Subject: Arte Moreno

• Arte and Anaheim: A Valentine's Day Post

  It's almost Valentine's Day, so it's only natural that dysfunctional relationships, crushed hopes, and the reek of squandered affection are in the air. What's a little less natural is that they are also in the sports pages. But when it comes Angel's owner Arte Moreno and Anaheim, you'd expect nothing less. Like a classic bad boyfriend, Moreno has, over the years, made the occasionally gesture– lowering beer prices, spending money to buy star players– that makes his Significant Other

  February 10, 2006

• The Anaheim Example: How grammar will save baseball

  Last night, Anaheim was home to both The Happiest Place on Earth™ and a little corner of Mudville, where there is no joy, because last night in Anaheim, Team USA was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic. Mexico beat the major leaguers representing United States, 2-1. Only four teams now remain in the tournament: Japan, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. This raises an interesting question: If the US All-Star team, made up of players whose combined annual salaries rival t

  March 17, 2006

• The Reconquista Continues, Canto XVI

  One of baseball's great diversions is the Milwaukee Brewers' Sausage Race, where folks dressed in costumes that look like a bratwurst, kielbasa, Italian sausage and hot dog race each other after the sixth inning. It's really the only reason to visit Miller Park--well, that and the guy who slides into a beer glass after every home run--since the Brewers haven't finished over the .500 mark in 14 years. The sausage race is also the Brewers' homage to the various ethnic Europeans that made Milwauke

  July 28, 2006

• Friday's Headlines

  Bye for now: Harald Martin, the Anaheim school trustee everyone loves to hate (and Gustavo likes to thank for unleashing The Mexican within) handed in his resignation letter yesterday. But don't drop the balloons just yet. He says he'll be running again next year. Ride a bus today: If you've never been on an OCTA bus, today's the day to do it. The public trans people are celebrating 35 years, and reducing their usual $1.25 rate to 35 cents for the occasion. OCTA's also rolling out a Birthday Bu

  August 31, 2007

• Loathe Those Angels

  Orange County Register Angels Blogster Todd Harmonson wonders why no one outside Angel Stadium seems to notice that our Halos have the best record in baseball. He even has a poll asking which front-burner sports stories--including Brett Favre's on-again, off-again retirement, the yet-to-begin Olympics and "anything about the Lakers"--should be pushed aside in favor of Los Angeles of Anaheim coverage. But another poll may answer why the Angels can't bust into national sports consciousness. Richa

  July 28, 2008

• There's no Tex in Teixeira

  Others on this blog will undoubtedly dissect your Anaheim Angels' embarrassing flameout against the Boston Red Sox, so I'll just focus on the linguistic disaster that is the Halos' radio announcers (excluding the always-classy Jose Mota). One of them--Rory Markas? Terry Smith? Steve Physioc? Maybe even Rex Hudler?--keeps insisting on calling free-agent-to-be first baseman Mark Teixeira "Tex." This despite the fact his only connection with the Lone Star State is playing with the Texas Rangers, wh

  October 7, 2008

• A New Curse on Your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

  We Navel Gazers have had our issues with Arte Moreno's decision in 2005 to rename his Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim--with the understanding that we would immediately embrace Whatever the Hell the Team's Called once it reclaimed the World Series glory of 2002. However, with the city of Anaheim officially dropping its legal challenges to LAAofA, it is important for us to move forward. As Los Angeles Mayor of Anaheim Curt Pringle so succinctly put it, "it's in ev

  January 14, 2009

• It's a Quick Read 2

  Orange County Register: Classes sizes will balloon, up to 254 teachers will lose their jobs and frogs will rain down from the sky if Capistrano Unified School District goes through with plans to slash $25 million from its budget. But deputy superintendent Ron Lebs seems more interested in giving school trustees dining advice. "The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time," Lebs said. "We will keep doing that all the way through June." Bragger. . . . Fear not, fans of

  February 26, 2009

• [Summer Guide] The Five Best Remaining Angels Giveaways

  June 12, 2008

• Halo There

  April 3, 2008

• A CLOCKWORK NARANJA

  August 11, 2005

• News

  August 31, 2006

• Diary of a Mad Year

  Jan. 1-Dec. 13

  December 28, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  Nov. 15 - Nov. 21
  

  November 23, 2006

• Throwback

  September 14, 2006

• Letters

  June 15, 2006

• Up for the Movement

  June 1, 2006

• Season's Greetings!

  March 30, 2006

• Good Grief!

  March 30, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  Feb. 1 - Feb. 7

  February 9, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 12, 2006

• the Arizonans Are Coming!

  December 1, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 1, 2005

• A Clockwork Orange

  October 13, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 6, 2005

• A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

  August 4, 2005

• !Caliente! !Caliente! !Caliente!

  June 30, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  June 23, 2005

• The Dodgers Are Dead

  March 31, 2005

• Letters

  January 13, 2005

• Diary of a Loud County

  January 6, 2005

• Diary of A Mad Year

  2004 regurgitated

  December 30, 2004

• The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!

  Los Angeles Ashes

  December 30, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 2, 2004

• Best of OC 2004: Part 1

  October 21, 2004

• Halo-Friendly

  October 14, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  July 15, 2004

• Something to Say

  June 3, 2004

• Ice Dreams

  May 20, 2004

• Hypocritic Oath

  January 29, 2004

• Grin and Ferret

  January 8, 2004

• Singing a different 'toon

  December 18, 2003

• Angels Radio Broadcaster Terry Smith: Get Some Balls

  On the drive back from Rio Hondo College in Whittier yesterday, I managed to hear Angel Talk for the first time. It's the call-in show that follows any game by your Anaheim Angels and is hosted by Angels radio broadcaster Terry Smith. Yesterday, people called in whining about shortstop Erick Aybar not performing (although I saw him on Sportscenter's Top Plays yesterday...), how there are too many Halos fans who don't remember the lean years of the 1970s, and other such diamond minutiae. To be ho

  April 30, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Angels Owner Clings Tightly to $$$; Yankees Boast Big A Hex Broken; Long Beach Kid Redeems Himself

  Angels owner Arte Moreno don't need no stinkin' ticket price cuts. Major League Baseball franchises have taken a hammering in attendance this season (thank you, shitty U.S. economy!), so all the teams that are playoff-bound or possibly so are resisting the common end-of-season ticket-price gouging. That is, all teams are except one. Ladies and gentlemen, your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim! Reports Forbes: Clubs poised for post-season play have learned a lesson from the e

  September 24, 2009