch my head the most is the rejuvenation of Bartolo Colon. After regularly posting mid-to-high 4 fWAR seasons in his youth, Father Time started to intervene. In 2005, at the age of 32, he won the Cy Young award with the Anaheim Angels. It was his eighth consecutive...  

#bartolocolon Have you seen Bartolo Colon pitch? He is worth seeing. Last year, it was amusing to watch the portly ex-Cy Young winner's return to adequacy, in his late 30s, after missing an entire season. It was a funny little joke about the vagaries of sports, or of life. More »  

SB NationDetroit Tigers unload on Oakland A's starter Bartolo Colon in 10-6 winSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Joe Stiglich jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com The Detroit Tigers tend to bring out the worst in Bartolo Colon, no matter what their record is at the time. By the third inning Thursday, another disastrous outing was in the books against his old nemesis ...Adjustments pay off as Detroit Tigers' offense explodes for 10 runs,MLive.comDetroit Tigers...  

Bartolo Colon throws 38 consecutive strikes This was a westcoast game, so not sure if everyone saw or heard of this (the WP report is just one sample; cited it as it has some of the key numbers and history related to the event). Was wondering what the statistical probability is for this occurring?  

One thing about "not dying" is that ultimately it is, as the sabermatricians like to say, "unsustainable". Someone had to be put down yesterday, and it was between Poochini and Bartolo Colon. Tough call, but ultimately I knew I couldn't dig enough dirt for Bartolo so the dog got it. Poochini would have turned 17 in October.Poochini was probably the closest thing AN had to a "mascot" but those of you new to AN who never met him, or who...  

The A's inched closer to the vixen tease Miss .500 last night with a late-inning comeback over the Angels, as they try for their sixth win of the season tonight. Bartolo Colon will look to best his former team as he faces off against Ervin Santana. Aw. I wanted Kevin Jepsen to start. In other A's news, Collin Cowgill (sad moo) has been sent to Triple-A to make room for fifth starter Tyson Ross, and Andrew Carignan has been...  

Oakland better be ready to swing the bats over the next couple of games  

Oakland better be ready to swing the bats over the next couple of games  

The drops this week aren't a surprise. Scott Baker isn't around to pitch in 2012, so he shouldn't be kept on the roster. (The 27 percent of you who still own Baker, what exactly are you waiting for?) It's kind of amazing Luke Hochevar was owned in 44 percent of mixed leagues to begin with. Phil Hughes' latest outing once again made people uneasy about holding onto him, and with Michael Pineda and Andy Pettitte waiting in the...  

Bartolo Colon looks more and more like a pure steal for Oakland at $2 million, particularly after his extraordinary - dare we say striking? - performance Wednesday against the powerful Angels. Colon threw 38 consecutive...  

This game didn't have much going for it. It was another solid Bartolo Colon pitching performance, another low-scoring weak A's offensive attack, but whatever. There are no style points in baseball. A 21-5 win is the same as a 2-0 win at the end of the day. But just as a win is a win, a loss is a loss. The A's entered the top of the ninth inning today with a 2-0 lead. Bartolo Colon had thrown 95 pitches and Bob Melvin and Curt...  

In that third inning, every member of Detroit’s lineup reached base and scored except Ryan Raburn. Miguel Cabrera had two hits in the inning – giving him three hits in the first three innings – and Dirks had a hit and a walk in the inning.  

Bartolo Colon gave up just three hits in seven shutout innings for his 16th career win against Seattle, and the Oakland Athletics won 4-0 on Friday night to ruin the Mariners' home opener. Seattle Mariners catcher Miguel Olivo watches as Oakland Athletics' Daric Barton scores on a double by Cliff Pennington in the third inning of a baseball game Friday, April 13, 2012, in Seattle. Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Bartolo Colon...  

So, Felix. We meet again. This time, it's for the Seattle home opener, where Felix Hernandez will try to delight the crowd by striking out some A's hitters. We would actually like to beat him; third time's the charm, right? The A's scored but a single run off him in the Japan opener, but managed to hang six on him last week (ironically, that's the game in which he got his first win). Tonight, Bartolo Colon will match up against Felix in what...  

The A's get back to .500 tonight (and take over second place!) with a gem of a win, as Bartolo Colon and the A's finally, finally beat Felix Hernandez. This was a solid win for the A's, who displayed offense, defense, and actually quite a bit of grit and moxie, as they fought hard to get runs across the plate and even harder to keep the Mariners off the board. Bartolo Colon (although he gave up some hard hit balls), ended the...  

An entertaining game, nonetheless (a least in the second half of the game). Bartolo Colon gave up a leadoff triple toChone Figgins and a Dustin Ackley drove him in with an RBI ground out and then went silent until the 4th inning. Dustin Ackley had lead off single and was driven in by an Ichiro Suzuki triple, which was actually misplayed byYoenis Cespedes when the line drive soared over his head. All this opened the flood gates...  

