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View MoreVernon M. Wells III. Star athlete. Philanthropist. Family man. Local celebrity. All-around nice guy. He’d be the first to shrug it off when someone calls him an angel, except that now he really is.
View MoreLos Angeles Angels outfielder Vernon Wells and volunteers from his foundation, Perfect 10 Charity, served lunch and provided Bibles at Denton’s Our Daily Bread on Monday.
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View MoreTORONTO — A Blue Jays centerpiece for a decade, Vernon Wells was given a warm reception in August when he returned to Rogers Centre for the first time in an Angels uniform.
The response the second time around — six weeks later — has been less touchy and feely, and more cranky and crabby.
ARLINGTON — Vernon Wells was 24 and in his second full Major League season in Toronto when he had what turned out to be his career year. He hit .317 with 33 homers and 117 RBIs, leading the American League with 49 doubles and 215 hits.
View MoreWells, a multi-sport high school star in Arlington, got things started for the Angels with his one-out homer to center in the second, his 18th of the season.
View MoreTORONTO — It was a return to remember for Vernon Wells, and another fine performance on the mound by Ervin Santana.
View MoreTORONTO — Vernon Wells made a triumphant return to his old stomping grounds with a solo home run in his first at-bat back at Rogers Centre.
View MoreTORONTO — Vernon Wells has not put up his customary numbers in his first season with the Angels, but he appreciates the fact that he is playing for a club that gives him an opportunity to reach the postseason for the first time in his career.
View MoreAfter spending his first 12 years in the Majors with the Blue Jays, Vernon Wells is set to make his first return to Rogers Centre in an opposing uniform as the Angels travel to Toronto for a three-game set starting Friday.
View MoreGoing back to Canada Day, there’s been a steady procession of special baseball moments at the Rogers Centre.
View MoreAngels outfielder Vernon Wells (pictured above) shook his head at what he perceived was the absurdity of the question. No, he said, he never had paused during an at-bat last year to see if a man wearing white was raising his hands.
View MoreANAHEIM — The Angels may have been blanked for nine straight frames, but with Jered Weaver on the mound, all they needed was one run.
They got it in the 10th inning on a game-winning single by Vernon Wells, beating the Mariners, 1-0, at Angel Stadium on Friday night.
View MoreWells sealed the win with his third hit of the game, a two-out grand slam off Kevin Gregg.
View MoreANAHEIM — Angels outfielder Vernon Wells and his wife, Charlene, purchased five suites for children from Orange’s Project HOPE School to attend Thursday’s game.
View MoreANAHEIM, Calif. — The more Vernon Wells pressed to carry the Angels’ offense, the more he struggled.
View MoreOAKLAND — When Vernon Wells waived his no-trade rights and accepted a move to Anaheim from Toronto over the winter, one of the first things he talked about was the opportunity to reach the postseason for the first time.
View MoreOAKLAND — Vernon Wells was feeling much better on Saturday after a bout with a stomach virus. The Angels’ left fielder was back in the cleanup spot for the first of two games in an old-fashioned doubleheader against the Athletics.
View MoreANAHEIM — Vernon Wells called the Toronto Blue Jays’ clubhouse his own for the first 12 years of his Major League career. It’s taken the three-time Gold Glove Award winner a bit of time to adjust to his new home with the Angels.
View MoreANAHEIM – Vernon Wells acknowledges his home runs have tended to come in bunches over the years.
View MoreANAHEIM — Vernon Wells was slotted as the Angels’ designated hitter for Wednesday’s series finale with Detroit after emerging from Tuesday’s game a little banged up.
View MoreANAHEIM — Moon-high expectations surrounded the defensive play of the Angels’ outfield entering the season.
View MoreAdjustment to batting stance has made a huge difference for the outfielder, who got off to a slow start at the plate.
View MoreThe Angels had a nine-hit game in a win over the Tigers Monday, and that followed the smacking around of Clayton Kershaw for nine hits on Saturday out at the “Big A.” Wells was a big part of it, hitting a home run in each game.
View MoreANAHEIM — The Angels didn’t employ their patented brand of baseball on Tuesday night. Their usual sure-handed glove work, sturdy pitching and small-ball offense was all but absent.
View MoreANAHEIM — Vernon Wells’ first two months with the Angels were nothing to write home to Arlington, Texas, about, but he is finding his groove, and his team is rocking and rolling with him pounding out the backbeat.
View MoreWells bombed a two-out, full-count homer to left, his ninth of the season and second in two days, to hand the lead to Walden.
View MoreFor an inning Sunday, it seemed as if Angels right fielder Vernon Wells had cost his team the game. Then, it seemed as if Wells had delivered a dramatic victory.
View MoreMIAMI — All along, Vernon Wells maintained that it was only a matter of time before he found his rhythm and timing and started making things happen with the bat. That time apparently has arrived.
