To ALL you FOLDYER fans ... Whos the REAL LA team?? Yeah thats right the ANGELS!...truth hurts!! The Los Angeles Angels name originates from the first Los Angeles-based sports team, the Los Angeles Angels, who took the name Angels from the English translation of Los Angeles, which means The Angels in Spanish. The team name started in 1892; in 1903, the team name continued in L.A. through the Pacific Coast League, which is now a minor league affiliate of MILB. The Angels franchise of today was established in MLB in 1961 after former owner Gene Autry bought the rights to continue the franchise name from Walter OMalley, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner who had acquired the franchise from Phil Wrigley, the owner of the Chicago Cubs at the time. As stated in the book Under the Halo: The Official History of Angels Baseball, Autry agreed to buy the franchise name for $350,000, and continue the history of the previously popular Pacific Coast League team as his own expansion team in the MLB.[2] After the Angels joined Major League Baseball, some players from the Angels PCL team joined the MLB Angels in 1961. An expansion franchise, the club continued in Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Angels, and played their home games at Los Angeles Wrigley Field (not to be confused with Chicagos stadium of the same name), which had formerly been the home of the PCL Los Angeles Angels. The Angels were one of the first two expansion teams (along with the Washington Senators [now Texas Rangers]) in Major League Baseball. The team then moved in 1962 to newly built Dodger Stadium, which the Angels referred to as Chavez Ravine
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:26:39 +0000
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