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Badfinger posted:As a dude who does not actually hate the Angels (Bobby Abreu
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9. Scott loving Spiezio and his lovely loving facial hair
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10. denying Barrold Bonds a ring
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11. Enabled the first chink in AA's armor by enabling him to trade Napoli for a relief pitcher
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Badfinger posted:As a dude who does not actually hate the Angels (Bobby Abreu Item #5 really irks me about the Angels and I think it would be a grave insult to Los Angeles itself and it gives people the wrong idea that Anaheim is a part of Los Angeles where it is still 9 mi from the LA county line itself.
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stuart scott irl posted:10. denying Barrold Bonds a ring I'll never forget the image of Barrold sliding around after the ball in the outfield in game 6.  No one but Arte likes the name change and alot of people dislike the rally monkey (my mom not being one of those people).
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JediGandalf posted:12. They won a WS with the King of Scrap and Grit David Eckstein. What was the reason for them even changing the name in the first place? I always thought California Angels sounded really awesome, and their old jerseys loving owned. (See BYS's av)
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ozymandius1024 posted:What was the reason for them even changing the name in the first place? I always thought California Angels sounded really awesome, and their old jerseys loving owned. (See BYS's av) They changed the name to get the city of Anaheim to foot the bill for stadium renovations. One of the stipulations in the new lease is that the team has to have Anaheim in the name. This is also the reason for the new name.
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ozymandius1024 posted:What was the reason for them even changing the name in the first place? I always thought California Angels sounded really awesome, and their old jerseys loving owned. (See BYS's av) The City of Anaheim agreed to chip in $30 million towards stadium renovations when the lease was renewed. The lease has a stipulation requiring that Anaheim be in the team name. So they changed names. Since this is an identical post, I will add that the name switch was worth it because the stadium was God damned ugly before the renovations. Bumming Your Scene fucked around with this message at Feb 2, 2012 around 17:37 |
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Bumming Your Scene posted:The City of Anaheim agreed to chip in $30 million towards stadium renovations when the lease was renewed. The lease has a stipulation requiring that Anaheim be in the team name. So they changed names. Most mixed-sports stadiums are ugly. Thank god the Rams aren't in
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Pretty sure that a lot of the reason everyone hates the Angels is that they beat the Yankees a few years in a row and like half the posters in SAS are Yankees fans.
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I still resent them for beating the Twins and then signing Torii Hunter. (Holy poo poo, Hunter has 7 gold gloves  )
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Also every time I go to Angels stadium their fans look really weird like I don't know what it is but it makes me uncomfortable
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Xenophon posted:Also every time I go to Angels stadium their fans look really weird It's because you're in Orange County. You probably feel the need to go roll around in the mud a little after all that family friendly cleanliness.
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Xenophon posted:Also every time I go to Angels stadium their fans look really weird Orange County is basically a real life Stepford. When some of us went to an Angels game last year, I got angry looks for cracking jokes about how every kid there is probably named Jayden or Hunter or Kasay.
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SporkOfTruth posted:Orange County is basically a real life Stepford. When some of us went to an Angels game last year, I got angry looks for cracking jokes about how every kid there is probably named Jayden or Hunter or Kasay. Yeah, having grown up in OC I have vivid memories of how robotic the whole place is. I much prefer going to Dodger Stadium or Petco but unfortunately the White Sox play the Angels more sooo Another annoying thing about the Angels is that their fans still boo Pierzynski for Game 2 of the 2005 ALCS, gently caress the Angels
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Mornacale posted:Pretty sure that a lot of the reason everyone hates the Angels is that they beat the Yankees a few years in a row and like half the posters in SAS are Yankees fans. i really want to like them for this but it's impossible
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As a new Orioles fan (shut up I'm not changing my mind) what made Roberts so meh?
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Poison Jam posted:As a new Orioles fan (shut up I'm not changing my mind) what made Roberts so meh? I don't feel like he was until injuries started to sap his speed which in turn pulled down his fielding and hitting numbers. He was mostly a gap power guy and a lot of his slugging came from being a doubles machine.
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Mornacale posted:Pretty sure that a lot of the reason everyone hates the Angels is that they beat the Yankees a few years in a row and like half the posters in SAS are Yankees fans. I hate them because of the 2002 ALCS.
