A six-letter word for Angels' favorite clubhouse pastime? S-U-D-O-K-U – Los Angeles Times

If you walked around the Angels spring-training clubhouse this year, it looked much like any other during that time of year: Players getting ready for their daily workouts, some on their phones at their lockers talking to family or scrolling through social media; various coaching and public relations staff confirming schedules; perhaps there’s music playing.Suddenly, you realized several players had their heads down, writing on pieces of paper on top of a clipboard.A survey? Notes? How about Sudoku and crossword puzzles? In MLB clubhouses, the Angels’ included, having crosswords available for players is a tradition that dates back … a while. Having Sudoku in the Angels clubhouse, though, is something they’ve had regularly starting about four years ago. Before it became a regular presence in their home clubhouse, Angels players would do them in visiting clubhouses and eventually, the team’s clubhouse managers began offering them at Angel Stadium. As new players joined the team in subsequent seasons, the need for these puzzles was reinforced.Clubhouse managers typically set out printed sheets of the daily crossword and Sudoku — a popular numbers-based grid puzzle — on a table or in hanging bins, with clipboards and pens or pencils, which the players pick
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