MJ wrote:

@ clintfsu813:
RLYW actually has a good link to the story:
http://www.replacementlevel.com/index.php/RLYW/comments/yahoocom_internet_controversy_of_the_day_does_rivera_throw_a_spitter
Frankly I much prefer this controversy because everyone can agree that it’s ridiculous and the Yanks won’t be distracted by it.

If this is the best they could come up with, I guess it was either this or Derek Jeter was caught drinking milk straight out of the carton in his kitchen rumor.

If MLB did nothing about Kenny Rodgers who was clearly putting pine tar on the ball then they aren’t touching Mo even if there was clear evidence.

strike the “was”

I was last attended a game there in 1992

From Wikipedia
In 1996, The Walt Disney Company, a minority owner of the team since its inception (the stadium is located less than three miles (5 km) east of Disneyland and across from the Honda Center, the home venue of the then Disney-owned Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), gained enough support on the board to effectively take control of the team. Soon afterward, the Angels and the city of Anaheim agreed to a new deal that would keep the Angels in Anaheim until 2031, with an option to leave the facility after the 2016 season. As part of the deal, the stadium underwent an extensive renovation, returning the stadium to its original role as a baseball-only facility. Before the 1997 baseball season, the section behind the outfield wall was demolished. Disney briefly considered moving the Big A scoreboard to its original location, but decided against such a move, citing costs, as well as the fact that the Big A had become a Southern California landmark in its parking lot location.

The most notable feature of the renovation, however, was a “California Spectacular” in which geysers erupt and a stream cascades down a mountainside covered with real trees, artificial rocks behind the left-center field fence, and new bullpens. Fireworks shoot out of the display at the start of games, after every Angel home run and after every Angel win (they had been shot off from a parking garage before then).

clintfsu813 wrote:

@ MJ:
It was done by Disney after they gained ownership I think. It does seem kind of out of place for a ball park.

Part of the renovations done after the earthquake.

MJ wrote:

Steve Lombardi wrote:
Seriously, the Angels sign stealing – with those camera guys out in the rocks – would be a better subject to look at…
Unrelated but I was thinking about this yesterday: the Angels play in one of the dumbest ballparks around. What is the deal with that idiotic set of boulders in LF?

I’ve been at that Stadium, it’s pretty nice actually! Those rally monkeys are something else,though. For a SoCcal crowd, they know how to make some riotous noise unlike the Hollywood fans who are in another mellowed out world.

Sign stealing,eh? The spitball thing was a bit much BUT this? Very interesting , some sort of investigation must be made………it’s a part of the sport however an unfortunate one.

http://deadspin.com/5385945/spit-takes-debunking-the-mariano-rivera-loogie-accusations/gallery/

Spit-gate Debunked!

@ MJ:
It was done by Disney after they gained ownership I think. It does seem kind of out of place for a ball park.

Steve Lombardi wrote:

Seriously, the Angels sign stealing – with those camera guys out in the rocks – would be a better subject to look at…

Unrelated but I was thinking about this yesterday: the Angels play in one of the dumbest ballparks around. What is the deal with that idiotic set of boulders in LF?