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Competing views of Anaheim and the Angels, first from Red Sox loyalist Jeffrey Anderson in the LA Weekly:
The Angels play before red-clad, suburban boobs who act as if they are at a theme park instead of a major-league stadium inhabited by former World Series champions. Obsessed with a jacked-up Monkey and with banging blow-up, tube-shaped plastic balloons together to make a cacophonous racket, Angels fans, and pretty much everything about baseball in Anaheim, scream lightweight — or pep rally.
And Gustavo Arellano in the OC Weekly:
America’s baseball team features a Latino as its biggest superstar. America’s baseball team boasts a deep-pocketed boss who cares more about fans than revenue. America’s baseball team made the playoffs with their hustle, teamwork and grit.The St. Louis Cardinals? Please. The New York Yankees? Been there, done that. The Boston Red Sox? Now you’re just being ridiculous.
No, America’s Baseball Team is your Anaheim Angels.
Arellano pitched his 'America's team' thesis last week on NPR's "Day to Day."