HIS CALL: Broadcaster Al Conin, above, who...

HIS CALL: Broadcaster Al Conin, above, who in eight years with the Angels has seen the good, the bad and the ugly, says this year’s team is as competitive as any. . . . Still, Conin worries. About what? About the ever-powerful Oakland A’s. As Conin tells columnist Mike Penner (C1), the A’s “have a positive arrogance about the way they play the game. They do what it takes to win, and they know how to adjust.”