Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim

As a Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are based in Anaheim, California and belong to the Western Division of the American League. The LA Angels of Anaheim acquired their name after a move from Los Angeles to the Anaheim stadium and because of the unusual length the team is also often referred to as the Los Angeles Angels, the Anaheim Angels or the California Angels.

The first team in Los Angeles was placed there by the National League, but soon to be exchanged in 1961 with a team of the American League.

After a long buildup era the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team reached finally the playoffs after winning their first American League Western Division championship in 1979.

In that season Don Baylor was the first designated hitter to be awarded with the Most Valuable Player award.

After that the team was not quite as good as in the beginning and the 1980s kept them away from the World Series several times.

After several more desastrous seasons and a deteriorating stadium, the city of Anaheim agreed to renovate the stadium by downsizing it and making it a baseball only stadium and in 1996 they also downsized the name of the team to the Anaheim Angels.

In 2002 they finally reached the World Series and won their first World Series title. In 2005 the team was renamed again and they took back their name of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Angels did this move almost purely out of marketing resons to sell their team to the Los Angeles fans as well as the Anaheim fans.

The La Angels of Anaheims logo is a red colored A with shaded outsides. A silver halo circles the top of the “A”. The halo is filled and outlined with navy blue. The letter A is also outlined with navy blue and silver.

In 2001 the LA Angels of Anaheim introduced an unofficial mascot called the Rally Monkey. The mascot was chosen because of a funny incident with a video clip whoch seemed to turn the fate of the game and the Angels ended up winning.

AS a Major League baseball team the Anaheim Angels are present with their homepage on the Internet. On their web page fans can find information on the team and their history, LA angels of Anaheim tickets and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball team pictures and biographies of individual Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim players.