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<!-- template inline --> ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orange County's baseball team on Monday officially took another name -- the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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</center></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#783300"><input name="qid" value="28259" type="hidden"><input name="count_0" value="3" type="hidden"><input name="expected_0" value="1" type="hidden">What is the best name for the Angels?
<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123683" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">Anaheim Angels</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123684" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">California Angels</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123685" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">Los Angeles Angels</td></tr></tbody></table><center><input value="Submit Vote" type="submit"></center></td></tr> </tbody></table> </form></td></tr></tbody> </table> The team released a statement Monday, saying the move will "strengthen the Angels' long-term economic health by enhancing the marketability through this metropolitan area and beyond." The team said it will continue to use the "A" brand to identify itself.
The name change breaks the terms of the team's 33-year lease with the city, according to city officials.
The City Council earlier threatened to file a suit against the Angels if they renamed the team.
The franchise, owned by singing cowboy Gene Autry, began play as the Los Angeles Angels in 1961. They played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles for one year and at Dodger Stadium through 1965.
The team became the California Angels when it moved to Anaheim in 1966.
In 1997, they were renamed the Anaheim Angels.
Disney bought a 25 percent share of the Angels and took control of the team from founding owner Gene Autry in 1996, then purchased the remainder of the team after he died in 1998.
The Angels drew 3,375,677 last season -- third-highest total in baseball behind the Yankees and Dodgers.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series in 2002. A year later, they were bought by Arte Moreno for $184 million and he wanted the name changed.
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I personally believe Anaheim is the best name because they actually play in Anaheim. I would rather have California again than Los Angeles. The Dodgers call letters will now be LAD while the Angels will be LAA.
<!-- template inline --> ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Orange County's baseball team on Monday officially took another name -- the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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</center></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#783300"><input name="qid" value="28259" type="hidden"><input name="count_0" value="3" type="hidden"><input name="expected_0" value="1" type="hidden">What is the best name for the Angels?<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123683" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">Anaheim Angels</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123684" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">California Angels</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><input name="vote_0" value="123685" type="radio"></td><td valign="top">Los Angeles Angels</td></tr></tbody></table><center><input value="Submit Vote" type="submit"></center></td></tr> </tbody></table> </form></td></tr></tbody> </table> The team released a statement Monday, saying the move will "strengthen the Angels' long-term economic health by enhancing the marketability through this metropolitan area and beyond." The team said it will continue to use the "A" brand to identify itself.
The name change breaks the terms of the team's 33-year lease with the city, according to city officials.
The City Council earlier threatened to file a suit against the Angels if they renamed the team.
The franchise, owned by singing cowboy Gene Autry, began play as the Los Angeles Angels in 1961. They played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles for one year and at Dodger Stadium through 1965.
The team became the California Angels when it moved to Anaheim in 1966.
In 1997, they were renamed the Anaheim Angels.
Disney bought a 25 percent share of the Angels and took control of the team from founding owner Gene Autry in 1996, then purchased the remainder of the team after he died in 1998.
The Angels drew 3,375,677 last season -- third-highest total in baseball behind the Yankees and Dodgers.
The Anaheim Angels won the World Series in 2002. A year later, they were bought by Arte Moreno for $184 million and he wanted the name changed.
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I personally believe Anaheim is the best name because they actually play in Anaheim. I would rather have California again than Los Angeles. The Dodgers call letters will now be LAD while the Angels will be LAA.
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