… they make up special panels for the NY teams… they could make “LA (N)” and “LA (A)” for the same reason.

It still looks weird to see Los Angeles at Los Angeles. Your only clue is that the game was on the AL side.

Arte Moreno bought the team in 2002. He wanted to return the team to it’s “roots” as much as possible. (NOTE: I believe there was a Los Angeles Angels AAA baseball team dating to the late 1800’s). He wanted to change the name back to it’s original name (Los Angeles Angels) but there was a stipulation in the 25 year lease (negotiated between city of Anaheim and Disney) stating “Anaheim” had to be included in the name. So…you get the strange name. Even us die-hard Angel fans hated it at first. Now…we don’t pay too much attention.

Moreno aggressively advertises the Angels in the LA Area, even close to Dodger’s Stadium. He is a long range thinker. There is speculation that he will move the team from Anaheim and closer to LA when the lease expires.

… their top farm team was the old PCL Los Angeles Angels in the 1940’s and 1950’s.

It is part of what contributed to so many home runs during the ’61 season.

The stadium was intentionally modeled after Wrigley – Chicago, except for the smaller dimensions. Here are a couple of links for pictures and other information;

Sports Hollywood.
Ballparks of Baseball.com

The park was torn down in the wake of the ’65 Watts riots. The stadium was sitting mostly unused. So, the stadium was razed to make way for a park and a medical center. It was demolished in 1968.

What’s interesting is that some of the homes visible beyond the left field wall are still there, in mostly the same condition.

For a bit more fun, there was a TV series taped at Wrigley in the early ’60’s called “Home Run Derby”. It was essentially a game show of baseball’s best hitters trying to hit more HR’s than one another in a 9 inning “game”. It was taped (filmed?) at Wrigley – LA.

Here is a You Tube link to one of the “contests”: Duke Snider vs. Hank Aaron

good nite

from a scoreboard history view

I still call the Mariner’s the M’s sometimes, and that little nickname is from 20+ years ago, and wasn’t even official

I still use that name.

Let’s just see how good these Cardinals are….the next 10 days will be telling

Brewers rotation is starting to spiral. The organization isn’t sure who is starting Thursday.

This could be a nice run for us.

being one game AHEAD of teh Brewers in the loss column…

should be good games

More like “Milwaukee Brewers of Kenosha”.

..should be the “Rosemont Wolves?”

Arte Moreno realizes the Angels are worth more (in many respects) in using “Los Angeles.” Anaheim is just a few miles down the freeway from the city limits of Los Angeles. There’s nothing absurd about this. The Los Angeles Rams played in Anaheim for years. The Giants and Jets play in New Jersey.

Like “San Francisco Athletics of Oakland.”

or all time?

better have his running shoes on.

Gordo also Twitted that there was no rain. Maybe a quick isolated shower.