A Jock by Any Other Name Would Smell
File this one under "Bad Ideas, Sports Division."
The Anaheim Angels have announced that they are changing their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Now, while I'm not a fan of that team (especially since they bested my Giants in '02), I have generally been in favor of the changes that new owner Arte Moreno has made since he bought the team not too long ago -- lowering beer and ticket prices, signing Vladimir Guerrero, etc. But this name change is just weird, and unwieldy besides. It makes no sense. It's like calling the Jets (or Giants) the New York Jets (or Giants) of East Rutherford. Or the Dallas Cowboys of Irvine. Or the Golden State Warriors of Oakland.
Or the Ninth Circle of Hell Bush Administration of Washington, DC.
The Anaheim Angels have announced that they are changing their name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Now, while I'm not a fan of that team (especially since they bested my Giants in '02), I have generally been in favor of the changes that new owner Arte Moreno has made since he bought the team not too long ago -- lowering beer and ticket prices, signing Vladimir Guerrero, etc. But this name change is just weird, and unwieldy besides. It makes no sense. It's like calling the Jets (or Giants) the New York Jets (or Giants) of East Rutherford. Or the Dallas Cowboys of Irvine. Or the Golden State Warriors of Oakland.
Or the Ninth Circle of Hell Bush Administration of Washington, DC.
posted by Generik at 2:31 PM
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