(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)By Zach Stoloff - AngelsWin.com ColumnistI have been an Angels fan since about 1992—when I was 7 years old.I went to Dodger games during my youth, as well, but despite their greater success on the field, the Dodger Stadium atmosphere was a bit off-putting, and there was something more intriguing about the Angels’ brand of baseball. Vin Scully was (and is) the only thing I liked better about the Boys in Blue.However, the Dodgers did go to the playoffs a couple times during the mid ‘90s, and while the Angels floundered in relative futility under the reins of men like Bill Bavasi, Marcel Lacheman, and Terry Collins through that entire decade, suffice it to say I got some odd looks when I told people I was an Angels fan.Well, that is no longer the case.After decades of toiling as a second rate franchise, the 2000s have thoroughly belonged to the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim). With a World Series Championship in 2002, and now an incomparable fiv...
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