When did you become an Angels fan? Were you an Angels fan before, during or after the 2002 season?

[HaloMilliVanilli]

I was a casual fan of the team in '78, but became a hardcore fan from the get-go in 1979, which also made it a special thing for me being it was my first full season as an Angels fan, seeing them get to the playoffs. I watched and listened to every game as a nine year old.

This, except I was 10.

[RallyMo]

I am a dedicated, diehard fan. I've been a fan for over 11 years now dating all the way back to September of 2002.

I've been with this team since guys like David Eckstein and Tim Salmon were amongst our beloved crew.

Admittedly, I haven't been watching much for the past three or so years, but I am a dedicated fan and I love my Angels.

[m0nkey]

I understand rallymo. While the angels have been struggling recently, us lifelong clippers fans haven't beentoo bummed out when it comes to sports the past few years. Clipper nation is on the rise! Except we cacan't settle for being happy just making the playoffs now. Now it must be championship or bust. Anything less than a parade in june in downtown los Angeles will be a massive disappointment.

Ride with us, or collide with us! We love our clips!

[Tavon Brown]

Sadly growing up in the Inland Empire I was a Dodger fan.  Then my parents got divorced and my mom and I ended up moving to Santa Ana Bristol/Memory Lane area in 1990.  I was in 8th grade.  Since I was new in town and didn't have many friends I rode my bike up the Santa Ana river trail over to the big A just to poke around.  I made new friends that were workers for the stadium, then I started to go to Angels and Rams games with them and the rest is history. 

Edited December 18, 2013 by Tanaka

[edgur1995]

Greatest game I went to was Timmys last game before retiring.

[RallyMo]

Greatest game I went to was Timmys last game before retiring.

You clearly weren't at either of our seventeen inning losses in 2004.

[papawealey]

Probably 71 or 72 during the Ryan/Messersmith years. All on radio during the '70s, listening to Enberg was part of a hot summer afternoon.

[Black Beard]

2011

[Inside Pitch]

I'll be honest, I was a Yankees fan from the age of 5 till 8 years old. I didn't become a full fledge Angels fan till I was nine. Boy did I love the old Yankees. Guidry, Randolph, Reggie Jackson, Chambliss, Nettles, Dent, Munson, Goose, Hunter.... The Yankees of the 70's really got me into Baseball. 

 

Ha...   that's funny.  I was an Angels fan from the womb because my Dad was a huge Ryan fan.  Growing up my three favorite players were Ryan, Grich, and Reggie...   The Reggie love came in part because the Yankees had beaten the Dodgers in 77 and 78 with Reggie going apeshit both years, and anything and anyone that made Dodger fans sad was my favorite...  When Reggie came over in 82, I never again bothered to follow the Yankees.

[Chuck]

Ha...   that's funny.  I was an Angels fan from the womb because my Dad was a huge Ryan fan.  Growing up my three favorite players were Ryan, Grich, and Reggie...   The Reggie love came in part because the Yankees had beaten the Dodgers in 77 and 78 with Reggie going apeshit both years, and anything and anyone that made Dodger fans sad was my favorite...  When Reggie came over in 82, I never again bothered to follow the Yankees.

 

I remember going to the Kingdome with my dad when I was 7 years old and the M's were playing the Yankees. It was a sold out crowd and they were selling Reggie Jackson candy bars EVERYWHERE! I felt like I was in an indoor version of Yankee stadium. Way more Yankee fans in attendance than Mariner fans. I was giving some M's fans shit, but fun bantering.

[Diaz15]

I'm an Angels fan by birth, so you can say that I've been a fan since 1984. It was honestly in 1993 when I became a real fan and it is all thanks to Mr. Angel himself, Tim Salmon. I remember as a kid how much excitement was around that rookie kid. He shortly became my favorite player and I've been a fan of the Angels ever since. 

[kendradad]

Since the first day.  1961?

[Deek]

I became a fan in Jr. High - got caught up in "Wally World"...

Edited April 4, 2014 by Deek

[Chele]

I was 10 when the Angels won the world series and it was the first postseason I watched the whole way through. I also watched it with my grandpa who passed away in the coming months. That's when I started to like the Angels and did what most kids do in choosing a team to like that doesn't live near a pro team. I have followed them ever since and love watching them play. Hoping this season ends the same way 2002 did.

[HaloFan79]

I became a fan in '79. We moved to SoCal a few years earlier and I was big into playing baseball at the time. A friends Dad took us to the Big A to see a game that year and I was hooked. I got to see Ryan and Tanana pitch in different games, along with Baylor, Downing and the rest.

We got to enjoy the playoffs that year, and I wasn't too disappointed when we lost to the Royals. It was much harder in '82 when we were so close to the Series before losing to Milwaukee. Don't get me started on the disappointment of '86. However, it all made 2002 that much sweeter!

[Adios]

I have been a fan since around 82. I remember my teacher bringing a TV to the class to watch the collapse against the Brewers. I believe it was only a 3 game series back then for the ALCS.

[CeramicDragon]

I was in junior high when Tim Salmon first became an angel. Now I am old.

[Barrett]

I was born in 1982 grew up going to Angels games and watching a lot of losing seasons. But having favorite players like Wally Joyner, Jim Abbot, Edmonds, my all time favorite Erstad and Salmon.

[Puget Sound Angel]

Angels fan since 1971

[budice0]

I joined up during the 2002 season.  Be nice to see another postseason soon.

[TheBrettCurtis]

Since the day i was born October of 85'

[FiveToolMVP]

The day it all began, Fathers Day 1980 -  I was 11.

 

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[Frieri Meatball]

My dad used to take me to Angels games back in the 80's when i was a kid. We lived a couple blocks from the stadium back then. I started following the team regularly back in the 90's. I will never forget that 2002 season! To see the team win it all after all those losing seasons was the best!

[zenmaster]

I moved to Southern California in 2007 and became an Angels fan in 2009. I grew up in Illinois and was a white sox fan. I started going to Angels game when I moved here and really started liking them. I really hated the direction the white sox were going and being that southern california is my new home for the next 30 years at least, I became an angels fan. 

 

(yes I liked the ChiSox in 2005 during the infamous AJ P game, please don't hold it against me)

[Sir Aaron]

Born in Anaheim.  Fan all my life since my father took me to the games.  He preferred the Dodgers but I always preferred Anaheim.  I couldn't watch parts of the last two games of the world series because I was so nervous.