Subject: Los Angeles Dodgers

• The Ol Switcheroo

  July 15, 1999

• Atomic Action Beanball

  A coincidence, but one which raises a question. The coincidence: last night Japan won the title game in the World Baseball Classic, and last night I happened across a curious minor relic of the relationship between baseball in the U.S. and baseball in Japan. The question it raised in my mind: do the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Orange County of California of the Pacific Time Zone of the United States of America have an officially stated policy on matters of war and peace and the use of nucl

  March 21, 2006

• Bad News for Ladies' Night at Clubs/Bars

  Yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled that businesses charging one sex less for, say, entry or drinks cannot escape legal liability if the discriminated person fails to protest at the time. In July 2002, Marc Angelucci, Edgar Pacas, Elton Campbell and Jeff Kent were charged $20 entrance fees at the Century Supper Club in Los Angeles while women entered for $15. The men sued, claiming they'd been discriminated against in violation of the state law that says, "All persons with the juri

  June 1, 2007

• Sunday's Headlines & Surprises

  John Wayne and the Grey, er, Wild Goose: Greg Aragon reports that John Wayne's 1942 yacht, Wild Goose, remains a work horse tour boat for Hornblower Cruises & Events in the area and that the long dead actor's spiritual presence is aboard. (If dying doesn't change bad habits, I presume he's still inhaling cigarettes and liquor while coughing up pro-Nixon platitudes.) Aragon writes that “soon after [Wayne] died [in 1979], his ghostly image was reportedly seen numerous times aboard the vessel.â€

  July 15, 2007

• Disneyland Loves the Dodgers (Ingrates Edition)

  Remember when Disney owned your Anaheim Angels? Yeah, we've erased that from our memory as well (though not that sweet, sweet 2002 World Series win, por supuesto). But the fact remains that Disney is still very much an Orange County institution, especially Disneyland. That's why it shocked us last night, as we were slipping into the food coma caused by the Los Angeles Dodgers' $35 all-you-can-eat right-field pavilion special, to see that Disneyland is not only a major advertiser for the Dodgers,

  August 17, 2007

• OC Register Disses the Angels' G.A.

  Quite a night last night for Garret Anderson, who socked in a club record 10 ribbies for the Angels in their 18-9 thrubbing of the hapless Yankees, who they totally OWN (the Halos are the only MLB team with a winning record against the pinstriped peckerwoods during the Joe Torre era). Included in G.A.'s stats were two home runs, one of them a grand slam -- in his final at-bat, the man was a three-run homer short of breaking the all-time single-game RBI record. A big deal, for sure. So how did

  August 22, 2007

• Dodgers Discrimination During Rose Parade?

  While enjoying Mami's amazing pozole this morning and seeing the Tournament of Roses parade rebroadcast on KTLA-TV Channel 5, my parents pointed out something interesting. When the Los Angeles Dodgers' float passed by, the camera cut between different Dodgers--Vin Scully, the Dodgers' organist, Nomar Garciaparra, a dapper Don Newcombe and a noticeably dour Tommy Lasorda, amongst others--but showed just a glimpse of Spanish-language announcer/legendary pitcher Fernando Valenzuela and his senior p

  January 1, 2008

• On A Flippant Attitude Toward the Diocese of Orange Sex Abuse Scandal

  September 18, 2008

• Gettin Shig-ee With It

  September 21, 2000

• Disney's California Food & Wine Festival

  Think I'm done talking about food festivals and restaurant weeks? Not yet. Disney wants to play too!  They're holding their event at California Adventure from April 24th to June 7th.  The festival, in their words, will "showcase California's rich fusion of flavors." There will be free cooking demonstrations and complimentary wine tastings (with park admission, of course). There will be celebrities, including Guy Fieri, Tommy Lasorda, and John Lasseter, who not only is one of the bigwigs at

  March 4, 2009

• Downtown Ozy

  February 26, 2009

• Why Do People Have a Problem With OC-Raised USC QB Mark Sanchez Being Proud of His Mexican Heritage?

  August 21, 2008

• [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Phanatico Edition

  June 19, 2008

• [Summer Guide] The Five Best Remaining Angels Giveaways

  June 12, 2008

• Let's Go, Halos

  May 15, 2008

• Famous Food, Part 2

  March 18, 1999

• Before Sunset

  LA is very little of all its cracked up to be, what ho!

  August 26, 2004

• Goddamn You, Vin Scully

  April 1, 1999

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 12, 2002

• Letters

  In the first place, I am a pimply-faced septuagenarian male, aging ungracefully, with an unquenchable thirst for comic books about hell on earth.