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Poison Jam posted:As a new Orioles fan (shut up I'm not changing my mind) what made Roberts so meh? Oh God welcome to hell. We have a really awesome ballpark though, so if for some reason you're ever in Baltimore come experience the crippling depression in person!
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LtTennisBall posted:Oh God welcome to hell. We have a really awesome ballpark though, so if for some reason you're ever in Baltimore come experience the crippling depression in person! If Poison Jam's in Baltimore, they won't have to go to Camden to experience crippling depression. 
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Poison Jam posted:As a new Orioles fan (shut up I'm not changing my mind) what made Roberts so meh? His back started going out and then he hit his head real hard a few times and his brain ain't right.
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Xenophon posted:Another annoying thing about the Angels is that their fans still boo Pierzynski thats not annoying or bad at all
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Mornacale posted:Pretty sure that a lot of the reason everyone hates the Angels is that they beat the Yankees a few years in a row and like half the posters in SAS are Yankees fans. I hate the Angels, and the Red Sox had a ridiculous streak of knocking them out of the playoffs in the ALDS. Mostly it's Mike Scioscia making terrible, terrible decisions and still being lauded as a great manager because his team managed to win in a weak, 4 team division.
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Mornacale posted:If Poison Jam's in Baltimore, they won't have to go to Camden to experience crippling depression. well yeah, but I figured I would ju-oh god you really did choose the worst team Poison Jam.
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peepoogenderparts posted:This is from a few pages ago, but please do this. Last page but yeah, I'm gonna do it when pitchers and catchers report 
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LtTennisBall posted:well yeah, but I figured I would ju-oh god you really did choose the worst team Poison Jam. At least I can never be accused of being on any bandwagon whatsoever  . Considering I've already watched the last game of the season, what are some of the best games last season? I'd kinda prefer ones with lots of runs or just hilarious gently caress ups.
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World Series Game 6
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Bumming Your Scene posted:Since this is an identical post, I will add that the name switch was worth it because the stadium was God damned ugly before the renovations. Absolutely. It was horrible, and a damned shame since Anaheim Stadium was arguably the most beautiful ballpark in the league before the initial renovation took place in 1979. I had heard that there were plans to move the Big A back behind the LF wall when the football seats were removed, but the A's base couldn't withstand any kind of movement without coming apart. Again, not sure if that's true. Incidentally, BYS - that's Chili Davis in your av, right?
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Poison Jam posted:At least I can never be accused of being on any bandwagon whatsoever To be honest with you it was that last series that really made me a baseball fan again, I did not watch a ton of last season. There are a couple of posters here who would probably have a good answer for you, but I don't 
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I hate the Angels because they're bumbling idiots who stumble into the playoffs every year, because they keep Los Angeles in their name despite being in the Stepford suburbs of Anaheim, and because gently caress the Angels.
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Also gently caress Torii Hunter
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I'm cool with the Angels since 2005 ALCS game 2 happened. AJ 
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What's the story with Josh Hamilton and a firefighter?
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Poison Jam posted:What's the story with Josh Hamilton and a firefighter? I forget the exact situation but Hamilton had the ball while the play was dead and tossed it into the stands to a guy with a kid. The toss was short so the dad reached over to grab it and flipped over the railing and fell probably 20 feet(?) on concrete and killed him. The guy turned out to be a firefighter. http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ml...tory?id=6747510
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Poison Jam posted:What's the story with Josh Hamilton and a firefighter? He tossed a ball into the stands and the guy who was trying to catch it fell to his death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KKO0uHlYlE&t=58s
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Didn't they bring back the kid back to throw out the opening pitch at a game? If that's not Stockholm Syndrome, I don't know what is.
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Poison Jam posted:What's the story with Josh Hamilton and a firefighter? Does anyone have Gendo's GIFs of it saved? tadashi posted:Didn't they bring back the kid back to throw out the opening pitch at a game? If that's not Stockholm Syndrome, I don't know what is. Game 1 of their ALDS matchup with Tampa Bay. They also stuck a bronze statue of the guy somewhere in the stadium too. Toffile fucked around with this message at Feb 3, 2012 around 15:30 |
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