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A SPECIAL REPORT: THE ANGELS

By Helene Elliott and Steve Emmons

MIDYEAR: The Angels snapped out of a slump Sunday with a 10-2 win over the Yankees (C1). Now four games behind West-leading Minnesota, the Angels have sagged since last week’s All-Star break, when they were two games behind the Rangers and the Twins (above). The bad news: History shows that most teams in first at the break have eventually won the division. This is especially true in the AL West, where 71% of the midsummer leaders have gone on to win.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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