Welcome to Angel Stadium of Anaheim, home of the elusive Rallius Monkeyius, a.k.a. the Rally Monkey. I saw an Angels vs. Red Sox game here. There were a lot of Red Sox fans in attendance, and a good percentage of them were obnoxious. (Not a huge fan of the Sawx, in case you couldn't tell.) The Angels lost their brand new acquisition Dan Haren to a linedrive off of the arm, gave up two homeruns to Big Papi, and despite breaking out the Rally Monkey, still fell to the Red Sox that night.
You gotta love the Rally Monkey though. What I liked about this place is you didn't have the canned noise that you see in a lot of ballparks, telling fans when to cheer, when to clap, when to go to the bathroom, etc. If you don't know when to cheer, I don't know what to tell you.
The stadium is really nice, despite being 40-odd years old, it still looks like new, the rockpile in center, the big A hats out front, good parking, all lend to a nice ambiance. The food is not that bad, but pretty expensive in my experience. Maybe I bought the wrong thing, I had a grilled chicken BBQ sandwich.
It's certainly a world apart from its LA neighbor Dodger Stadium, but not in a bad way, just different.
Till next time-
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