Southern California is notorious for its picturesque sunsets and sweeping ocean view landscapes. It is the place where the Pacific Ocean meets pristine coastlines, sandy beaches and lightly swaying palm trees. No trip to Southern California would be complete without a visit to one of the many exquisite beaches, which have attracted thousands of surfers, nature lovers and leisurely beach-goers to its warm waters throughout the years. Indeed, there is an endless array of activities you can participate in outdoors when the weather is sunny all year round. When the sun sets, the excitement and the action don't stop as Southern California has numerous professional sports franchises to entertain sports fans of many different persuasions.
If you're visiting between spring and fall and you're a baseball fan, all your bases are covered in Southern California. Major League Baseball is represented twice in the region, by both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels. The L.A. Dodgers are part of Major League Baseball's National League West Division and were originally established in Brooklyn, New York in 1883. They relocated to Los Angeles in 1958. The team currently resides at Dodger Stadium, which is the third oldest ballpark in the entire league. The Dodgers have won the World Series a total of six times, the first one being in 1955, the last one in 1988, and have won the National League Pennant twenty one times between 1890 and 1988. Over the years they have developed some intense rivalries with their fellow Californians the Los Angeles Angels. As well as the San Franciso Giants, New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. Most of these rivalries are provincial in origin with the exception of the Yankess, whom the Dodgers have faced eleven times in the World Series.
The Los Angeles Angels are located in Anaheim and a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. They came to the league as an expansion franchise in 1961 and for their first 36 years were owned by the famous entertainer Gene Autry. When the Walt Disney Corporation took control of the team in 1997, the team was renamed the Anaheim Angels and became a subsidiary of Disney Sports Inc. Shortly after, in 2002, they won their first National League Pennant and subsequent World Series Championship.
In 2005 new owner Arte Moreno added "Los Angeles" to the teams name in an effort to tap into the Los Angeles media market, the second largest in the country. This intended name change was hotly contested with the eventual outcome of the dispute resulting in the change being upheld in court and the city finally dropping its four-year legal battle in 2009. The team generally refers to itself as the Angels or Angels Baseball in its home media market, and the words "Los Angeles" and "LAA" do not appear in the stadium, on the Angels' uniforms, or on official team merchandise. Local media in Southern California tend to omit a geographic identifier and refer to the team as the Angels or as the Halos. To date the team has changed its logo on ten separate occasions.
The next article in this series will be about the NHL and NBA teams in the Southern California hockey teams situated in the Los Angeles area: The National Hockey League's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, the Los Angeles Kings. Also the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers will be covered.
If you're visiting between spring and fall and you're a baseball fan, all your bases are covered in Southern California. Major League Baseball is represented twice in the region, by both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels. The L.A. Dodgers are part of Major League Baseball's National League West Division and were originally established in Brooklyn, New York in 1883. They relocated to Los Angeles in 1958. The team currently resides at Dodger Stadium, which is the third oldest ballpark in the entire league. The Dodgers have won the World Series a total of six times, the first one being in 1955, the last one in 1988, and have won the National League Pennant twenty one times between 1890 and 1988. Over the years they have developed some intense rivalries with their fellow Californians the Los Angeles Angels. As well as the San Franciso Giants, New York Yankees and San Diego Padres. Most of these rivalries are provincial in origin with the exception of the Yankess, whom the Dodgers have faced eleven times in the World Series.
The Los Angeles Angels are located in Anaheim and a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. They came to the league as an expansion franchise in 1961 and for their first 36 years were owned by the famous entertainer Gene Autry. When the Walt Disney Corporation took control of the team in 1997, the team was renamed the Anaheim Angels and became a subsidiary of Disney Sports Inc. Shortly after, in 2002, they won their first National League Pennant and subsequent World Series Championship.
In 2005 new owner Arte Moreno added "Los Angeles" to the teams name in an effort to tap into the Los Angeles media market, the second largest in the country. This intended name change was hotly contested with the eventual outcome of the dispute resulting in the change being upheld in court and the city finally dropping its four-year legal battle in 2009. The team generally refers to itself as the Angels or Angels Baseball in its home media market, and the words "Los Angeles" and "LAA" do not appear in the stadium, on the Angels' uniforms, or on official team merchandise. Local media in Southern California tend to omit a geographic identifier and refer to the team as the Angels or as the Halos. To date the team has changed its logo on ten separate occasions.
The next article in this series will be about the NHL and NBA teams in the Southern California hockey teams situated in the Los Angeles area: The National Hockey League's Anaheim Mighty Ducks, the Los Angeles Kings. Also the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers will be covered.
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