This happens to be my first Angels road game, despite my proximity to Toronto and Cleveland in my fourteen years and counting as a Halos fan. Below are some tickets and photos from past visits to the "Big A" on Katella Ave. across the street from the Honda Center.
Anaheim, 1996
New York (AL) 6, California 2
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| W- A.Pettite (19-7), L- D. Springer (4-3) |
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| "Light that baby up!" |
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| Me, 4-yrs. old |
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| My dad. |
Anaheim, 2000
New York (AL) 4, Anaheim 1
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| W- R.Clemens (10-6), L- Ra. Ortiz, S- M. Rivera |
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| The first inning |
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| Getting ready to enter the field . . . |
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| Getting set to run the bases . . . |
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| He will come in to score. |
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| Quick pic infront of the home dugout. |
Anaheim, 2004
Minnesota 2, Anaheim 4
*Note: Troy Glaus' first return from injury.
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| W- F. Rodriguez (2-1), L- J. Rincon (10-6) |
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| Our great "gate to heaven" |
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| That memorable year, 2002 |
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| Scioscia gets ejected between the 3rd and 5th in bot. of innning. |
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| It's Rally Monkey time! |
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| Walk-off winner. |
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| Gene Autry, music legend the original owner of the Angels. |
That year (2004), every baseball game I went to was won on a walk-off (no joke). That Includes one in Oakland (vs. BAL) that trip and in Cleveland (vs. DET) and Toronto (vs. BOS) earlier in the season. Plus the rally monkey I have was purchased late 2003 at a Syracuse SkyChiefs game and I took the SkyChiefs shirt off. I still haven't made Kate her "1/2" jersey yet . . .
Well, to quote the late Rory Markas (Angels Play-by-Play man of nine seasons before his passing), I hope there will be "just another Halo victory!" That would mean current Play-by-Play man Victor Rojas would reply "light that baby up" in reference to the Message board in the shape of an "A" with a halo that is lit up after every home win. A recap of the trip will be available on Monday! Expect tomorrow's post at 2 PM Eastern Daylight.
-Ricky
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