This could have been a wonderful story for the home team, in more ways than one.
The young man who started Friday night’s game grew up in Orange County, a graduate of a high school so new that its Wikipedia entry lists one name under “Notable Alumni.”
James Kaprielian is the one, the pride of Beckham High in Irvine, about 10 miles down Interstate 5 from Angel Stadium.
Unfortunately for the Angels, he was the starting pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.
The Angels could use some good young pitching or, really, some good pitching of any kind.