Joe Maddon, Los Angeles Angels (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Next season is the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles Angels‘ only World Series championship. Ever since that exhilarating victory, Angels fans have been looking for signs of another one.
The 2005 and 2009 clubs were tantalizingly close. They were knocking on the door, but just didn’t get enough done to step through.
Those Angels teams were an excellent mix of veterans and young players, as was the trademark of clubs during the Bill Stoneman era.