What's In A Name...A Whole Lot!

Aveosmth · May 19th, 2005, 03:25 PM

What’s In A Name? A Whole Lot! By Avery Smith

As a young kid growing up, I had the benefit of rooting for two major league teams. The Dodgers were by far my favorite. They were the team that I grew up with and identified. They had Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, and my dad Reggie Smith...
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KP · May 19th, 2005, 04:21 PM

What else should we expect from a man that openly wears a Dodger hat!? I agree with your opinion, partially, in that the Angels had an agreement with the city of Anaheim and Moreno accepted that agreement when he bought the team because he also bought whatever contracts came with the organization.
I don't agree, completely, that the motive behind the name change was greed. Obviously, those that live in SoCal will have a more evidential opinion than those of us that don't because you have access to newspaper and news reports and sports radio. From what I understand, keeping the "of Anaheim" part of the name was to appease the city and adhere to the contract that says Anaheim must be part of the name. As long as Anaheim is somewhere in the name it does not have to be before Angels.
Moreno, when he became owner, endeared himself to the Angel fans by reducing ticket prices and concession prices, particularly beer. He also made a huge splash in the free agent market with the signings of Vlad, Colon, Escobar and Guillen last year and Cabrera and Finley this year. He wants to win and he wants to give the fans a winner. He also, and true, this may be a smoke screen, wants to bring the franchise, fans and all, to the elite level of teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and Braves as well as "take over" LA. Why would a smart, aggressive business man not want to take advantage of the second largest media market in the country? Moreno has signed deals to have the most ever telecasts in franchise history. Also, from what I understand, he wants or even now has a radio station dedicated to broadcasting all Angel games. He has also successfully marketed the Hispanic community.
Mr. Moreno is spending money and is also trying to make money. I don't believe it's entirely about greed and only greed. He wants a winner. A consistent winner. I'm sure in his mind, the 2002 World Series title isn't truly his because he was not the owner at the time. Disney was. Moreno wants one or two or six of his own. And he'll do whatever he needs to to get them.
Of course, your opinion was spoken like a true Dodger fan! I'll get back to you after the Freeway Series this weekend!

Aveosmth · May 19th, 2005, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by KP

What else should we expect from a man that openly wears a Dodger hat!? I agree with your opinion, partially, in that the Angels had an agreement with the city of Anaheim and Moreno accepted that agreement when he bought the team because he also bought whatever contracts came with the organization.
I don't agree, completely, that the motive behind the name change was greed. Obviously, those that live in SoCal will have a more evidential opinion than those of us that don't because you have access to newspaper and news reports and sports radio. From what I understand, keeping the "of Anaheim" part of the name was to appease the city and adhere to the contract that says Anaheim must be part of the name. As long as Anaheim is somewhere in the name it does not have to be before Angels.
Moreno, when he became owner, endeared himself to the Angel fans by reducing ticket prices and concession prices, particularly beer. He also made a huge splash in the free agent market with the signings of Vlad, Colon, Escobar and Guillen last year and Cabrera and Finley this year. He wants to win and he wants to give the fans a winner. He also, and true, this may be a smoke screen, wants to bring the franchise, fans and all, to the elite level of teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and Braves as well as "take over" LA. Why would a smart, aggressive business man not want to take advantage of the second largest media market in the country? Moreno has signed deals to have the most ever telecasts in franchise history. Also, from what I understand, he wants or even now has a radio station dedicated to broadcasting all Angel games. He has also successfully marketed the Hispanic community.
Mr. Moreno is spending money and is also trying to make money. I don't believe it's entirely about greed and only greed. He wants a winner. A consistent winner. I'm sure in his mind, the 2002 World Series title isn't truly his because he was not the owner at the time. Disney was. Moreno wants one or two or six of his own. And he'll do whatever he needs to to get them.
Of course, your opinion was spoken like a true Dodger fan! I'll get back to you after the Freeway Series this weekend!

KP,

I knew that this article was guaranteed at least one reply; that being you!!!

I agree with you on the free agent acquisitions that the Angels made. They were excellent moves, and Moreno is definitely committed to bringing a winner to Anaheim. I'm sure he did endear Angel fans w/those decisions, but I think the name change is absurd. He can conquer L.A. by staying true to his name, and putting out a winner. If he has an excellent product, L.A. fans will become Angel fans in a hurry...I'm not too proud of living in the most "Bandwagoned" city in America.

