Hot Stove Talk

[leith]

Press Release
01/03/2005 11:07 AM ET
Angels Baseball announces official name change

   
ANAHEIM -- Angels Baseball Monday announced the team has changed its official name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This change is effective January 3, 2005.

The inclusion of Los Angeles reflects the original expansion name awarded by Major League Baseball in December 1960 and again returns the Angels as Major League Baseball\'s American League representative in the Greater Los Angeles territory that Major League Baseball expects the team to serve.

The Los Angeles region, which is comprised of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, is the second largest media market in the country. This name change will strengthen the Angels\' long-term economic health by enhancing the marketability through this metropolitan area and beyond.

Angels Baseball and the "A" brand will continue to be the marketing focus of the organization and Angels Stadium of Anaheim remains the home of the 2004 defending American League Western Division Champions.

The Angels have enjoyed tremendous success in Anaheim, highlighted by a World Championship in 2002. The organization will continue to work closely with the City of Anaheim in promoting the Anaheim community, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Angels\' baseball experience.

Arte means business. Watch the payroll rise.

[davepeck]

so we can add the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim to the New York Jets of New Jersey, the New York Giants of New Jersey, the Dallas Cowboys of Irving, the Detroit Pistons of Auburn Hills....

meh...

[leith]

meh is right.

[ChrisPitch]

Don\'t forget about the Mets of Flushing Meadows of Queens, the Lakers of Inglewood, and the New York Rangers of Manhattan

[leith]

The City of Anaheim has already filed a lawsuit. Gotta love Cali. lol

[leith]

Sosa back in the AL. hmmmm.

[stabmasterarson]

-----------The Los Angeles region, which is comprised of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties, is the second largest media market in the country.-----------

i wonder what the biggest is?

[leith]

That would be NYC most likely

[leith]

So Mattingly is going to L.A. along with Torre? Wow! Figured Bowa would but Donnie Baseball?

[Wolfman]

Can you blame him?  When The Boss retires then Torre and A-Rod hightail it out of The Bronx all in the same week you know it\'s time to get out.  I mean, you\'re standing in a burning building armed with a squirt gun...do you run for your life or try to put the fire out?  You might be a hero for two minutes trying to put it out but it\'s not gonna work out for long.  Nobody will hold it against you for getting out.  Plus he\'s probably miffed about not getting the managing job.  And he probably read my earlier post: The Yankees had their century, and this ain\'t it.  Much better to be a Yankee fan over 65 right now than a Yankee fan under 35, becuase the best days are way, way in the past.