Angels-Yankees: An Icy Start to a Red Hot Series for The Halos

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim were cold.

No, it's not a cheesy weather pun (see: headline). The Angels have simply been sidelined for too long, slogging through a five-day break between the first and second rounds of the playoffs.

They were just a little sluggish, that's all. Or at least, that's all I'd like to believe.

Because the only other alternative is that their in-game shivers had some deeper and more sinister origin than just the frigid New York temperatures.

From the moment Chone Figgins stepped in the batter's box to lead off Game One of the American League Championship Series against the Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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