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.
The jinx thing is enmeshed with the sport. No doubt about it.
Did you see that, video going around about fifteen/twenty years ago, “I put a spell on you!” It really captured the spirit of the superstitious nature of baseball.
Tried to find it just now, but couldn’t. Too dated.
Baseball has some amazing folklore, and as many games as I have watched, it seems like a lot of games have something just a little out of the ordinary.
It’s an amazing sport to me.
Yeah, that name thing, what a mess. You just don’t screw with your name. All the marketing that had been done with that identity, out the window.