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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="90%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><SMALL>Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Los Angeles officially now has two major league baseball teams. On Monday, the Anaheim Angels announced they have changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This change is effective immediately.</SMALL></TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%"><SMALL>This marks the third time in the last decade the team has changed its name.
From 1965 until 1996 the club was known as the California Angels. Walt Disney Co. then agreed to buy the team and the club converted its name to the Anaheim Angels in 1997.
The Los Angeles region is the second largest media market in the nation and includes the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside. According to the team, the 'A' brand that is synonymous with Angels baseball will remain at the focal point in marketing.
In December 1960 the expansion Los Angeles Angels were awarded to a group that included Gene Autry. The Angels played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles in 1961 and then moved to Chavez Ravine, now Dodger Stadium, in 1962 and remained there through the 1965 season. In 1966 the team moved to its current location in Anaheim.
The building was first known as Anaheim Stadium and the name, along with cosmetic changes to the structure, was changed to Edison Field in 1998.
When the Angels signed a lease for Edison Field there was a provision that the team include the city of Anaheim within its name. However, that didn't prevent new owner Arte Moreno from deciding to rename his club the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Moreno was introduced as the owner of the franchise in May 2003.
The Anaheim City Council had voted to sue if Moreno changed the name of the team.
With the name change that means there are three cities with two teams each in the majors. The White Sox and Cubs are in Chicago, while the Yankees and Mets are in New York.</SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Let me be the first to say, do not like it!
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="90%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="100%"><SMALL>Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Los Angeles officially now has two major league baseball teams. On Monday, the Anaheim Angels announced they have changed their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This change is effective immediately.</SMALL></TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%"> </TD></TR><TR><TD width="100%"><SMALL>This marks the third time in the last decade the team has changed its name.
From 1965 until 1996 the club was known as the California Angels. Walt Disney Co. then agreed to buy the team and the club converted its name to the Anaheim Angels in 1997.
The Los Angeles region is the second largest media market in the nation and includes the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside. According to the team, the 'A' brand that is synonymous with Angels baseball will remain at the focal point in marketing.
In December 1960 the expansion Los Angeles Angels were awarded to a group that included Gene Autry. The Angels played at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles in 1961 and then moved to Chavez Ravine, now Dodger Stadium, in 1962 and remained there through the 1965 season. In 1966 the team moved to its current location in Anaheim.
The building was first known as Anaheim Stadium and the name, along with cosmetic changes to the structure, was changed to Edison Field in 1998.
When the Angels signed a lease for Edison Field there was a provision that the team include the city of Anaheim within its name. However, that didn't prevent new owner Arte Moreno from deciding to rename his club the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Moreno was introduced as the owner of the franchise in May 2003.
The Anaheim City Council had voted to sue if Moreno changed the name of the team.
With the name change that means there are three cities with two teams each in the majors. The White Sox and Cubs are in Chicago, while the Yankees and Mets are in New York.</SMALL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
