By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.comThey've always been the other team, the outsiders, for 50 years, their entire existence. They changed ballparks, changed logos, changed names.
They played in Dodger Stadium, calling it Chavez Ravine, and now they play in the suburbs, calling themselves the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, which is as absurd as saying the New York Yankees of Long Island.
When they weren't anonymous, they were the punch line of jokes...
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