Sunday, March 21, 2004
Red-Letter Daze Has Blue Blood Boiling
Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times notes that while the Dodgers are in disarray and new owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are being verbally pummeled by dissatisfied fans, the Anaheim Angels are taking the opportunity to invade Dodger territory.
The Orange County-based Angels' TV campaign shows Angel loyalists slapping the club's "A" logo on various signs around Los Angeles County. In Plaschke's words:
"An organization that spent four decades existing meekly at the foot of a fence surrounding its famous neighbor is not just attempting to scale that fence, it's trying to destroy it."
18% of current Angels season ticketholders live in Los Angeles County. The Angels have a better radio outlet, will be telecasting more games than the Dodgers, and could outdraw the Dodgers for the first time in 2004. It could be a long few years in Dodgertown, until the McCourts' money officially runs out and they can be shoved out the door.
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Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times notes that while the Dodgers are in disarray and new owners Frank and Jamie McCourt are being verbally pummeled by dissatisfied fans, the Anaheim Angels are taking the opportunity to invade Dodger territory.
The Orange County-based Angels' TV campaign shows Angel loyalists slapping the club's "A" logo on various signs around Los Angeles County. In Plaschke's words:
"An organization that spent four decades existing meekly at the foot of a fence surrounding its famous neighbor is not just attempting to scale that fence, it's trying to destroy it."
18% of current Angels season ticketholders live in Los Angeles County. The Angels have a better radio outlet, will be telecasting more games than the Dodgers, and could outdraw the Dodgers for the first time in 2004. It could be a long few years in Dodgertown, until the McCourts' money officially runs out and they can be shoved out the door.
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