The Echo Park Dodgers?
The California Assembly, apparently having solved the state’s persistent budget problems, fixed its troubled schools and repaired its electoral system, has moved on to what’s really important: legislating the names of baseball teams:
“By a 9-0 vote, the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media approved a bill that would force the Angels to include a disclaimer on tickets and advertisements indicating the team plays in Anaheim, not Los Angeles.”
I guess it’s a little late for the old Inglewood Lakers …
(perhaps the legislature should look around at teams like the New York Jets and Giants, who play in a completely different state)
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May 4th, 2005 at 9:07 pm
I’d like to see the Laker’s post a disclaimer on their tickets and advertising that without Shaq THEY SUCK!