View MoreThe emergence of Wells, who has 14 RBIs in his past 19 games and climbed above .200, at .202, for the first time since Opening Day with his first three-hit game of the season, is reason for optimism moving forward.
View MoreSEATTLE — Vernon Wells accepts his struggles in the game. He even welcomes them.
View MoreANAHEIM — A day after manager Mike Scioscia held a pregame “pep talk” to help quell some of the club’s frustrations in the batter’s box, the Angels got something tangible that could go a long way toward rectifying their recent trend of anemic hitting.
The Angels activated Vernon Wells off the disabled list before Tuesday’s game against the Rays, optioning rookie Alexi Amarista to Triple-A Salt Lake to make room on the active roster.
View MoreANAHEIM, Calif. – Vernon Wells came off the disabled list on Tuesday, with the slumping Los Angeles Angels hoping he can jump-start their anemic offense.
View MoreANAHEIM — Angels outfielder Vernon Wells could return to the lineup as soon as Tuesday night after being out for more than three weeks.
View MoreADELANTO • Vernon Wells gave the High Desert Mavericks fans equal parts pleasure and pain Monday night.
View MoreANAHEIM — Angels outfielder Vernon Wells could begin a Minor League rehabilitation assignment as early as Sunday, manager Mike Scioscia said.
Wells was placed on the disabled list on May 9 after leaving the team’s game against the White Sox with a strained right groin. He hasn’t played since.
View MoreKANSAS CITY — The Angels say Vernon Wells, recovering from a sore right groin, has progressed to a point where the club is thinking about a rehab assignment for the veteran outfielder.
View MoreThe return of Vernon Wells and Howie Kendrick from the disabled list could happen sooner rather than later judging by the way the two players looked during pregame drills Monday.
View MoreMINNEAPOLIS — Vernon Wells was tired, but it was a good kind of weariness. He’d been working out strenuously with the training staff before Saturday night’s game against the Twins, testing his groin and getting back in condition for a return to the Angels’ lineup that he’d like to see happen on the upcoming homestand running from June 3 through June 12.
View MoreANAHEIM — As Vernon Wells continues to rehab his strained right groin, the Angels left fielder said Saturday that he is two to three weeks away from returning.
“I’d like to be back out there tomorrow,” Wells said. “I’m hoping though, within the next two to three weeks, to be back on the field. They are telling me closer to three weeks.”
View MoreSee Wells leaving irritating voicemails to the Chief Hitting Officer at Marucci Sports.
View MoreSee Wells providing comic relief on his “First day of School”……
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View MoreARLINGTON — Angels manager Mike Scioscia doesn’t sound overly optimistic about left fielder Vernon Wells returning to the lineup any time soon.
View MoreANAHEIM — Vernon Wells’ right groin strain apparently is not as severe as the Angels initially feared, according to manager Mike Scioscia.
View MoreANAHEIM — After pulling up lame while running to first base in the fourth inning, the Angels’ Vernon Wells was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right groin strain after Monday’s 8-0 loss to the White Sox.
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View MoreGetting the Angels on the board first, Vernon Wells belted a two run home run into the Indians bullpen on a 0-2 pitch in the second inning.
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View MoreVernon Wells finally was all dressed up and ready for the big dance.
“I’ve got my shoes,” the Angels’ new left fielder said on Friday afternoon as a clubhouse attendant handed him a brand new pair of personalized baseball cleats complete with his own logo. “I’m blaming my bad start on the stock shoes I was wearing. I’ve got my own shoes now. I’m ready.”
View MoreIt’s a little too soon to anoint Torii Hunter, Vernon Wells and Peter Bourjos as one of the best defensive outfields in baseball history, as has been suggested this spring.
View MoreA fresh start beckons, and so do a brand-new set of postseason possibilities for Vernon Wells, the new left fielder of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Wells, 32, spent his entire career as a center fielder with the Toronto Blue Jays before being traded to the Angels in January. It was a long and, for the most part, highly productive stay in Toronto. Wells, a three-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner, is the American League’s all-time leader in fielding percentage (.993) among outfielders who have played at least 1,000 games.
View MoreWhile it was all new to Vernon Wells in some respects, it was also all the same. Baseball is baseball, whether you’re in Toronto or Anaheim, Florida or Arizona, playing left, center or right field.
“It’s the same thing,” Wells said. “The ball goes in the air, you catch it.”
Apart from a blinding sun, there were no complications and nothing especially memorable about Wells’ debut in Angels red on Monday at Tempe Diablo Stadium in an 8-7 decision over American League West rival Oakland.
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Vernon Wells takes as much pride in his defense as he does in his offense.
Saving a run with a great defensive play can be just as meaningful to a team's success as driving a runner home.
It's his dedication to being a complete baseball player that has made Vernon a foundation of the Anaheim Angels organization.
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