32 Years ago today

[gurn67]

I was forced root for my least favorite player, because he was now wearing a halo.

[Redondo]

I remember that day. Didn't really like Reggie, but once he was an Angel I went to games to watch him play. He did hit some bombs. Liked him ever since he became an Angel.

[arch stanton]

I thought this would be about the first day that Tanaka was posted.

 

He had a good season in '82 thus proving that it is possible to have a good season the first year after signing with the Angels.

[Angelsjunky]

Its always good to remember that the Angels tendency to sign over-the-hill former stars is a long and tried tradition.

[YouthofToday]

I've met Reggie Jackson. **** him. The piece of shit epitomizes what a douche is.

[Tank]

yeah, reggie is a pretty arrogant guy. i met him once, and he was a clown. he's also not very tall. i think i could've taken him.

 

 

 

remember how fans would throw quarters to him in right field after he hit a homer? that was . . . bizarre. whoever mowed right field after the game must have been pretty pissed about mowing over all those coins.

[Glen]

I know I've told the story before, but my dad took me to my first Angels game that year.  I had a friend go with me and we were hanging out by the players' parking lot.  We saw Reggie pull up and get out of his car, and started walking towards him to get his autograph.  We he saw us coming he went back to his car and got some stuff out of the trunk, and then said to us "sorry, can't sign autographs, hands are full" and kept on walking.  

 

That soured me and my friend on Reggie.

[Angel Oracle]

He was not good at all with the fans, but did finish 6th in the 1982 MVP voting and tied Gorman Thomas for the AL HR title with 39 (breaking Leon Wagner's and Bobby Bonds' team record of 37).

Edited January 22, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[LightTheHalo]

He had a good season in '82 thus proving that it is possible to have a good season the first year after signing with the Angels.

 

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I think Vladimir Guerrero also proved it pretty clearly.

[AngelsFaninGA]

Albert Pujols celebrated his quiceanera?

[fan_since79]

Of all the Angel games I attended during his stay here, I saw Reggie hit exactly one home run, but it was a good one. 1983, against Toronto. He came off the bench in the 8th inning (he was sick with the flu) and hit a 3-run homer to straightaway center field to tie the score 3-3. In the 7th, Doug DeCinces had broken up Luis Leal's no-hitter with a double.

 

Good game. Angels won it 5-3. DeCinces hit a 2-run homer later in the 8th to put us ahead for good.

Edited January 22, 2014 by fan_since79

[Angel Oracle]

I saw him hit two HRs by the 3rd inning against the Skanks in a one-sided win in 1982.

That was beautiful.

 

Sadly, the game I attended in September 1984 against KC was not the one where he hit HR #500.

It was one of the other two games in that home series where he did it.

Edited January 22, 2014 by Angel Oracle

[Sully151]

 

 

 

 

remember how fans would throw quarters to him in right field after he hit a homer? that was . . . bizarre. whoever mowed right field after the game must have been pretty pissed about mowing over all those coins.

 

If I remember right, there was no need for the groundskeeper to be pissed because Reggie picked the quarters up and put them in hi pocket.

[gurn67]

I know I've told the story before, but my dad took me to my first Angels game that year.  I had a friend go with me and we were hanging out by the players' parking lot.  We saw Reggie pull up and get out of his car, and started walking towards him to get his autograph.  We he saw us coming he went back to his car and got some stuff out of the trunk, and then said to us "sorry, can't sign autographs, hands are full" and kept on walking.  

 

That soured me and my friend on Reggie.

 

Back when the players had to walk past the fans to get to the players' parking lot, Reggie was always the worst.

[Brent Maguire]

Funny seeing these responses.

I watched an interview with him on MLB Network and he didn't act like a dick on there. But I have heard countless stories about him so I know he isn't exactly the nicest guy.

I'll still rock my Reggie Jackson throwback though.

[CTAngels44]

I became an Angels fan that day.  Growing up in Connecticut 45 min. away from Yankees stadium I was a Yankee fan up until that day(Reggie my childhood hero).  I was 12 then and him being traded made me change teams.  Now 32 years later, thank God he got traded and saved me from being a Yankee fan!!!   On another note I work in New York and all the Yankee fans were not very happy about spending $175 million on Tanaka.