Baseball is back for real now, with the Angels hosting the White Sox on Thursday night at Angel Stadium. Please enjoy these news and notes on opening day, which should be a national holiday.
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J.P. Hoornstra at the Orange County Register talked to several Angels fans who will be back at Angel Stadium for the first time since 2019.
Mike Trout ranks 10th in MLB jersey sales, as measured since the end of the World Series from MLB shop. The Associated Press has more.
Among Jeff Passan’s 2021 predictions at ESPN are Mike Trout winning his fourth AL MVP, and Shohei Ohtani hitting 31 home runs with a 3.