Last Night's Action: Angels Rule, Dodger Snakebit

Angels 3, Royals 1 - The West's best faced the league's worst in the first of a four game series. Anaheim prevailed thanks to a solid 6 and 1/3 inning performance by John Lackey. In the hard-luck story of the day, Kansas City first baseman Ryan Shealy finally reached base with a 2 RBI double after going hitless in his last nine at-bats. He had been averaging .096 for the season. A couple plays later, he was thrown out at home plate and left the game with a "tight hamstring." Somebody needs a vacation.

Diamondbacks 9, Dodgers 1 - Suffice to say, this was ugly. Los Angeles knew strong defensive play would be key when facing 2006 Cy Young winner Brandon Webb. Knowing and doing are two different things. Randy Wolf gave up a leadoff home run among 10 hits and six earned runs in just 5 and 2/3 innings. That wasn't much help for a bullpen that just came off a 17 inning marathon in San Diego.

Elsewhere - Floppy Divac stinks even more after this story ... ESPN thinks the Ducks are hot ... The NFL wants to move the Super Bowl overseas, and now the NBA is eyeing China, but the World Cup is teasing us with their backup plan ... Sports Illustrated brings us pics from the All You Can Eat Breakfast Championships, the All You Can Drink youth division, and the All You Can Eat celebrity division.

AP photo by Ed Zurga.