Here are the career milestones that Mike Trout will be approaching this season. Avoiding injury will be the major barrier keeping him from achieving these benchmarks.
2024 Stat Watch
2024 Mike Trout Angel Stadium Giveaways
The Angels have released their 2024 promotional calendar and it includes two special events for Mike Trout fans. Two bobbleheads in Trout’s likeness will be given away this year. The first on June 7th recognizing Mike for his 11 All-Star team selections. The second on July 27th, with Mike in a throwback Angels uniform.
Friday, June 7: Mike Trout 11-Time All-Star Bobblehead
Saturday, July 27: Mike Trout Throwback Bobblehead
The Backhand – 2023 Season Review
Another disappointing year for the Angels and for superstar Mike Trout comes to a close. With the impending free-agency of Shohei Ohtani, it seemed to be a critical year for the Angels to improve and display their ability to be a playoff bound team. Sadly that was not in the cards for the team. For the ninth straight year the Angels failed to make the playoffs and for the eighth straight year the Angels finished the year with a losing record. For Trout, he finished his third straight year with a major injury that left him off the field for a significant amount of time.
Continue reading The Backhand – 2023 Season ReviewMike Trout’s 2023 Walk-Up Song
Curious to know what song prepares Mike Trout for each at bat at home? Listen to it here.
The song is “I Luv It” by Jeezy
2023 Stat Watch
Here are the statistical thresholds to watch Mike Trout surpass in 2023. Fifty home runs might be a stretch but it wouldn’t be entirely unexpected for him.
Ohtani vs Trout – WBC Matchup
The 2023 World Baseball Classic turned into one of the most exciting baseball events in recent years. With Team USA captained by Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani anchoring the Japanese baseball team, everyone was hoping to see a match-up between the two Angels teammates. The seeding of the tournament put Japan and the United States in opposite pools. The only way baseball fans could see the two best players in baseball face one another was for both teams to make it to the championship game. The United States needed a come from behind victory against Venezuela in the quarterfinals, and Japan needed a 9th inning comeback in the semifinals against Mexico to make the dream a reality.
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In the Ribs – 2022 Season Review
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A common trope on Twitter has been “Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani do something amazing as Angles lose 5-3.” Once again the “stars and scrubs” approach to building a roster has failed the Angels’ hopes of making the playoffs for the first time since 2014. The disappointment fans felt this year was similar to taking a fastball to the ribs. The Angels came out of the gate with a strong promising start that seemed to be a sure sign that this was a playoff team. Those dreams ended when the team lost 14 games in a row and manager Joe Maddon was fired. “How could this happen again?” is the question that surrounds fans of Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels.
Continue reading In the Ribs – 2022 Season Review2022 Mike Trout Walk-Up Song
Mike Trout’s 2022 Walk-up song is “Super Gremlin” by Kodak Black. You can listen to it here.
2022 Stat Watch
Here are the statistical thresholds to watch Mike Trout surpass in 2022.
Mike Trout Lockout Art
The MLB lockout has finally concluded. While it’s great that an agreement was reached with substantial changes to the system the owners and players operate under, the journey to get to an agreement was excruciating. The one bright spot was the decision by a brave soul named Ray Sbarra, to draw a picture of Mike Trout every day until the lockout was over. The exercise started on Reddit and then expanded to Twitter and Instagram. The artist was fun and experimental and it was easy to see how choosing to draw every day can improve someone’s ability.
With the collection finally completed, here are some of our favorites.