100 Things Angels Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

by Joe Haakenson, Tim Salmon (Foreword by)

Overview

Inspired by and written for the devout Angels fan, this lively and detailed book explores important facts and figures from the baseball team's storied history. Decades of tradition, victories and defeats, name revisions, and Hall of Fame inductions are distilled into an entertaining list that journeys from one to 100 into what makes a true fan of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. From the essentials, such as the Nolan Ryan era, to the lesser-known tidbits, including the team's origin and what started the Rally Monkey, this book is the ultimate resource to Angels knowledge and trivia and even suggests the best places to eat and drink before a game.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781600787768
Publisher:	Triumph Books
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Series:	100 Things...Fans Should Know Series
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	1,121,734
Product dimensions:	5.68(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Joe Haakenson is a veteran baseball writer and a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the Angels’ beat writer for 15 seasons in Southern California newspapers that include the Los Angeles Daily News, and is the author of Out of the Blue. He lives in Huntington Beach, California. Tim Salmon is a former professional baseball player who helped guide the Angels to their first world championship in 2002. He is the founder of the Tim Salmon Foundation, which supports Orange County charities assisting children in need. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tim Salmon ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

1 Won for the Cowboy 1

2 World Series 2002, Game 6-Spiezio Lifts a Franchise 3

3 Game 7 5

4 1979-Yes We Can! 8

5 Big "A" Stands for Albert 11

6 Radio Days, Major League Stage-Gene Autry Owns the Angels 15

7 The Ryan Express 18

8 1986-No Series for You 21

9 The Rock-Mike Scioscia 24

10 The Angels Win a Playoff Series, Finally! 28

11 World Series 2002-Game 1 31

12 Watch the Angels Beat the Dodgers in the World Series 33

13 Donnie Moore and "The Pitch" 35

14 World Series 2002-Game 2 37

15 Hall of Famer Rod Carew 39

16 Watch a Gene Autry Movie 43

17 ALCS 2002-They Win, They're In! 46

18 No Fish Tale-Tim Salmon 49

19 Heart of a Hero-Jim Abbott 52

201961 -Expanding Horizons 56

21 The Supernatural-Mike Trout 58

22 "California" (i.e., Anaheim) Here They Come 61

23 1962 63

24 1982 65

25 The Little General-Gene Mauch 69

26 Speak Softly, Carry Big Stick-Garret Anderson 72

27 Division Dominance, 2004-09 75

28 Kennedy for President 78

29 Wally Whirl 79

30 Say It Ain't So, Bo-Bo Belinsky 82

31 Tragedy in Gary, Indiana-Lyman Bostock 86

32 Jim Fregosi 89

33 Saving the Best for Last-Mike Witt's Perfect Game 92

34 Nolan Ryan-No-No No. 1 94

35 Nolan Ryan-No-No No. 2 96

36 Nolan Ryan-No-No No. 3 98

37 Nolan Ryan-No-No No. 4 100

38 Chance of a Lifetime 102

39 Jim Edmonds and "The Catch" 105

40 Fin to Win-Chuck Finley 107

41 Oh No, Mo! 109

42 A Life Too Short-Nick Adenhart 112

43 World Series 2002-Game 3 114

44 Reggie, Reggie! 116

45 Most Valuable Vlad 119

46 Buy a Rally Monkey 122

47 There Is Crying in Baseball-Jered Weaver's No-Hitter 124

48 Spring Training 2000-A New Era Begins 126

49 Skeeter's 1970 Season-Clyde Wright 128

50 World Series 2002-Game 4 131

51 The Enforcer-Don Baylor 133

52 Homegrown Hero-Bobby Grich 137

53 Fred Lynn's Grand Slam 140

54 World Series 2002-Game 5 142

55 Joe Maddon 144

56 Bobby Valentine and a Chain-Link Fence 146

57 Wrigley Field 148

58 Frank Tanana Loves Frank Tanana 150

59 Arte Moreno 153

60 1977 Free Agent Frenzy 156

61 Palm Springs-Spring Training or Spring Break? 159

62 K-Rod Saves the Day (62 Times) 162

63 Bus Crash 165

64 Tim Salmon's First Day in the Majors 167

65 The Eck Factor 169

66 Little Man-Albie Pearson 171

67 Go to Disneyland 173

681966 -Home Alone 175

69 Leading Off-Darin Erstad 177

70 Imagine Mark McGwire Hit 70 Home Runs for the Angels 180

71 Home Run Havoc-Kendrys Morales 182

72 Bill Stoneman 184

73 The Disney Era 187

74 Brian Downing 189

75 Go to Spring Training 192

76 1995 Collapse 194

77 The Colossal Comeback 196

78 Batting Champ or Chump?-Alex Johnson 198

79 G.A.'s All-Star Ambitions 200

80 Talk Baseball with Kurt Loe 202

81 Jack H. and Tony C.-One Pitch, Two Careers Ruined 204

82 1999-A Pivotal Season 207

83 Troy Glaus-World Series MVP 209

84 Bill Rigney-The Original Angels Manager 211

85 The Closer-Troy Percival 214

86 Bo Knows the Angels 216

87 Bob Boone 218

88 Oh My!-Dick Enberg 221

89 1989-The Best Angels Team Nobody Remembers 223

90 Milestone Moments-500, 3,000, and 300 225

91 Bleacher Bum-Charlie Sheen 227

92 The Fungo Kid-Jimmie Reese 229

93 Buck Rodgers 232

94 Bavasi and Bavasi 234

95 Santana No-Hits the Tribe 237

96 Strike Three, Take Your Base 240

97 Have Lunch with Mike Scioscia 242

98 Angels in the Outfield 243

99 Go See Angels in the Outfield 245

100 Dick Williams' Undoing on the Bus 248

Bibliography 251