Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Well, that clears things up.
Angels Baseball Monday announced the team has changed its official name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This change is effective January 3, 2005. The inclusion of Los Angeles reflects the original expansion name awarded by Major League Baseball in December 1960 and again returns the Angels as Major League Baseball's American League representative in the Greater Los Angeles territory that Major League Baseball expects the team to serve.
You are expected to serve, Angels. Applying this nomenclature to the NFL would also yield the New York Giants of New Jersey, the New York Jets of New Jersey, and the Washington Redskins of Landover.
TrackBackIf you translate the Spanish to English, the team's name is "The The Angels Angels of Anaheim."
Posted by: arthur at January 4, 2005 03:46 PMI guess "the Carolina Panthers of Spartanburg, S.C." (during preseason) isn't technically, um, in the same league.
Posted by: Lex at January 4, 2005 10:53 PM