Originally Posted by
BradyCouchman
i still went to the games!
my family went all the time when the kids were younger. my dads work even had season tickets for a while...
If y'all lived in Orange County since 1961, I doubt you went to too many games for the first coupla years.
The Angels played at Wrigley Field in 1961.
Huh?
Oh...yes they did.
This Wrigley Field was a bandbox of a stadium located on 90th Street and Avalon Blvd. It was the original home of the Los Angeles Angels, the Triple AAA Pacific Coast League team.
The Angels moved to Dodger Stadium in 1962, only they refered to it as Chavez Ravine.
Walter O'Malley when he opened Dodger Stadium in 1962 was so cheap, and so in love with the mighty buck, that he only had
SEVEN total water fountains in a stadium that could seat 55,000 peeps.
When the Angels moved in, Walter O'Malley made 'ol Gene pay for half of the expenses, including charging him for a 1/2 a roll of toilet paper, for every roll used!