Mike Trout uninjured in car crash after Angels game

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Mike Trout was involved in a car crash after Wednesday’s Angels game but was uninjured.

There was a collision on the 55 freeway in Tustin, Calif. just before 9:00 pm that was bad enough where one of the women involved had to be cut out of her car. Trout apparently tried to brake as he approached the cars involved and hit one.

#breakingnews Angels OF Mike Trout reportedly involved in crash in Tustin. 1 serious injury. Trout was not hurt. pic.twitter.com/Ejkgw6diSg

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) September 1, 2016

Witness: Mike Trout was trying to avoid earlier crash on 55 Fwy when he hit car https://t.co/A87x7Y7DsR pic.twitter.com/AiBr243fa0

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) September 1, 2016

The OC Register has a photo of Trout’s damaged Mercedes.

Angels GM Billy Eppler said in a statement that Trout told him he was “fine.” Trout will travel to Seattle with his team on Thursday.

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Mike Zimmer: Teddy Bridgewater has ‘significant’ knee injury

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Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer provided an update on the injury status of quarterback Teddy Bridgewater Tuesday afternoon during a news conference and acknowledged the QB’s injury could be season-ending.

Zimmer said he did not know the extent of Bridgewater’s injury, but he called it a “significant” knee injury. The Vikings head coach said he did not see the play as it happened in practice, but that he reviewed it on video.

“It was a non-contact thing. It was a freaky deal,” said Zimmer. “It doesn’t look good right now.”

Zimmer also explained his decision to call off practice for the rest of the day. He called it a “disappointing day.” Zimmer also complimented Bridgewater by saying, “Teddy is a great kid. Everybody loves him. Today they were disappointed.”

Bridgewater is undergoing an MRI.

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Report: Angels will likely retain Mike Scioscia as manager

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Despite a very poor season, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim seem willing to retain longtime manager Mike Scioscia.

According to Jon Heyman of Today’s Knuckleball, Scioscia’s job isn’t under serious threat despite the Angels sitting 20 games under .500 at 51-71.

Angels general manager Billy Eppler credits Scioscia with being a great communicator and handling the team’s many injuries expertly.

“I don’t see any reason why Mike Scioscia would not be managing the Angels next year,” Eppler said. “He’s been served a great deal of adversity, and he’s managed to keep everything positive, and kept fighting. A lot of people would have approached the situation with a less positive attitude, and Mike did not. Everything’s been great from that standpoint.”

Scioscia is viewed as old school in a game that’s trending the opposite direction, but the Angels seem happy enough with their manager, and they’re likely right that most of the team’s struggles aren’t down to him. It’s also worth noting that Scioscia has two years left on an extremely expensive contract, which may also give the Angels pause in considering firing him. The fact is, the roster simply isn’t good enough, and they’ve had to try to bring in guys like this just to plug the leaks, with little success.

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Mike Zimmer gives vague reason for holding Teddy Bridgewater out of preseason game

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Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer raised some eyebrows by sitting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater during Thursday’s preseason game at Seattle. What’s more, he wouldn’t tell anyone why he did it.

Zimmer told reporters after the game that it wasn’t disciplinary, but that was as close as anyone was getting to a specific reason.

“Because I sat him,” Zimmer responded when asked why Bridgewater didn’t play, via Matt Vensel of the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

When pressed for a reason for the benching, Zimmer wasn’t budging.

“Because I wanted to.”

Though the questions continued, Zimmer simply stood his ground.

“Teddy Bridgewater is the nicest kid in the world. There is no disciplinary action ever with Teddy,” Zimmer added. “It had nothing to do with discipline and it had to do with my decision.

“It was my decision. How many times are we going to go through this? It was my decision. Good enough?”

Perhaps Zimmer was just worried about the intensity of Minnesota’s opponents, the Seahawks. The fear of an opponent taking a preseason game too seriously was one reason that another team sat their quarterback recently. Whatever the case, Zimmer isn’t going to give us any more details. It doesn’t, however, seem as if Bridgewater is in the doghouse.

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