Good comments. I agree with your logic there.
When I first heard the term, “Los Angeles Angels”, I thought someone had made a mistake.
When I found out it was a marketing scheme from the Angels’ front office, it actually annoyed me. It still does.
The Dodgers have worked to create the fan friendly relationship they have, and I think they have represented the city as well as they could have.
For the Angels to horn in on that, it just seemed bush-league to me.
Your observation about Orange County not wanting to have anything to do with Los Angeles seemed spot on, and I can’t believe they weren’t tweaked themselves as if being Orange County fans wasn’t something the team could respect/honor.
If they pulled that on me, I’d have never set foot in their stadium again.
Arte’s “LA Angels” still sticks in the craw of local fans.
Arte From Phoenix could have changed the name to the Orange County Angels. Or he could have changed the name back to the California Angels.
But he should have left the team with the same name that they won the World Series with, the Anaheim Angels. They play in Anaheim after all, not in Los Angeles.
There is of course no group on Earth more superstitious than baseball players, unless it’s baseball fans; and they all know that Billboard Arte jinxed the team when he stole the Dodgers city name and plastered it on Orange County’s home team. It’s hard enough to win another World Series without Arte handicapping the team with his Name Jinx.