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Mod request: LAD/LAA


LetsGoOakland

Would you want this mod in the spirit of realism?  

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The Washington Senators were "officially" the Washington Nationals from 1905-1955. The fans never accepted the name change, and referred to them as the Senators.

Just because it's the "official" name doesn't mean you or anyone else has to accept it as such. It's a dumb name, it's an insult to 3.5 million people, and it's a lie.

Don't accept the lie, accept the reality that the team plays in Anaheim, and not Los Angeles. Anaheim is how the name should be, and while ESPN, Sportsline, and the AP are too gutless to stand up to it, EA actually had the guts to. (Or they just didn't feel like changing it at the last minute, whatever)

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Psssh..The Angels deserve to be ridiculed for selling out as they did...That entire franchise is now a complete joke.

I'd definately use the mod if it became available.

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hmm did pepople complain this much when the angels first changed from los angeles to california, or then from california to anaheim? and did people complain when the los angeles rams played in anaheim?

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Hory, sorry man, that's what they are called now. And I for one want to keep my game as realistic as I can. If Oakland moved to San Jose, I would use the mod. If you don't want it, don't use it.

By the way, excellent job with your portraits. Keep up the good work.

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all you have to do is release those three roster files and the loc files and call it a ANA->LAA mod.

and tell them that if they use an updated version of your roster they need to make sure they recopy the 3 files from the ANA-<LAA mod each time they upgrade the roster

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hmm did pepople complain this much when the angels first changed from los angeles to california, or then from california to anaheim? and did people complain when the los angeles rams played in anaheim?

Do you like being lied to on a daily basis?

That's what this new name is, it's a LIE. This mod, sadly, feeds into that lie, and actually feeds another lie; that this name change is acceptable. This name should not be accepted by anyone who respects the intregity of the game.

They weren't lying when they changed from LA to California, because one, they were LEAVING Los Angeles, and two, they were still playing in California. When they changed again, once again, no lie, they play in Anaheim. There was some resistance to the name, but nowhere near the level this latest change has reached. Since there are five California teams, that name had seemed to run it's course, and a closer tie to the place they actually play in was the way to go.

And I've talked about the Rams before. Where are they now? The LA name FAILED in Anaheim once, and it will fail again. This is why people are upset, because just like the Rams, the Angels will soon be gone. We don't want LA in Orange County! We won't accept that crap down here, and for someone like Moreno to force it down our throats, then turn around and start threatening to move the team, what do you expect?

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Ok, since they play in Anaheim, they should be forced to be known as the Anaheim Angels or else they're lying, right? Sounds good. No team can take the name of a city unless it plays in that city ... here's a few other pro sports teams that must be renamed:

Orchard Park Bills, East Rutherford Giants, East Rutherford Jets, Irving Cowboys, Auburn Hills Pistons, Uniondale Islanders, Sunrise Panthers, Raleigh Hurricanes and Glendale Coyotes.

Sound good?

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While I think it is a stupid name, it does have a bit of a precedent in sports. New York Jets/Giants, for example, play in New Jersey. The Minnesota hockey franchise plays in Bloomington. The Texas Rangers play in Arlington. The Detroit Lions used to play in Pontiac, the Detroit Pistons place in Auburn Hills.

The difference here is that, while Anaheim is technically a suburb, it is large enough to be recognizable. Oakland is technically a suburb of San Francisco (I think, but San Jose is a suburb) but is large enough to be recognizable.

And the original Los Angeles Angels actually played in Los Angeles (See : Wrigley Field LA). They also actually played in California. But this is going the opposite way, really. Like, say, if a team played in downtown Manhatten and called themselves the New Jersey Jaguars or something.

This is unrelated, but while we were on the subject of mods and stadium names, I would like a mod that 'fixses' all the stadium names to their proper names. Comiskey Park, Ballpark Of Arlington, Jack Murphy Stadium, Riverfront Stadium, Anaheim Stadium, and so on...

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Oakland and San Jose are not suburbs of San Francisco. Daly City, Burlingame, those are suburbs of San Francisco. Smaller cities are suburbs of Oakland or San Jose. I am from Danville, which is an Oakland suburb.

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