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During the seventh inning stretch of every home game, the fans sing along to "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations. Once every season, usually in the late summer, there is "Break Out the Red Week," when fans at Angel Stadium are encouraged to wear more ostentatious Angels gear or more red clothing in support of the team. The most extravagant fans receive prizes for their support. Anytime the Angels win a game, the saying "Light Up the Halo!" is used in reference to the giant landmark which is a big 230 foot tall A with a halo surrounding the top which lights up every time the Angels win a game. The Angel Stadium of Anaheim has a section in center field nicknamed the "California Spectacular," a formation of artificial rocks made to look like a desert mountain in California. The California Spectacular has a running waterfall, geysers that shoot in the air, and also shoot fireworks from the rocks before every game; anytime the Angels hit a home run or win a game the fireworks shoot from the rocks as well. The Angels have made the playoffs 4 of the 6 years of Moreno's ownership, but have never returned to the World Series during that time. In 2005, new owner Arturo Moreno added "Los Angeles" to the team's name in order to better tap into the team's history and appeal to more Los Angeles fans like in the team's past; he has also stated that Los Angeles is the second largest market in the U.S. and it would benefit the team greatly. In compliance with the terms of its lease with the city of Anaheim, which required "Anaheim" be a part of the team's name, the team was renamed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hotly disputed when initially announced, the change was eventually upheld in court and the city finally dropped its four-year legal battle in 2009. The team usually refers to itself as the Angels or Angels Baseball in its home media market, and the words "Los Angeles" and "LAA" do not appear in the stadium, on the Angels' uniforms, or on official team merchandise. Members of the local media in Southern California tend to omit a geographic identifier and refer to the team as the Angels or as the Halos. The Associated Press, the most prominent news service in the U.S., refers to the team as the Los Angeles Angels, the Angels, or Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Angels name originates from the first Los Angeles based sports team, the Los Angeles Angels, who took the name Angels from the meaning of the city Los Angeles which translates to "City of Angels". The team name started in 1892, a baseball team that played in a league similar to the MLB back in 1892, just founded in California. Later the team was turned to the Pacific Coast League in 1903, which is now a minor league affiliate of the MLB since the MLB move to the west coast in 1958. After the Angels franchise transfered its name to the MLB some of the players from the previous Angels team in the PCL moved to the MLB Angels in 1961 because of the popularity amongst players and fans in L.A., this is widely mistaken that before 1961 the PCL and the California league were minor league teams, many players from both leagues even joined the MLB after the expansion. An expansion franchise, the club was continued in Los Angeles in 1961 as the Los Angeles Angels of the MLB, and played their home games at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field (not to be confused with Chicago's stadium of the same name), which had formerly been the home of the PCL team Los Angeles Angels. The team then moved in 1962 to newly built Dodger Stadium, which the Angels referred to as Chavez Ravine, where they were tenants of the Los Angeles Dodgers through 1965. The team was founded, and owned for its first 36 years, by entertainer Gene Autry. During Autry's ownership, the team was often competitive, making the playoffs three times but never winning the pennant. The Angels were denied a World Series berth in particularly heartbreaking fashion in 1986. The team has gone through several name changes in their history, first changing their name to the California Angels on September 2, 1965 with a month still left of the season, in recognition of their upcoming move to the newly constructed Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim at the start of the 1966 season. 31 of the team's 50 seasons have been under the California Angels name. When The Walt Disney Company took control of the team in 1997, it extensively renovated Anaheim Stadium, which was then re-named Edison International Field of Anaheim. The City of Anaheim contributed $30 million to the $118 million renovation with a renegotiated lease providing that the names of both the stadium and team contain the word "Anaheim". The team was renamed the Anaheim Angels and became a subsidiary of Disney Sports, Inc. (later renamed Anaheim Sports, Inc.). Under Disney's ownership and the leadership of manager Mike Scioscia, the Angels finally won their first pennant and World Championship in 2002. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team name started, Los Angeles. The Angels have been based in Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966, but they were a baseball team based in Los Angeles since 1892 in the California and Pacific Coast League before the MLB expansion to the west coast in 1958. The Angels franchise of today was established in the MLB in 1961, but the true birth of the team in existence of baseball stems from the year 1892, making them the first Los Angeles sports team in history. In 2009 they were AL Western Division champions for the third straight season. 2010 marked the eighth straight year in which the Angels franchise had drawn more than 3 Million fans in attendance for the regular baseball season. ESPN ranked the Los Angeles Angels #4 on it's list of Ultimate Team Rankings ahead of every team in baseball and any franchise in Los Angeles.

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