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- Updated: August 3, 2016
ANAHEIM — On his first day with the Angels, veteran starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco was asked about his struggles in Minnesota and why it never went the way he might have hoped.
“It’s cold,” Nolasco said, perhaps because he misheard the question and caught only the “Minnesota” part. “That’s one thing, for sure — it’s pretty cold.”
Nolasco is in warmer climates now, pitching in Southern California, at a ballpark that resides about 50 miles away from his hometown of Rialto, Calif., in San Bernardino County. Nolasco came over alongside former first-round pick Alex Meyer in the trade that sent prized Angels starting pitcher Hector Santiago to the Twins on Tuesday.
The deal was geared mainly toward cashing in on Meyer’s potential upside, but Nolasco’s mom “flipped out” when she found out her son would be coming back to Southern California.
“It means a lot to my family,” said Nolasco, who also spent the …
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