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You know, every year before the baseball season starts I make my predictions for the season just like every other baseball fan. While I try to mix things up and try to be the "genius" who picked that annual dark horse that surprises everybody, when it comes to the AL West I'm pretty basic. I just pick the Angels.

I've picked the Angels to win the division every season for the last four years, and have even had them going to the World Series twice. The reason for this? Well, besides the fact that they have a pretty good team year in and year out, they also have the man whom I feel is the best manager in the game sitting in their dugout: Mike Scioscia.

Every year it seems the Angels suffer through more than their fair share of injuries, yet they never skip a beat. This season has been no exception as it seems like everyday somebody new is being placed on the disabled list, yet the Angels are still in first place and have won their last eight series. I wouldn't be surprised if this team ended up with it's second World Series ring under Scioscia when it's all said and done, and that would undoubtedly make Scioscia very happy because he'd finally have a ring he could still wear.

"I don't wear my World Series rings anymore," says Scioscia, who actually proposed to Anne, his wife of 23 years, over a drive-through dinner at In-N-Out Burger. "I'm too fat. They don't fit."

Considering that Mike is the type of guy who would propose to his wife at an In-N-Out Burger (and they say romance is dead), I'm guessing the only way he's going to be able to wear another ring is if the Angels win a new one. I just don't think he's going to be losing weight any time soon, well, not unless he gets divorced anyway.