Category: Angels baseball

‘The Sports Lodge’ a Comfortable Radio Hangout for Fans

Along with the voluminous other preparation necessary to make “The Sports Lodge” a go-to radio destination for fans in Orange County and beyond, there is the whole thing about high school nicknames. “I find myself during downtime searching and memorizing high schools,” Roger Lodge told The Epoch Times. Now in his 15th year as host…


Angels Broadcaster, Former Pitcher Still Going Strong After Life-Threatening Event

Approaching the four-year anniversary of a cardiac event that under most any other circumstances would have taken his life, Angels radio broadcaster and former major-league pitcher Mark Langston can joke about it. That is, after all, how baseball players, and former baseball players, usually deal with adversity and frightening situations. Mr. Langston was on the…


Anaheim Choses Firm to Investigate Corruption Allegations

The Anaheim City Council selected a Laguna Niguel-based firm Aug. 9 to conduct an independent investigation into the city’s elected officials’ campaign contributions following corruption allegations made by the FBI in May. Officials hope the audit—estimated by the city staff to cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million (pdf)—will show whether any conflicts of interest…


Anaheim Chooses Firm to Investigate Corruption Allegations

The Anaheim City Council selected a Laguna Niguel-based firm Aug. 9 to conduct an independent investigation into the city’s elected officials’ campaign contributions following corruption allegations made by the FBI in May. Officials hope the audit—estimated by the city staff to cost between $1.5 million and $2.5 million (pdf)—will show whether any conflicts of interest…


Angels Agree to Anaheim’s Cancellation of Stadium Sale

ANAHEIM, Calif.—The troubled deal for the City of Anaheim to sell Angel Stadium to team owner Arte Moreno is officially dead now that he has decided not to challenge the city council’s decision this week to void the proposal. “Given that the City Council unanimously voted to cancel the stadium land agreement, we believe it…


What You May Have Missed About the Angel Stadium Deal

Void the Angel Stadium sale and preserve all evidence related to its negotiations—that’s what the City of Anaheim is asking Angels baseball team owner Arte Moreno and his company SRB Management to do. City Attorney Robert Fabela sent a formal letter to Moreno’s attorney on May 25, saying the city’s original 2020 agreement with the…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Welcoming Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Long Beach Shows Interest in Signing Angels

Long Beach city officials on May 25 brought up old talks of making the city a new home for the Angels baseball team, one day after the City of Anaheim walked away from three years of negotiating the sale of the Angel Stadium to the baseball team’s owner. Long Beach had considered building a waterfront…


Anaheim Political Consultant Among Many Suspected of Involvement in FBI Probe

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A multi-year FBI investigation into corruption in Anaheim has brought to light possible corruption among a network of officials and consultants and has stirred theories about who might be involved in the probe. A criminal complaint filed May 16 in federal court against former Director of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Todd Ament mentions…


Anaheim Political Consultant Among Many Suspected of Corruption in FBI Probe

ANAHEIM, Calif.—A multi-year FBI investigation in Anaheim has brought to light possible corruption among a network of officials and consultants and has stirred theories about who might be involved. A criminal complaint filed May 16 in federal court against former Director of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Todd Ament mentions several conversations between him and…