Catching up with the Angels, Halos Heaven

To get Washington fans ready for the coming baseball season, all spring (err...and Winter) I will be interviewing a blogger from each team in the league. To kick off our journey I spoke with Rev from one of the top MLB blogs on the net, Halos Heaven. The Angels are undergoing a big transition this offseason, so it will be interesting to see how they do in 2010.

TNB: My boss is an Angels fan, what can I tell him to make him feel better about losing Figgins, Lackey, and Vlad this offseason?

Rev From Halos Heaven: The Angels are younger and better. Figgins could go cold at any time (like he did in his sub-zero October), Lackey won't have a great 3rd 4th and 5th season to warrant that contract and with Vlad, the Angels had his medical records and Matsui's records... I will take their better judgment and this is coming from an unabashed Vlad lover.

TNB: The Angels captivated much of the country in 2002 when they captured the World Series, since then how has the baseball culture changed in Los Angeles/Anaheim?

Rev: Kinda like how DC followed the Expos for the 30-some years before they moved to your neighborhood. Basically they did not and now they do. The Angels function as an expansion team (circa-2002) for most of Southern California. But if Kobe scores 50 and an Angels pitcher throws a one-hitter, we don't get the lead.

TNB: The group of Jeff Mathis, Brandon Wood, and Howie Kendrick were all highly touted prospects over the years, how do you feel about them now that they've reached the  majors, and how do you see them contributing in 2010?