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Arte Moreno

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2006

    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 nothin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 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 in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2007

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    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 Olympi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 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 e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    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. Howe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 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 intereste ... More >>

  • Features

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] The Five Best Remaining Angels Giveaways

    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 intereste ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Halo There

    Anaheim Angels vs. Cleveland Indians

  • Columns

    November 23, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Nov. 15 - Nov. 21

  • Columns

    June 15, 2006

    Letters

    'When faced with shit they know and strangers, people usually dont mind the stink of familiarity'

  • Features

    March 30, 2006

    Season's Greetings!

    Our Annual Guide to the Angels

  • Features

    March 30, 2006

    Good Grief!

    Curt Pringle, our biggest loser

  • Columns

    February 9, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Feb. 1 - Feb. 7

  • Columns

    January 12, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Jan. 4 to Jan. 10. And tired.

  • Food

    December 1, 2005

    the Arizonans Are Coming!

    Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love Arizonans at Mastro’s Ocean Club

  • Columns

    December 1, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Awwww hell. Angels owner Arte Moreno tells Bill Shaikin...

  • Columns

    October 6, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Awwww hell. Angels owner Arte Moreno tells Bill Shaikin...

  • Web

    August 4, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Awwww hell. Angels owner Arte Moreno tells Bill Shaikin...

  • Culture

    June 30, 2005

    !Caliente! !Caliente! !Caliente!

    Ranking the new Latino glossies

  • Columns

    June 23, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Ranking the new Latino glossies

  • Columns

    January 13, 2005

    Letters

    Ranking the new Latino glossies

  • Columns

    January 6, 2005

    Diary of a Loud County

    Ranking the new Latino glossies

  • Features

    December 30, 2004

    Diary of A Mad Year

    2004 regurgitated

  • Features

    December 30, 2004
  • Columns

    December 2, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Columns

    July 15, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Music

    June 3, 2004

    Something to Say

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Food

    May 20, 2004

    Ice Dreams

    Chilling away the summer, Mexico-style

  • Columns

    January 29, 2004

    Hypocritic Oath

    Chilling away the summer, Mexico-style

  • Columns

    January 8, 2004

    Grin and Ferret

    Chilling away the summer, Mexico-style

  • Columns

    December 18, 2003

    Singing a different 'toon

    Chilling away the summer, Mexico-style

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    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 n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 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 tick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Tough Decision for Angels: Lackey or Figgy?

    Take a picture of Lackey, it will last longer.​The Angels have a tough decision to make: Do they try to keep pitching ace John Lackey or spark plug Chone Figgins?

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2010

    Why Angels Owner Arte Moreno Won't Comment on his Home State's SB1070 Anti-Illegals Law

    ​The biggest non-surprise of the week: your Anaheim Angels' owner, Arte Moreno, offering no comment to the Los Angeles Times when they asked about his stance on Arizona's SB1070, that piece of Copper State legislation that makes OC's own Proposition 187 seem as anti-Mexican as El Plan de Santa Bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Los Angeles Angels: Basking in Mediocrity

    Flickr user DTrigger05​We have been spoiled.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Angel Fans, It's Time to Panic

    OC Weekly​The only thing worse than having someone break up with you is to hear the stupid clichés everyone uses to try to cheer you up with afterward:"Dude, you are better off without her.""Come on man, there are plenty of other fish in the sea.""The best way to get over someone is to get under ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Where To Eat Before The 2010 MLB All-Star Game

    MLB.com​If you've been reading along with OC Weekly recently, you'll remember that we reviewed the eats both inside and outside the stadium where a certain important baseball game will be played tomorrow.If you can't handle the idea of overpaying for stadium food, here are some additional suggesti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    5 Fun Facts in Leaked Angels Documents

    ​Tommy Craggs is having a helluva time revealing the financial secrets of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in "MLB Confidential" on Deadspin.com, thanks to leaked documents team officials have confirmed are the real deal.Major League Baseball and Angels' VP of Communications Tim Mead are not amu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Donald Bren Ranked Richest in SoCal (Again)

    The latest Forbes list of richest Americans is out, and Newport Beach's reclusive billionaire Donald Bren once again finds himself ranked the richest man in Southern California.Forbes pegs the Irvine Co. chairman's wealth at $12 billion, enough to make him the 21st richest man in these United St ... More >>

  • News

    October 14, 2010

    Angels Press-Box Pooh-Bah

    [Best of OC 2010] John Moynihan's 10 OC Survival Tips

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Great Expectations for Angels Rookies Peter Bourjos and Mike Trout

    Let the fish puns begin.​The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have plenty they'd like to forget about last season. With Opening Day coming up fast, the Halos are hoping to return to the have-a-great-regular-season-before-getting-spanked-by-the-stinkin'-Red Sox-in-the-playoffs-AGAIN form that fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    Angels Opening Day: Living On a Prayer

    ​Rejoice! It's Opening Day, baseball fans! What's that? You hear the Red Sox are a mortal lock to win the World Series this year? That Boston's road to American League dominance ran straight through the Halos' shattered dreams of signing Carl Crawford? That the Oakland A's are actually decent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Waiving Scott Kazmir Thins Angels Thin Pitching Staff

    ​Even during the magical 2002 World Series year, the knock against the Angels was they lacked that one powerful bat.Defense--check. Intangibles--check. Pitching--double check.Yesterday's waiving of once-projected ace Scott Kazmir is just more evidence that last category is no longer a lock.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    [UPDATED with Pact Ratified:] Strike Count at Angel Stadium is 1-1 as One Union Approves Contract

    ​UPDATED, SEPT. 14, 10:41 A.M.: Members of the union that represents 400 stadium ushers, janitors, ticket takers and ticket sellers voted to ratify a new contract with the Angels, averting a strike as the Major League Baseball season nears the end. The Angels had sought a wage freeze for those wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    [UPDATED with God Smack:] Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson Coming to the Angels

    ​UPDATE, DEC. 8, 2:50 P.M.: Step aside, Rick Warren, Robert Schuller and Bishop Tod Brown: the next great Orange County Christian soldier may very well be Albert Pujols. Christian author Scott Lamb, who co-wrote Pujols: More Than a Game, believes the slugger may do more than knock baseballs over t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    [PHOTO] The Virgin of Guadalupe Appears Inside the Big A!

    ​There is the Reconquista, and then there is what's happening with our Anaheim Angels--once the paragon of suburban gabacho aspirations as exemplified by Gene Autrey and Wally Joyner, now owned by a Latino (Arte Moreno), narrated by one (Jose Mota), and recent acquirers of Albert Pujols, the Domin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    ESPN on Why Angels Owner Arte Moreno Isn't an Aztlanista or a Vendido

    ​When it was announced that Arte Moreno purchased your Anaheim Angels to become the first Latino owner of a professional sports franchise, I wrote this piece for your favorite rag excoriating the expectations of local Latinos that Moreno be all Mexican-loving and down with the brown because he's L ... More >>

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