Believe it or not, an hour into the game and we're already heading to the bottom of the fifth inning. I imagined a lot of things for this game, but didn't think that it would be faster than yesterday's. Bartolo Colon has shined so far in his A's debut; he was perfect through 5.1 innings, giving up his first baserunner on a single with one out in the fifth; followed by his second hit of the day, a turf single to put two runners on for the...  

Somebody in the A’s front office—maybe Billy Beane, or David Forst, or some sharp-eyed old scout, who knows—has figured out how to find physically unimpressive veterans and turn them into competent pitchers again. McCarthy ended up getting the last ...  

SEATTLE -- Watching Bartolo Colon pitch can be yawn-inducing. In fact, his body language on the mound suggests he might just doze off himself. The inspiring thing about Colon on Friday night, however, was his final line. The right-hander blanked ...  

Anaheim-- Bartolo Colon's 38 consecutive strikes Wednesday night - possibly a record - was still a hot topic Thursday at Angel Stadium. Marvin Hudson, the home-plate umpire for Colon's strike extravaganza, said in an interview with The Chronicle ...  

BOSTON -- It was Bartolo Colon's winter ball performance of 2010-11 that first gained him attention. Yankees coach Tony Pena told the team that Colon was throwing in the low-to-mid 90s, with his two-seam fastball moving all over the place. The Yankees ...  

The Oakland A's are one of the teams that are thankful for the extra wild-card spot in the playoffs. Although they are still long-shots to make the playoffs, a winning start has boosted fans' spirits as the season unfolds. Last season they began the season ...  

As any accomplished pitcher will attest, the biggest key to consistency on the mound is possessing the ability to throw strikes. Oakland Athletics right-hander Bartolo Colon knows that as well as anyone, and on Wednesday night in Anaheim, the burly 14-year veteran was in the zone. Read full article >>  

Building a successful fantasy baseball team takes finding great value in players on the free-agent market. Okaland pitcher Bartolo Colon and Padres third baseman Chase Headley appear to be two guys, who have great value on the waiver wire in ...  

With one out, Adam Jones hit a tapper to Colon’s right and Colon ... Missing by just a hair on his location was a killer, but manager Bob Melvin agreed it was a good pitch. Wieters just did a great job of hitting. “Some games just don ...  

A couple of people have posed this question to me, and I have thought about it non-stop today. Freddy Garcia has been simply awful for the Yankees in 2012. He's 0-1 with a 9.75 ERA in three starts for the Yankees, and he's on the verge of losing his ...  

Bartolo Colon is looking like the steal of the season with yet another stellar outing for the Oakland Athletics. He was extraordinary on the mound against the L.A. Angels on Wednesday night, April 18, throwing 38 strikes in a row and taking the A's to a 6 ...  

Welcome to the week-four waiver wire! As many of you may know, I’ve recently married the woman of my dreams. It was perfect. Our families happily joined us to witness the commitment we were making to each other, at Stone Brewery! All of our guests were ...  

With the stacked AL West, the Oakland Athletics will certainly have an uphill battle the rest of the season if they want to make any semblance of a playoff push. But if starting pitcher Bartolo Colon keeps up his hot start, their may be a bit ...  

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)Colon, Cespedes chip in as A's rollCBSSports.comIt wasn't as though Bartolo Colon didn't give the Los Angeles Angels anything good to hit. The Oakland Athletics' right-hander threw 82 of his 108 pitches for strikes against his former team -- including 38 in a row at one point.Bartolo Colon throws 38 consecutive strikes in A's winWashington Post (blog)Strike-machine Bartolo Colon, Yoenis Cespedes impress in A's...  

The streak produced two strikeouts and two base hits. Colon's first pitch to Macier Izturis, the first batter in the Angels' fifth inning was a ball, before his next 38 were strikes, until his second pitch to Bobby Abreau in the eighth inning -- a pitch ...  

If you require more proof of this feat, MLB.com has a four-minute clip featuring all 38 of Colon's pitches ... moved him to 3-1 with a 2.63 ERA on the season, but it provided a great endorsement of the rejuvenating stem cell treatment he received in ...  

He threw 76 percent (82-for-108) of his pitches for strikes. His streak of 38 straight strikes started in the fifth on a 1-0 count to leadoff hitter Maicer Izturis. It ended with two out in the eighth when he threw a ball to Bobby Abreu on an 0-1 count.  

"So when you go up, you have to go higher than high ... by Tim Wakefield for Boston in 1998 against Cleveland. "I can't believe it," Suzuki said. "I mean, against a team like the Angels when you look at their lineup, that's going after guys and not ...  

I am not sure what is more impressive, 38 straight strikes or that only one of them resulted in a swing and a miss. Kendry Morales was the only one to take the bat off his shoulders and miss and it resulted in a strikeout. Colon's fastball has always had ...  

"You can't even get 38 strikes out of a pitching machine," A's outfielder Jonny Gomes marveled. Colon (3-1) opened the bottom of the fifth by throwing a ball to Maicer Izturis. He didn't miss the strike zone again until there was one out in the eighth.  