The Freeway Series (my motivation for this piece) should be fun!!!

KP · May 19th, 2005, 05:34 PM

I did fail to mention that I don't like the name, either. It really is silly. As long as they win, it doesn't matter what name they use.

One of these days I'll have to make it out to sunny SoCal to catch a Freeway Series. That would be awesome! What would be even better is if they could meet in the Big Series!!

I'm looking forward to catching up when Mike and get out there in September! Keep the SoCal sports perspectives coming!

Aveosmth · May 19th, 2005, 07:00 PM

That's why I have a lot of respect for you KP, at least you can admit that you don't like the name.

A Dodgers-Angels World Series would be awesome!!!

Ishkur · May 20th, 2005, 06:45 AM

You remember when Prince changed his name to a symbol, and everyone thought it was silly, and he wouldn't disclose exactly why he did it but now, years later, through hindsight it was because he wanted to get out of a contract with his record label and he couldn't......that is, "Prince" couldn't. So he changed his name to circumvent the contract without breaking it.

Well, this is the sports equivalent of that. Only much dumber.

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May 19th, 2005, 04:21 PM	#2
KP Join Date: 07-08-2002 Posts: 1,988	What else should we expect from a man that openly wears a Dodger hat!? I agree with your opinion, partially, in that the Angels had an agreement with the city of Anaheim and Moreno accepted that agreement when he bought the team because he also bought whatever contracts came with the organization. I don't agree, completely, that the motive behind the name change was greed. Obviously, those that live in SoCal will have a more evidential opinion than those of us that don't because you have access to newspaper and news reports and sports radio. From what I understand, keeping the "of Anaheim" part of the name was to appease the city and adhere to the contract that says Anaheim must be part of the name. As long as Anaheim is somewhere in the name it does not have to be before Angels. Moreno, when he became owner, endeared himself to the Angel fans by reducing ticket prices and concession prices, particularly beer. He also made a huge splash in the free agent market with the signings of Vlad, Colon, Escobar and Guillen last year and Cabrera and Finley this year. He wants to win and he wants to give the fans a winner. He also, and true, this may be a smoke screen, wants to bring the franchise, fans and all, to the elite level of teams like the Yankees, Red Sox and Braves as well as "take over" LA. Why would a smart, aggressive business man not want to take advantage of the second largest media market in the country? Moreno has signed deals to have the most ever telecasts in franchise history. Also, from what I understand, he wants or even now has a radio station dedicated to broadcasting all Angel games. He has also successfully marketed the Hispanic community. Mr. Moreno is spending money and is also trying to make money. I don't believe it's entirely about greed and only greed. He wants a winner. A consistent winner. I'm sure in his mind, the 2002 World Series title isn't truly his because he was not the owner at the time. Disney was. Moreno wants one or two or six of his own. And he'll do whatever he needs to to get them. Of course, your opinion was spoken like a true Dodger fan! I'll get back to you after the Freeway Series this weekend!

May 19th, 2005, 05:34 PM	#4
KP Join Date: 07-08-2002 Posts: 1,988	I did fail to mention that I don't like the name, either. It really is silly. As long as they win, it doesn't matter what name they use. One of these days I'll have to make it out to sunny SoCal to catch a Freeway Series. That would be awesome! What would be even better is if they could meet in the Big Series!! I'm looking forward to catching up when Mike and get out there in September! Keep the SoCal sports perspectives coming!

May 19th, 2005, 07:00 PM	#5
Aveosmth Join Date: 01-28-2005 Posts: 241	That's why I have a lot of respect for you KP, at least you can admit that you don't like the name. A Dodgers-Angels World Series would be awesome!!!

May 20th, 2005, 06:45 AM	#6
Ishkur Join Date: 12-27-2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 438	You remember when Prince changed his name to a symbol, and everyone thought it was silly, and he wouldn't disclose exactly why he did it but now, years later, through hindsight it was because he wanted to get out of a contract with his record label and he couldn't......that is, "Prince" couldn't. So he changed his name to circumvent the contract without breaking it. Well, this is the sports equivalent of that. Only much dumber.

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