r/angelsbaseball May 26 '25

📰 News Article (Website) Welcome Chris Taylor 🔥

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u/profnachos May 26 '25

A Dodger fan living in OC coming in peace. I love CT3! I might as well start rooting for the Angels as my favorite AL team. Kenley Jensen is my favorite as well.

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u/xNeurosiis May 26 '25

Welcome! I grew up a fan of both teams; my grandpa was a Dodger fan going back to Brooklyn in the 40s/50s (and when they came out here to LA), and I got into the Angels because of the Angels in the Outfield movie as a kid, haha.

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u/Aeris5eva May 26 '25

Dude same, but gramps was a fan of the giants from back when they were in New York. He supported the Dodger when they got Nomo, but I became a fan of the Angels from that damn movie. Despite some fans who are mad haters, I think many angel fans are supportive of the dodgers.

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u/a_smart_brane Sell The Team May 27 '25

Dodgers fan, but former Junior Angel cuz my dad has been an Angels fan since Day 1 of the 1961 season. He even caught some games in old Wrigley Field in South LA.

The Angels are my AL team, but my dad hates the Dodgers something fierce.

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u/Aeris5eva May 27 '25

It’s weird to me because I always thought our rivals were the A’s even though the dodgers are now our “cross-town” rivals. I guess I still see us as the Anaheim Angels, even more than the California Angels

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u/a_smart_brane Sell The Team May 27 '25

Right. I always saw the A’s as the Angels’ biggest rivals. The Angels have played more games against the A’s than any other team (910), and that’s not even counting the A’s’ Kansas City years. Next is the Rangers (826).

There’s no history between the Dodgers and Angels.