With a few more starts like this, Bartolo Colon may establish himself as one of the free-agent steals of 2012. Colon went seven shutout innings, only allowing three hits and a walk while striking out five, and the Oakland A's cruised to a 4-0 win over the ...  

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Was the entire month of March, when Albert Pujols was crushing balls all over the Cactus League, the Angels were scoring runs in bushels and the starting pitchers were dominating, just a desert mirage? Twelve games into the ...  

Jonny Gomes added to the lead in the sixth inning with a solo home run. The final two runs were scored off of Angels closer Jordan Walden in the ninth. Back to back doubles by Eric Sogard and Jemile Weeks made it 5-0. Then a Cliff Pennington walk and back ...  

Cliff Lee needed 102 pitches to throw ten shutout innings ... I've thought about writing articles before when Jonathan Sanchez throws three consecutive strikes. Between the first pitch of the fifth inning and the eighth pitch of the eighth ...  

The A’s have faced Felix Hernandez three times in the span of eight games, which seems sort of unfair, but on Friday, they scored two runs off him in his seven innings of work, and that was enough for Oakland to win a game started by Hernandez ...  

The A's did indeed get their revenge as they defeated Seattle's ace Felix Hernandez and spoiled the Mariners ... while striking out five. He combined with Ryan Cook and Grant Balfour for the shutout. Oakland added their third run on an eighth ...  

This is the latest chapter in an unusual career in which one often has cause to think that the perennially out-of-shape pitcher has thrown his last ... His command of his fastball is extraordinary—when his body allows him to throw it.  

But in fantasy, we just don’t have that kind of time. Want to wait 250 ABs to find out if Nolan Reimold keeps up his torrid pace? Go ahead, but he’ll be long gone by then. So, this early in the season, which free agents can we trust?  

The A’s and Angels are hoping to try to get some sort of information about where that might rank all-time, but I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s just wild to even think of that.  Eleven batters in a row never saw a ball. Colon ...  

Colon allowed eight runs before he is chased in the third inning  

Colon allowed eight runs before he is chased in the third inning  

Colon allowed eight runs before he is chased in the third inning  

We noted in ATH that Bartolo Colon flummoxed the Angels last night. But it wasn’t with slight of hand and trickery. Nope: he just pounded the strike zone to within an inch of its life. Here, in video form, is Bartolo Colon throwing 38 straight strikes.  

Plain DealerMorales homers as Los Angeles Angels split-squad tops Indians 4-1Washington PostMorales hit his first homer in nearly 22 months, a shot out of Goodyear Ballpark that helped a Los Angeles Angels split squad beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1 Friday night. “It's been almost two years since I hit a home run and it kind of lifted my ...Los Angeles Angels beat Cleveland Indians, 4-1, to complete 4-game Cactus ...Plain Dealerall 161 news...  

The 2012 Los Angeles Angels will have 57 regular-season games against AL West opponents. Those teams include the Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers. The Angels will play 29 away games and 28 home games. The Angels will host their first ...  

"I can't believe it," A's catcher Kurt Suzuki said ... yet really not surprising out of him," A's manager Bob Melvin said of the 38 straight strikes. "I mean, I think he could throw a strike with his eyes closed if he had to.  

FOX Sports West, in partnership with the Los Angeles Angels, today announced a 50-game Spanish-language schedule which will be made available to all Los Angeles market video providers. This line-up follows FOX Sports Networks (FSN) announcement ...  

"He felt a little bit of a pull and we'll see how he is tomorrow," Indians manager Manny Acta said after Guzman pulled up after rounding second base, advancing on a hit by Shin-Soo Choo.Morales said he feels very good. The switch-hitter had 34 ...  

Colon threw 82 of his 108 pitches for strikes against the Los ... Morneau now has four home runs this season, which is how many he hit all of last season, in 264 at bats. St. Louis Cardinals: This was supposed to be the year the Cincinnati Reds made ...  

Oakland starter Bartolo Colon picked up the win after striking out six and ... when the renamed Miami Marlins open their new ballpark against the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals. In the meantime, the A’s and Mariners will resume ...  

On Saturday, May 5, the Los Angeles Angels sat first baseman Albert Pujols out of the starting lineup for the team's home game against the Toronto Blue Jays. Pujols has struggled this season with a .194 batting average and no home runs.  

Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo homered, C.J. Wilson pitched effectively through eight innings and the Los Angeles Angels bounced back from consecutive shutout losses against Toronto to beat the Blue Jays 6-2 Saturday night.  

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Was the entire month of March, when Albert Pujols was crushing balls all over the Cactus League,...  

Though recent trends might indicate otherwise, aged pitchers rarely return to form after year-long layoffs.  

At one point he reels off 38 consecutive strikes in A's win  

At one point he reels off 38 consecutive strikes in A's win  

At one point he reels off 38 consecutive strikes in A's win  

Albert Pujols has hit his first regular-season home run since joining the Los Angeles Angels, ending the longest drought of his 12-year career after 33 games and 139 at-bats.