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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
I just recalled how idiotic it is that there's a team that goes by that moniker.
End Transmission...
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PirateTreasureNC
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Yeah, it was stupid.... if the Ducks can use Anaheim then why no the Angels... and I believe that was their original name too...
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03-29-2017 11:17 PM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-29-2017 08:54 PM)_C2_ Wrote: I just recalled how idiotic it is that there's a team that goes by that moniker.
Just now, huh? We were talking about this a month ago in the Clippers to Inglewood thread...
(02-27-2017 06:29 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote: (02-27-2017 06:01 PM)MplsBison Wrote: I'm always a fan of a pro arena having both NBA and NHL, when it can be made to work well.
Any chance they'd move to the Honda Center?
So they can become the Los Angeles Clippers of Anaheim?
(02-28-2017 06:31 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote: Arte Moreno values LA so much he's pretending his team resides there.
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03-30-2017 12:38 AM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Talk about redundant, if fully translated, they're "The The Angels Angels." That's more redundant than Philadelphia Philles.
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03-30-2017 01:53 AM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-30-2017 01:53 AM)_C2_ Wrote: Talk about redundant, if fully translated, they're "The The Angels Angels." That's more redundant than Philadelphia Philles.
Plagiarizer!
(11-24-2016 02:30 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote: Gotta love my local team: The The Angels Angels of Anaheim.
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
I prefer to call them (insert name of company that I'm not particularly fond of, or whichever company has the most annoying commercials at the time)'s Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim in Orange County - I used Disney as the company for quite a while simply because they owned them previously, but I've been changing the company up recently. Sometimes it's simply Arte Moreno's name instead of a company, but I think corporate sponsorship in the name sounds better.
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-29-2017 11:17 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: Yeah, it was stupid.... if the Ducks can use Anaheim then why no the Angels... and I believe that was their original name too...
When Gene Autry founded the team, they were the Los Angeles Angels. They played at Wrigley Field in 1961. No, not that one. There was a 20,000 seat Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. For 1962, they moved to Dodger Stadium. The Angels called that stadium Chavez Ravine instead of Dodger Stadium. They played there for four years. The team was renamed the California Angles in September 1965 in anticipation of the move to Anaheim the following year.
Autry wanted to build a new stadium in Los Angeles, but couldn't come to terms with the city. He almost had a deal with Long Beach, but that city insisted on the team being named the Long Beach Angels which Autry rejected.
The team became the Anaheim Angels on November 19, 1996, after new owner Disney reached as a condition of the agreement with the city of Anaheim to renovate the stadium.
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03-30-2017 08:44 AM |
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PirateTreasureNC
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-30-2017 08:44 AM)lew240z Wrote: (03-29-2017 11:17 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: Yeah, it was stupid.... if the Ducks can use Anaheim then why no the Angels... and I believe that was their original name too...
When Gene Autry founded the team, they were the Los Angeles Angels. They played at Wrigley Field in 1961. No, not that one. There was a 20,000 seat Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. For 1962, they moved to Dodger Stadium. The Angels called that stadium Chavez Ravine instead of Dodger Stadium. They played there for four years. The team was renamed the California Angles in September 1965 in anticipation of the move to Anaheim the following year.
Autry wanted to build a new stadium in Los Angeles, but couldn't come to terms with the city. He almost had a deal with Long Beach, but that city insisted on the team being named the Long Beach Angels which Autry rejected.
The team became the Anaheim Angels on November 19, 1996, after new owner Disney reached as a condition of the agreement with the city of Anaheim to renovate the stadium.
I always thought the Angels were an expansion team from the 90s. I thought only the As, Dodgers, Giants, and Padres were CA teams prior.
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-30-2017 09:28 AM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: I always thought the Angels were an expansion team from the 90s. I thought only the As, Dodgers, Giants, and Padres were CA teams prior.
This kinda @#$% makes me feel really old. Screw you.
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03-30-2017 01:44 PM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Disney was happy to agree to switch from "California Angels" to "Anaheim Angels" because in the minds of a lot of people Anaheim is synonymous with Disneyland.
The city hosed itself with the funky language in the lease agreement about the team name, which allowed Arte Moreno, after he bought the team, to use the ridiculous "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" name.
It looks like the team is just calling itself "Los Angeles Angels" most of the time, anyway, take a look at these official press releases:
http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/221...mvp-in-17/
http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/220...h-stubhub/
Quote:About the Angels
The Los Angeles Angels joined Major League Baseball as an expansion team in 1961 and have since gone on to win 10 American League Western Division Championships, host three All-Star games and capture the 2002 World Series Championship. Over its 56-year history, the franchise also boasts four MVP's, two Cy Young winners, two Rookie of the Year winners, 35 Rawlings Gold Glove winners and 153 All-Stars. Visit the Angels online at http://www.Angels.com, follow on Twitter @Angels and like on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Angels. For media information, visit http://www.angelspressbox.com.
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-30-2017 08:44 AM)lew240z Wrote: (03-29-2017 11:17 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote: Yeah, it was stupid.... if the Ducks can use Anaheim then why no the Angels... and I believe that was their original name too...
When Gene Autry founded the team, they were the Los Angeles Angels. They played at Wrigley Field in 1961. No, not that one. There was a 20,000 seat Wrigley Field in South Los Angeles. For 1962, they moved to Dodger Stadium. The Angels called that stadium Chavez Ravine instead of Dodger Stadium. They played there for four years. The team was renamed the California Angles in September 1965 in anticipation of the move to Anaheim the following year.
Autry wanted to build a new stadium in Los Angeles, but couldn't come to terms with the city. He almost had a deal with Long Beach, but that city insisted on the team being named the Long Beach Angels which Autry rejected.
The team became the Anaheim Angels on November 19, 1996, after new owner Disney reached as a condition of the agreement with the city of Anaheim to renovate the stadium.
Long Beach Angels sounds way worse than Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Thank goodness.
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03-30-2017 04:51 PM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
(03-30-2017 02:19 PM)Wedge Wrote: Disney was happy to agree to switch from "California Angels" to "Anaheim Angels" because in the minds of a lot of people Anaheim is synonymous with Disneyland.
The city hosed itself with the funky language in the lease agreement about the team name, which allowed Arte Moreno, after he bought the team, to use the ridiculous "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" name.
It looks like the team is just calling itself "Los Angeles Angels" most of the time, anyway, take a look at these official press releases:
http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/221...mvp-in-17/
http://m.angels.mlb.com/news/article/220...h-stubhub/
Quote:About the Angels
The Los Angeles Angels joined Major League Baseball as an expansion team in 1961 and have since gone on to win 10 American League Western Division Championships, host three All-Star games and capture the 2002 World Series Championship. Over its 56-year history, the franchise also boasts four MVP's, two Cy Young winners, two Rookie of the Year winners, 35 Rawlings Gold Glove winners and 153 All-Stars. Visit the Angels online at http://www.Angels.com, follow on Twitter @Angels and like on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Angels. For media information, visit http://www.angelspressbox.com.
That was the plan. The "of Anaheim" part was just a legal loophole to bypass so he could market the team as the second LA team.
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03-30-2017 05:00 PM |
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PirateTreasureNC
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
They never should have changed it...
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03-30-2017 10:08 PM |
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RE: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
It's a Disney trademark, they had no choice.
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