[Porsche-O-Phile]

+1

The whole "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" thing still makes me laugh when I hear it. It's so utterly stupid.

The team they've built this year is a wrecking crew though. If they keep this pace up, the championship is as good as theirs.

I don't dislike them as a team (they're actually quite fun to root for), but as a lifelong Red Sox fan who grew up through the agony of '75, '86 and '03 (and many other) finally to see redemption in '04 and '07 it's hard to compare. The Angels don't have 1/100 the history of the Red Sox. They're a "new age"/moneyball/manufactured team. For me, that makes it very hard to seriously pull for them, although I like them (except when they play Boston, then there's no Mr. Nice Guy...)

Even though I grew up living and dying by the Red Sox and I'll wear the "B" cap until I die, I agree with what Jim says about the AL rules. They blow. Going to a Dodgers game is a real treat just because I enjoy the visceral experience of real baseball in the NL rules system. So I guess I root for:

Red Sox, Dodgers, Angels, ... Anyone playing (and preferably beating) the Yankees. In more or less that order of priority.

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Should be fun to watch the Angels dismantle anyone/everyone for the remainder of the season though (Red Sox excepted).