When owner Arte Moreno renamed the 2002 World Series champions the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the city slapped the team with a lawsuit, claiming tens of millions in lost publicity. The suit claims the team violated a 1996 contract that required "Anaheim" be featured prominently in all team-related merchandise and advertisements. Many fans say the war of words obscures what the debate is really about: A general failure to recognize that Orange County has its own identity that doesn't need LA's cachet.
January 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Charles Richter roots for the Angels. Not the Anaheim Angels, not the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, not the California Angels. Just the Angels.
For Richter, that’s the easiest way to keep ahead of a game that took a strange twist last year. That’s when owner Arte Moreno renamed the 2002 World Series champions the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim — and the city slapped the team with a lawsuit, claiming tens of millions in lost publicity.
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