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| Anaheim Angels |
- The Los Angeles Angels took a lot of heat during the offseason following the 2004 campaign as they changed the name on their jerseys to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from the Anaheim Angels. Both Los Angeles and Anaheim city councils objected to the name change for different reasons. The objections fell on deaf ears however, and the new look club with the new name went into the 2005 season with high hopes the new jerseys would spur ticket and seat sales.
- The Angels of Anaheim have the following jerseys and caps on display in Cooperstown.
* An Angels jersey and cap worn by batting champion Rod Carew.
* Jersey worn by World Series MVP Troy Glaus in the 2002 World Series.
* A bat that Eddie Murray had in his hands when he his 503rd career home run moving him into seventh place on the all-time Runs Batted In list.
* A ball from no-hit ballgame thrown by Bo Belinsky, on May 5, 1962.
- The club have retired uniforms with the following numbers: #11 (belonging to ShortStop Jim Fregosi), #26 (Owner Gene Autry), #29 Rod Carew (SecondBaseman) , #30 (worn by Pitcher Nolan Ryan), #50 (worn by Jimmie Reese)
- The club played their first season in Wrigley Field - not in Chicago, but the one located in the suburbs of L.A. For all of the next four seasons they played their home games in Dodger Stadium before moving to "The Big A" in 1966.
- The Rally Monkey made its first appearance in 2001 and has been a fixture ever since. A live monkey appears on the scoreboard as fans shake their monkey dolls in unison.
- On October 13, 2002, this team clobbered the Minnesota Twins 13-5 in the fifth game of the ALCS, and won the 1st pennant in club history, 4 - 1. Second baseman Adam Kennedy was the third man to hit 3 dingers in a League Championship Series game, joining Bob Robertson and alumni George Brett.
- In 1964, a pro baseball pitcher by the name of Mr. Dean Chance had a 20-9 won / loss tag and was named Cy Young winner for the year. He was the youngest ever to get that trophy.
- In 1979 the club at lat made it to the postseason. Taking the lead was Don Baylor and a pitcher named Ryan.
- Reggie hit his 500th dinger while serving as a player for this club in 1984.
- 2 years later Don Sutton earned his 300th while standing on the mound in this clubs gear.
- What do Mike Easler, Damion Easley, David Eckstein, Steve Eddy, Angelo Encarnacion, Jim Eppard , Mike Epstein, and Seth Etherton have in common? They all played for this organization and their last names start with the letter E.
- Alternate monikers and names for this ball club could be the celestial beings, cherubs, divine messengers, guardians, heavenly beings, seraphs, or the super natural beings.
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