  April 21, 2005

• William Millionaire Plaschke

  September 12, 2002

• Dealing for Dollars

  Some of Scott Boras notable moves

  May 24, 2007

• The Boras Factor

  Some fans and team officials think hes the devil. His player clients think hes an angel. Everyone agrees that super agent Scott Boras has changed baseballbut for better or worse? And what does he want now?

  May 24, 2007

• Diary of a Mad County

  Sept. 13 - Sept. 19
  

  September 21, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  May 25, 2006

• Grub Guide

  April 6, 2006

• Season's Greetings!

  March 30, 2006

• Year Zero

  March 30, 2006

• June 23-30

  June 23, 2005

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 28, 2005

• This Week in Bread

  April 28, 2005

• Deal of the Century

  March 31, 2005

• The Dodgers Are Dead

  March 31, 2005

• The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!

  Los Angeles Ashes

  December 30, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 14, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  September 30, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 22, 2004

• Leftist Latino

  May 1, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  October 3, 2002

• Letters

  September 19, 2002

• Voices of Angels

  August 22, 2002

• White Dopes on Punk

  October 11, 2001

• Political Football

  December 7, 2000

• Orange Countys Least Powerful People The First-Ever Weaklies!

  September 9, 1999

• Angels Fans: Why Do you Let Dodgers Fans Invade Angels Stadium so Easily?

  I tuned into the Los Angeles Dodgers version of their game last night versus your Anaheim Angels on KABC-AM 790--only the bottom of the ninth, as the Halos failed in their comeback attempt. As each batter failed to do much, the roar of the crowd got louder and louder, prompting Dodgers broadcaster Charlie Steiner to make some remark about the Blue Crew nation and how they always travel well. But what I was hearing yesterday was full-fledged Reconquista.This is nothing new, of course, but it got

  June 21, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown (Your Cash): Dodger Playoff Tix Cheaper Than Angels', Deals Abound

  FanSnap​FanSnap, a free search engine for online tickets to concerts, sporting competitions and other live events, has come up with a price comparison that shows it can be almost $20 less per ticket to see the Dodgers host the Cardinals in game 1 at Dodger Stadium than it is to see the Angels open their division series against the Red Sox at the Big A. ​"For both games, there is tremendous price variability," claims Palo Alto-based FanSnap, which claims: * Fans can find tickets be

  October 7, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: 26 Reasons to Hate Boston, Bostonians and Other Massholes

  Those rubes in Boston probably find this pretty.​UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS . . . Before Angel fans can truly hate the Boston Red Sox--actually, if 1986 playoffs didn't do it, nothing will--they must first hate the team's fans, the residents of the town surrounding Fenway Park and the town itself. ​(Along those lines, a Halos cap tip to Village Voice Media Vice President of Blog Stirring Bill Jensen for this apt name for annoying Bostonians: Massholes.

  October 8, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: For the Love of Weave

  "Weave"​With this being "Best of OC 2009" week all over ocweekly.com (and in those old-timey newsracks), and Angels hurler Jered Weaver scheduled to take the mound for tonight's game 2 of the American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox, it's appropriate to revisit Weave's appearance in "Best of OC 2008." â€‹Heck, if he isn't at the ballpark yet, you might even catch him wiping the crumbs off his chin from the California turkey sandwich he devoured at Hector's Subs in Long B

  October 9, 2009

• 2009 Postseason Throwdown: Johnny Damon Takes a Hit

  Johnny Damon's inability to hit the ball is really pissing off the above Yankees fan whose voice doesn't quite match his lips. (But love the hair!)Nick Swisher, who is also lugging an unblemised stick into the ALCS against the Angels, is  apparently on notice with this fellow, too.A-Rod and Jeter? Not so much.​Read alt. weekly 2009 Postseason Throwdown coverage for: New York Yankees: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/baseball/ Los Angeles Dodgers: http://blogs.laweekly.c

  October 13, 2009

• SportsNation Loves Angel Nation!

  If the Angels are America's Team, does that make Barbara Coe the new Sarah Palin?​What is going on with America? Forget about the economy, the Know Nothings, the garbage-dwelling Linda Ackerman campaign and refry this: in an ESPN SportsNation poll that I can't find online but was just broadcast on ESPN News, your Anaheim Angels beat out the other three remaining teams in the MLB playoffs as the squad fans most want to see in the World Series. It was a pretty healthy victory, too, with the Ange

  October 13, 2009