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Bill Shaikin: Anthony Rendon injury could complicate Angels’ chances of re-signing Shohei Ohtani

Anthony Rendon of the Los Angeles Angels drops his bat as he draws a walk to first during the ninth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on June 30, 2021, in New York.

The Angels have had good days, but they are increasingly distant. Friday marked another of the not-so-good days, with the team announcing third baseman Anthony Rendon was bound for season-ending surgery.

In 2002, when the Angels won their one and only World Series, Gerrit Cole pounded his thunder sticks and cheered the home team to victory.

Cole was 12 then. He would play high school ball at Orange Lutheran, five miles from Angel Stadium. In 2019, after winning 20 games for the Houston Astros, he could come home.

He was a free agent and, as always,

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