Comments on: The Battle of Los Angeles http://www.losanjealous.com/2005/05/20/the-battle-of-los-angeles/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dont be jealous http://www.losanjealous.com/2005/05/20/the-battle-of-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-116554 Dont be jealous Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:08:09 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=50#comment-116554 It's pretty clear today that jealousy wears blue. It's a fact that even most Dodgers fans grudgingly admit that we see more people sporting red Angels caps and gear around So. CA these days -- and it stands to reason that we would, considering that no one under the age of 25 has a personal recollection of the Dodgers accomplishing anything in a postseason, unless he or she was fortunate enough to glimpse the one and only game that team managed to win in the first round in 2004. That's IT in the last nearly 20 years! Meanwhile, young people DO remember the Angels knocking the heralded Yankees out of two first rounds and winning at least one world series. So, while fans of the team that moved here from Brooklyn and adopted the interlocking L & A logo of the Los Angeles Angels of the PCL (after Walter O'Malley bought that team and promptly broke a promise to keep it active in the PCL) may try to reassure themselves as often as necessary that there is "only one L.A. team," all one needs is a good look around and a modicum of self-honesty to see that it just ain't so. And that should serve as some encouragement for fans of the team formerly known as the Brooklyn Dodgers. Because as I write this, in the here and now of a 2007 Baseball season, if there is ONE L.A. team, at least in the minds of the populus, that team would be the Los Angeles Angels. It’s pretty clear today that jealousy wears blue.

It’s a fact that even most Dodgers fans grudgingly admit that we see more people sporting red Angels caps and gear around So. CA these days — and it stands to reason that we would, considering that no one under the age of 25 has a personal recollection of the Dodgers accomplishing anything in a postseason, unless he or she was fortunate enough to glimpse the one and only game that team managed to win in the first round in 2004. That’s IT in the last nearly 20 years!

Meanwhile, young people DO remember the Angels knocking the heralded Yankees out of two first rounds and winning at least one world series.

So, while fans of the team that moved here from Brooklyn and adopted the interlocking L & A logo of the Los Angeles Angels of the PCL (after Walter O’Malley bought that team and promptly broke a promise to keep it active in the PCL) may try to reassure themselves as often as necessary that there is “only one L.A. team,” all one needs is a good look around and a modicum of self-honesty to see that it just ain’t so.

And that should serve as some encouragement for fans of the team formerly known as the Brooklyn Dodgers. Because as I write this, in the here and now of a 2007 Baseball season, if there is ONE L.A. team, at least in the minds of the populus, that team would be the Los Angeles Angels.

]]> By: D. Lowe & The Butterscotch Stallion http://www.losanjealous.com/2005/05/20/the-battle-of-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-279 D. Lowe & The Butterscotch Stallion Thu, 18 Aug 2005 02:01:54 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=50#comment-279 [...] As we’ve written here in the past, we lean towards Dodger blue when it comes to baseball. While this season has been a wash, lately we’re floating high on back-to-back Dodger wins over Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, both of which were won with improbable late inning rallies. That one guy came up with that one guy on base in the 9th and picked him up. OK, that’s exaggerating, but we barely know anyone’s name on sight alone with these damned nameless jerseys. It still doesn’t look good for making the playoffs, but we’ll take the small daily gains for what they’re worth. [...] [...] As we’ve written here in the past, we lean towards Dodger blue when it comes to baseball. While this season has been a wash, lately we’re floating high on back-to-back Dodger wins over Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, both of which were won with improbable late inning rallies. That one guy came up with that one guy on base in the 9th and picked him up. OK, that’s exaggerating, but we barely know anyone’s name on sight alone with these damned nameless jerseys. It still doesn’t look good for making the playoffs, but we’ll take the small daily gains for what they’re worth. [...]

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