The Story: The Angels are hoping for a fresh start in September.
The Monkey Says: A new calendar month is a completely arbitrary endpoint, but whatever helps them get over the mental anguish caused by their awful month of August.
The Story: Efren Navarro has been called up.
The Monkey Says: They had planned to wait until the end of the Triple-A season, but Pujols has been DHing a lot lately, so they wanted Navarro on board to be a defensive replacement for C.J. Cron late in games.