I have a question

I'm from vegas I'm a huge angels fan and have been for years but something just sparked the curiosity off in me.So the question is when the angels win a game they light up the halo outside but my question is on away games Rex And Steve still say light up the halo when they win on an away game do they actually light up the halo in anaheim when they win away?

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yup.

at least as far as i know

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Jan 7, 2009 12:08 PM PST reply actions

Cool

Thx for the reply and not bad mouthing me for not knowing lol

"Boy, did he drop a huge deuce in the stands!" (About a two-run homer)
Rex Hudler

by devildogamp on Jan 7, 2009 12:30 PM PST reply actions

Yes they do

I am going to be selfish and explain why it sucks for me.

I work right next to the stadium and have to drive by the Big A to go home in the evening.

When the team is playing on the east coast at 4 pm, I Tivo the games and watch them when I get home from work around 6 or 7. Sometimes the game is already over before I even get off work.

You see where this is going, right?

It’s harder than you think to not look at the halo when you’re trying really hard not to look at it!

by Higz on Jan 7, 2009 1:07 PM PST reply actions

When it’s not lit, just assume it is an EXTRA LONG extra inning game.

by Downing Rules on Jan 7, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions

Way ahead of you brother

I’ve gotten a lot of practice at lying to myself

by Higz on Jan 7, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions

You guys are better than me...

I take alternate routes home to specifically avoid the halo and preserve the excitement of pre-recorded DVR action.

by Wytelitning on Jan 7, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions

must be nice to have a DVR. I’m still using Beta videos. ;)

by Downing Rules on Jan 7, 2009 5:25 PM PST up reply actions

gross

by linkbruin on Jan 7, 2009 7:13 PM PST up reply actions

HA HA!

I thought I was the only one with that problem. We have annual passes to Disneyland, so if we go when there’s a game that I recorded I always tell my wife to drive. Since we go up the 5 from Irvine.

I also remember almost crashing one time coming down the 57 from my parents house in Brea. It was at night and I didn’t want to know who won the game (since I had recorded it and had a nice sixer chill’n in the fridge). Now, I jump on the 91 east so I can catch the 55 south to Irvine.

by 3rd Echelon on Jan 7, 2009 4:23 PM PST up reply actions

with all the condo construction… it has become more difficult to see the stadium from the 5.

by Downing Rules on Jan 7, 2009 5:26 PM PST up reply actions

But hey, you can always buy a stadium loft!

Oh wait, they couldn’t sell any and they are now Luxury Rentals? You mean nobody wanted to live on the corner of State College and Orangewood? Strange…

by MidwayCityLivestock on Jan 8, 2009 10:37 AM PST up reply actions

for 200-300k and another excuse to see the Angels I would.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Jan 9, 2009 12:06 PM PST up reply actions

October Madness

Back in the years (1979-1982) when I was an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa I had to be careful in the afternoons when the World Series was broadcast live on the radio. I would have to stop my car at signals and roll my window up so I would not hear the radio play-by-play on the coconut wireless from the car stopped next to me. I would be trade winds deprived for sixty seconds but would still be glued to the television for the delayed broadcast that evening. It is more difficult to keep your eyes away from the halo atop the Big A as you are driving by on the 57 than it is to roll up the window!

by Yetijuice on Jan 7, 2009 1:45 PM PST reply actions

Amen

I’ve also learned not to wear an Angels hat on a day when I may not be home before the game is over lest I stop for gas and the guy pumping gas next to me says something like “Dude that was awesome: Vladdy walk-off homer!”

by Higz on Jan 7, 2009 2:06 PM PST up reply actions

Because of Torii's walk off...

I no longer allow any of my friends to text me about the Angels. My phone blew up that night and I had only caught up to the fifth inning.

by Wytelitning on Jan 7, 2009 3:00 PM PST up reply actions

Yes! I turn off my phone.

by Higz on Jan 7, 2009 3:06 PM PST up reply actions

Before the sports media explosion

I can recall ~~-like in 1985~~- driving down to anaheim after work in Buena Park to see if the halo was lit. kinda cool in a quest-lord-of-the-rings-joseph-campbell way, yeah?

by Rev Halofan on Jan 7, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions

Nice!

I remember when it seemed like the only way to know about Angels Spring Training games (other than waiting for the newspaper the next day) was to watch the News and hope they mentioned the Angels score after the Dodgers score. God Bless the Internet!

by MH252525 on Jan 7, 2009 4:12 PM PST up reply actions

You guys have way too much patience!

I have to know the score of the game ASAP. No waiting for this DVR crap!

I have nothing important to say.

by thrill000 on Jan 7, 2009 3:47 PM PST reply actions

No. It doesn't light up after a win.

Thought I’d add some controversy.

I try not to spoil the game for people I know who are waiting to watch it on dvr, but does anybody have friends or know anybody that dvr’s it even when they could be watching? I know a couple of people like that: I’ll come by and they’ll say “Please don’t spoil the game for me, man!” and when I ask what kept them from the game, they say “Oh, nothing. Just decided to do some yard work, play guitar a bit, make some food…” That’s when I immediately tell them the outcome. If you’re not watching live, please have a good excuse as to why I’m not allowed to talk about the game, dude.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Jan 7, 2009 4:43 PM PST reply actions

21st Century Digital Boy...

Ha ha yeah I do it and I don’t care. I don’t like to watch commercials, ever, and I don’t need to see Rex spin a baseball or listen to Phys ramble off on some boring tangent in between pitches. Alot of times I start watching DVR about an hour or so into the game and will catch up by the end commercial free! Unfortunately its the reason I’m never on here during the games.

by Wytelitning on Jan 7, 2009 4:58 PM PST up reply actions

You don't know how to read...

but you have a lot of toys?

Bye Bye Ohio, hello Valencia!

by anaheimisnotla on Jan 7, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions

Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya, oh yeah

by Wytelitning on Jan 7, 2009 5:28 PM PST up reply actions

My daddies a middle class intellectual.

Is your mother on valium?

Lets go angels

by anaheim angels on Jan 8, 2009 10:51 PM PST up reply actions

Commercial free is, of course, a great argument. However, if you're watching live, thats prime beer drinking/fetching time.

Whatever dude.

by Mayheminthehood on Jan 7, 2009 6:21 PM PST up reply actions

That's why you have a pause button.

The pause button also builds more sweet, sweet, commercial skipping time.

by thetooth on Jan 8, 2009 9:58 AM PST up reply actions

mlb.tv is your solution

you can watch it live, the only commercial is to sell more mlb.tv, and you can alt tab to surf HH during gameday.

Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!

by teopeht on Jan 9, 2009 12:30 PM PST up reply actions

This post is awesome because

who else in the sports blog world gets to have this conversation? I LOVE the Big A. (My band even wrote an album called The Halo is Lit Tonight.) It’s so unique to have a beacon to the whole land, proclaiming victory. I live in Santa Barbara, so I don’t have the same problems as everyone else with the results of the game being spoiled. I never thought about how the lit halo might be problematic for some. Hilarious!

Don't mess with Teix-ass or Bor-ass!

by Rally Manatee on Jan 7, 2009 5:26 PM PST reply actions