Scioscia/Angels agree to extension

[Buckcheeks]

Angels give Scioscia a contract extension - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Manager Mike Scioscia and the Los Angeles Angels have agreed in principle to a multi-year contract extension, according to a source close to those negotiations. Details of the contract are unknown.

Scioscia’s current deal runs through 2009, with a club option for 2010, for about $2 million per season. The extension is believed to carry him through at least 2012.

Under Scioscia, who turned 50 in November, the Angels are 803-655 in nine seasons. They were World Series champions in 2002 and have won four of the last five American League West titles. They have won only one postseason series since the World Series title, however, a stretch that includes division series losses to the Boston Red Sox in each of the past two Octobers.

Scioscia’s regular-season winning percentage (.551) is better than that of Joe Torre, Tony La Russa, Lou Piniella and Jim Leyland.

[love_that_reefer]

Mike is one of the best baseball men in the business. This was a no brainer!

[DravenX]

Great move by the Angels. They know Scioscia is the right man for the job.

[realmofotalk]

The extension is believed to carry him through at least 2012.

Make that 2018. I know Scioscia should be named manager of the decade for bringing a championship to Anaheim, but I didn't think they would take that phrase for its literal meaning.

[love_that_reefer]

Still a great deal for the Angels. Good to see one of the best managers get a deal like this.

[catman]

I like this deal. The Angels and Scioscia are a very good fit.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Scioscia will be an Angel until he decides to retire or walk. He's like Joe Torre to the Yankees, except without the paranoid, sometimes psychopath ownership

[love_that_reefer]

Joe was basically run out of town and unjustly.