Meaningless poll: Is “Halos” a stupid name?

[Dtwncbad]

Just curious.  For me “Halos” is maybe not full nails on the chalkboard, but definitely a light scratch.

[T.G.]

*note to self... use the term "Halos" in every post when referring to the team*

[Stradling]

It might be the only legitimate nickname the team has.  

[kevinb]

I enjoy saying it from time to time. 

[Lou]

It appears this will be battling the "Looking Back" poll in the HOF Forum for best ever. 

[ettin]

The OP should be hung from the Big A sign as a warning to others.

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

It might be the only legitimate nickname the team has.  

True but still seems so totally unnecessary 

[Dtwncbad]

Just now, Dtwncbad said:

True but still seems so totally unnecessary 

Responding to myself:

Hence the definition of nickname.

[Claude]

It’s kind of cheesy in a Roger Lodge kind of way. 

[Dtwncbad]

3 minutes ago, RendZone said:

It’s kind of cheesy in a Roger Lodge kind of way. 

Yes you nailed it.  It never seems natural.  I don’t hate it, but I always notice it as just a little off.

[John Taylor]

I've always loved the nickname Halos, but then again it's been in my baseball vernacular almost my entire life so I've never really questioned it.

[Junkballer]

Yeah, not ideal but beats the hell out of Cherubs.

[Dtwncbad]

So they call the Royals the Crowns?

Do they call the Rangers the Stetsons?

Halos seems just as forced to me.

[John Taylor]

On a similar note, I remember growing up I never understood why people called the Pirates the "Bucs", I specifically remember this during an NLCS in the early 90's in newspaper headlines. It wasn't until a few years later I found out that it meant "Buccaneers" which was another term for Pirate.

[Stradling]

Just now, Dtwncbad said:

So they call the Royals the Crowns?

Do they call the Rangers the Stetsons?

Halos seems just as forced to me.

Yea this is one of those things that is so subjective, like national play by play guys.  As for the Roger Lodge use of the word, I refuse to let a douchebag like that ruin a nickname that pre-dates him being affiliated with the team. 

[makepeac]

Halos seems a tad better than the 1975 nickname of the Angels' fleet footed outfield led by Mickey Rivers, "The Seraph Streakers." (paging AO, AO to the white courtesy phone...)

[tdawg87]

I like it. What other nicknames would be appropriate for the team? The Jesus Club? 

[Angel Oracle]

6 minutes ago, makepeac said:

Halos seems a tad better than the 1975 nickname of the Angels' fleet footed outfield led by Mickey Rivers, "The Seraph Streakers." (paging AO, AO to the white courtesy phone...)

I hadn't heard of that one, actually.   It was one fast OF (Morris Nettles, Dave Collins, and Rivers).    

Collins is the answer to a trivia question.    Which Tigers' OF went back on the 8 run 9th inning capping game winning GS by Schofield on August 29, 1986?

I remember my parents referring to Rivers as "fidget", because he was constantly moving in the batter's box before the pitch was thrown.

Edited February 21, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[floplag]

no more so than any other team nickname, and it makes a lot of sense in this case so... nah i dont think so. 

 

[Lou]

10 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

So they call the Royals the Crowns?

Do they call the Rangers the Stetsons?

Halos seems just as forced to me.

It's not forced. The caps used to have a Halo on top, hence the nickname.

[makepeac]

6 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I hadn't heard of that one, actually.   It was one fast OF (Morris Nettles, Dave Collins, and Rivers).     Collins is the answer to a trivia question.    Which Tigers' OF went back on the 8 run 9th inning capping game winning GS by Schofield on August 29, 1986?

I remember Dave Collins as a Red, forgot he was a Tiger.

Google doesn't return any mention of The Seraph Streakers but my old high school friends also remember the reference being made that summer by Enberg/Drysdale so it's not just me losing my mind in advancing age. Tommy Harper was also in that OF that year until traded to Oakland late in the season. Four very fleet footed though light hitting OFers. A preclude to a later generation of Angels featuring the tandem of Gary Pettis and Devon White, then later with Mike Trout , Peter Bourjos and Torii Hunter.

Edited February 21, 2020 by makepeac

[Angel Oracle]

They even had the halo on the top of the baseball caps in the 1960s.

Edit: D_mn it Lou!

Edited February 21, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[T.G.]

Full nickname is actually Hofstra Halos.

[Angel Oracle]

1 minute ago, makepeac said:

I remember Dave Collins as a Red, forgot he was a Tiger.

Google doesn't return any mention of The Seraph Streakers but my old high school friends also remember the reference being made that summer by Enberg/Drysdale so it's not just me losing my mind in advancing age. Tommy Harper was also in that OF that year until traded to Oakland late in the season. Four very fleet footed though light hitting OFers. A preclude to a later generation of Angels featuring the tandem of Gary Pettis and Devon White, then later with Mike Trout , Pete Bourgeois and Torii Hunter.

And Lee Stanton also patrolled the OF that season, although power-hitting was more of his thing.  

[Claude]

I like calling them the Angels. I never tell anyone I’m a Halos fan. Now my friends at Haloswin.com think differently.