The Angels Are Not In Los Angeles, Damn It

As you can see from the map, I have circled Los Angeles and Anaheim, and I have drawn the line that separates Los Angeles County from Orange County. Anaheim is not in Los Angeles County, nor is it in the City of Los Angeles.

Why, then, are the Angels baseball team, who are in Anaheim, which is in Orange County, called the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Nothing in sports has infuriated me as much as this misnomer. Watching the playoffs and having to listen to the announcers say things like "Los Angeles takes the lead" really pisses me off. The Angels are not located in any fashion or in any manner in the City or County of Los Angeles. In fact, as you can see from the map, Anaheim is at least 27 miles from Los Angeles, and on a good day, takes about an hour to get to (given the congested freeways).

Anyway, it is my belief that as long as the team uses the name Los Angeles and tries to be associated with all things Los Angeles, instead of showing pride in its own, for its own sake, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will not win a World Series.

Now it will be up to the Yanks to spank the shit out of that team.

UPDATE: You know, the more I think about it, it would be interesting to finally have it out with the Angels. At least the announcers could not keep saying "and Los Angeles takes the lead" because no one would know who they were referring to. If it turned into a freeway series, they would have to call the Angels and the Dodgers by their names, and leave the "Los Angeles" out of the equation. But, more importantly, it would be the be all and end all of who dominiates this area, Angels or Dodgers. I'd be up for that.