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Barry Bonds to sign with Angels . . .

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They've already got his batting helmet on display outside "The Ed!"

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  • Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    Looks just a tad too small for Bonds.image
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    i agree, that might have fit him in 89' lol. but not anymore.
  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
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  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭


    << <i>They've already got his batting helmet on display outside the Ed!

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    What is the Ed ? I guess it's Anaheim stadium, but why do they refer to it as the Ed ?
  • otwcardsotwcards Posts: 5,291 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>They've already got his batting helmet on display outside the Ed!

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    What is the Ed ? I guess it's Anaheim stadium, but why do they refer to it as the Ed ? >>



    I'm not sure if it is still the case, but when I was out there last, it was Edison Field and many seemed to call it, "The Ed." Also, to any locals, is the regular oversized dark blue Angels cap still outside the ballpark entrance? I could only find an online image of the new batting helmet.
  • CreeperKatCreeperKat Posts: 393 ✭✭
    As with many ballparks seeking corporate sponsorship, Angels Stadium was briefly sponsored by the local power company Southern California Edison. They renamed the park Edison International Field of Anaheim. Since most locals always referred to the stadium as "The Big A" (after the big A marque in the parking lot which used to be in the stadium), some started to referring it as The Big Ed.

    Southern California Edison stopped sponsoring the stadium after a few years ago and it is now called Angel Stadium. Most people, including the team, still call The Big A.

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 12,864 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>

    << <i>They've already got his batting helmet on display outside the Ed!

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    What is the Ed ? I guess it's Anaheim stadium, but why do they refer to it as the Ed ? >>



    I'm not sure if it is still the case, but when I was out there last, it was Edison Field and many seemed to call it, "The Ed." Also, to any locals, is the regular oversized dark blue Angels cap still outside the ballpark entrance? I could only find an online image of the new batting helmet. >>



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  • nutz4coinznutz4coinz Posts: 902
    That is funny!!! Like the Simpsons episode, where Jr. Griffey's head is so big from juice that, awww, never mind...but that is funny!!!
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    One of my favorite Simpsons Episodes ever! "Homer at the Bat" (yes, i knew the title without looking it up)

    featuring an all-star cast!

    Love the song they sing too.... Softball from Maine to San diego, softball...mattingly and Canseco...etc etc.

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  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    Sung to the music of ``Talkin' Baseball''

    Well, Mr. Burns had done it.
    The power plant had won it.
    With Roger Clemens clucking all the while.
    Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile.
    While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile.
    We're talkin'... Softball.
    From Maine to San Diego. Talking'...
    Softball. Mattingly and Canseco.
    Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw.
    Steve Sax and his run-in with the law.
    We're talkin' Homer...
    Ozzie, and the Straw.
    We're talkin'... Softball.
    From Maine to San Diego.
    Talkin'... Softball.
    Mattingly and Canseco.
    Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw.
    Steve Sax and his run-in with the law.
    We're talkin' Homer...Ozzie, and the Straw.


    And here it is with cartoon notes...

    Well, Mr. Burns had done it. [Burns laughs]
    The power plant had won it. [Charlie scores winning run]
    With Roger Clemens clucking all the while.
    [Clemens clucking on the mound]
    Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile. [Scioscia being Geigered]
    While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile. [Barney punches Boggs]
    We're talkin'... Softball. [Various people hit the ball]
    From Maine to San Diego. Talking'... [Homer's slo-mo homer]
    Softball. Mattingly and Canseco. [Mattingly answers the door] [Canseco heads into the fire]
    Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw. [Griffey wheeled into the hospital]
    Steve Sax and his run-in with the law. [Sax arrested and in the clink]
    We're talkin' Homer... [Homer tips his cap] Ozzie, and the Straw. [Smith at bunting practice] [Strawberry lands after leaping catch]
    We're talkin'... Softball. [Beer warmups] From Maine to San Diego. [Apu and another man pitch]
    Talkin'... Softball. [Burns gives the signals]
    Mattingly and Canseco. [Mattingly's haircut] [Canseco rescues a dryer] Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw. [Clips of Griffey swilling tonic]
    Steve Sax and his run-in with the law. [Police car in rear-view mirror]
    We're talkin' Homer... [Homer's game-winning hit-by-pitch] Ozzie, and the Straw.


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    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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