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1956 Los Angeles Angels
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Throwback Jersey
Sizes Small - XXLarge
Sizes 3XL - 5XL |
The original Los
Angeles Angels played in perhaps the most beautiful
minor league park of all time -- L.A.'s Wrigley Field. Famous
LA Angels included outfielders outfielders Jigger Statz and Smead
Jolley first baseman Steve Bilko and future Rifleman TV star
Chuck Connors. Many players
were born and raised locally, and this helped created intense
rivalries, like that between the Hollywood Stars and Los Angeles
Angels.
Because of its
geographic separation from the rest of organized baseball, and
the temperate climate of most of its member cities, the Pacific
Coast League (1904 - 1957) developed a brand of baseball all its
own. The Coast League's real aspiration was to become the
third major league. In 1952, the PCL was granted Open
classification for the purpose of evolving toward major league
status. Of course, that dream died when the Dodgers and Giants
moved West, robbing the PCL of their most lucrative markets, and
returning it to an AAA designation. |
