Glory Days of Old

[fan_since79]

A thread to remind us of better days.

Edited April 21, 2017 by fan_since79

[Junkballer]

[Ohtaniland]

[Troll Daddy]

[fan_since79]

[Tank]

58 minutes ago, Junkballer said:

i wonder how far away this meatball landed.

[Ohtaniland]

[Troll Daddy]

18 minutes ago, Curse of the Wonderdog said:

Luv the Wonderdog  ... remember Juan Rivera liked to smell his bat

[Tank]

tried like mad to find a pic of bonds waving his glove at glaus' double in game six and couldn't find it, but came across this video of that moment with rory making the call.

 

[Tank]

[Tank]

[Tank]

and just because this is just a fun moment to remember:

 

[Brandon]

the 90's. when guys like rene gonzales and spike owen were challenging for mvp honors.

[fan_since79]

another fun moment:

[Angelsjunky]

 

[fan_since79]

Oh that's cruel.

 

[JarsOfClay]

The ball that went into the bullpen was a dead ball, it should have been a ground rule double.  I dont know why Salmon went searching for it, and I dont know why Lacheman just sat on his ass and said nothing while 4 mariners crossed the plate.  Not even a mild protest?  really?  F'ing terrible.

And the umpires were equally just as stupid.  Oh well, I guess it didn't matter in the end.

[fan_since79]

Nobody was going to beat Randy Johnson that day. Complete game and he allowed only three hits. But that '4-run' double really hurt for years to come.

 

[zenmaster]

I blame our name for our current woes. Let's go back to California Angels or Anaheim Angels.

[fan_since79]

We could have been the Long Beach Angels. The city offered a site for a stadium if Gene Autry would rename the team, but he refused.

 

[Blarg]

3 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

We could have been the Long Beach Angels. The city offered a site for a stadium if Gene Autry would rename the team, but he refused.

 

It's because they offered a parcel of land in Bixby Knolls, the hottest place on the planet in summer.

[fan_since79]

3 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It's because they offered a parcel of land in Bixby Knolls, the hottest place on the planet in summer.

Indoor stadium. Biggest air conditioners in the world. Every game sold out with people fleeing the heat.

[Sully151]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It's because they offered a parcel of land in Bixby Knolls, the hottest place on the planet in summer.

Awe Gene, always thought of his players and wanted them to be comfortable. Not too hot, not too cold. Anaheim was juuust right.

[Ohtaniland]

7 minutes ago, Sully151 said:

Awe Gene, always thought of his players and wanted them to be comfortable. Not too hot, not too cold. Anaheim was juuust right.

Had partial season tickets back in the day right next to Gene Autrys luxury box. He looked pretty comfortable. 

There are sections of the stadium that are unbearable during the summer. We could use a new stadium with more shade. 

[Stradling]

I would think you could solve the shade issues with retractable awning type devices in most parts of the stadium except right field pavilion. I'm someone that runs warm, and the sun not only drains me but messes with my eyes, so while I like having seats in the 300 section, because it was less crowded, had padded seats and it had in seat service, I couldn't wait to change my seats to the 200 section.