For many years Angels fans felt like the red-headed stepchild of Southern California baseball. However, times have changed and it's the Halos time to shine. While the Dodgers still do well at the box office, they just aren't the same franchise they used to be. The years of tradition they had were flushed down the toilet by FOX and Frank McCourt. Without further adieu I give you many reasons why there is room on the Angels bandwagon if you want to get off the sinking ship that is Dodgers baseball.

Interview conducted by Chuck Richter - Executive Editor

Q: (Angelswin) - Eddie, first off, I heard you on the Angels AM 830 radio show this morning. Good stuff, though not the "meat and potatoes" that we usually discuss here, what a treat for those who aren't able to be online much or at all, now they can hear about the draft and kids down on the farm while on the road.

Let's get started...

With our first pick in the 2008 amateur draft -Tyler Chatwood, are you happy with the pick and were you surprised he was still on the board in the 2nd round?

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By Sean Scanlon - Angelswin.com Feature Writer

With all due respect to my esteemed colleague Geoff Bilau, and, well, all Angel fans, I would have to disagree that Oct. 27, 2002, was the greatest day in Angels baseball history. In fact, I would contest that it was the darkest day in Angels history. Forty some odd years of frustration, heartbreak, and fan apathy suddenly turned on its ear in one magically fantastic run.

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by Chuck Richter - Angelswin.com Executive Editor

Eddie Bane was kind enough to get with us via satellite from Gulfport, Mississippi to complete the March edition of "The Bane Connection".

In this month's edition, the majority of the questions were derived from Angelswin.com members. So, let's dig right into the interview with Scouting Director of the Los Angeles Angels, Eddie Bane.

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By Chuck Richter - Angelswin Founder & Executive Editor

The Angelswin.com fanfest took place on March 8th and scheduled at 5:00 pm at Hail Mary's in Tempe, but it kicked off first thing in the morning with a bang. Tim Mead, Vice President of Media Relations, and employee of the Angels organization for 29 years, is a big supporter of Angelswin.com and friend of mine.

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The entire list of Top-50 Greatest Moments in Angels Baseball is uploaded.

Thanks to all the contributors at Angelswin.com who participated in this project.

Click on the article link to check out all 50 of the Greatest Moments.

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**With Expanded AL West Preview

By Adam Dodge - Senior Writer

In two weeks Spring Training will come to a close and the start of the 2008 Major League Baseball season will begin. With it, fans in thirty markets will rekindle their hope that this year will be the year.

If promises are indeed made to be broken then to a baseball fan, dreams are made to be completely destroyed. The fact remains that come October only one team's faithful will realize the joys of a World Series Championship, while the rest are left to sit and wait through what can be an agonizingly lengthy off-season.

And while such will ultimately be the fate for most fans, when the calendar reaches March 31st and (most) teams take the field for opening day there will be reason for optimism, albeit minimal for some fans.

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By Geoff Bilau, Angelswin.com Senior Editor

Few who are familiar with recent Angels history would be surprised that the man at the center of the team's most memorable comeback of the 2000 season was Darin Erstad. Even though his teammates were hitting home runs at a record pace, there was never any question about who was that season's MVP.

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Sept 20th, 2006

Interview conducted by: Chuck Richter

Get to know one of the more respected men in the organization.

Tim Mead has been the vice president of communications for the past seven years, previously holding positions as assistant general manager, vice president of media relations and assistant vice president of media relations. As director of media relations, he was awarded the Los Angeles/Anaheim Chapter "Good Guy" Award in 1985 and 1990. In 2000, he received the Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence in Major League Baseball. He became the 20th recipient of the award in his 20th season with the Angels. In the process, Mead had his name placed on a plaque with previous winners in baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

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By Ricardo Ramos, Angelswin.com Contributor

When Nolan Ryan stepped on the mount at Royals Stadium on May 15, 1973, none of the 12,205 in attendance could have had any clue they were about to witness history. Ryan, after all, was coming off a terrible start in which he gave up five runs to the White Sox, failing to get out of the first inning (0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER).

His next start, however, could not have been any different. On this night, Ryan was special, recording the first of his seven career no-hitters.

Before he threw his first pitch, Ryan's teammates had already staked him to a 2-0 lead. He then started off his night by striking out the side in the bottom of the first. Ryan would strike out at least one Royals hitter per inning, save for the fifth, fanning a dozen altogether.

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Chuck Richter - Senior Editor

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program and bring you news from Eddie Bane in our February edition of "The Bane Connection". The regular scheduled program (The Top-50 Greatest Moments in Angels Baseball) will be published on time tonight, with #32 taking center stage. For now, let's get on to the first edition of our monthly feature of 2008 with Eddie Bane, Director of Scouting of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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Keep track of the Top-50 Greatest Moments in Angels Baseball as we countdown on our Blog

http://angelswinblog.blogspot.com/

#29 â€" Oct. 1-27, 2002: K-Rod dominates like no other rookie

# 30 - Sept. 29, 2004: Pride and Glaus Stun Francisco Cordero

#31 - Wally World Opens In Anaheim

#32 â€" May 17, 1989: Rookie Abbott bests Clemens

#33 â€" June 2, 2004: Guerrero's monster night

# 34 - April 19, 1966, Official Opening of Anaheim Stadium

#35 â€" July 15, 1973: Ryan throws second, most-dominant no-hitter

#36 - 1993: Salmon named Rookie of the Year

#37 - Big Klu leads Angels to first victory

#38 - Trio of Hall of Fame moments

#39 â€" Nov. 8, 2005: Colon awarded Cy Young

#40 â€" Sept. 5, 2004: Molina with the no-look pass

#41 â€" Oct. 30, 1999: Angels hire Bill Stoneman as GM

#42 â€" GA steals the All-Star show

#43 â€" July 6, 1983: Lynn simply grand in the All-Star Game

#44 â€" Angels become first franchise with four 30-home run hitters

#45 â€" Sept. 9, 2005: Vlad's Mad Dash

#46 â€" April 27-28, June 9, 2002: Eckstein is thrice grand

#47 â€" June 6, 2000: The Rally Monkey debuts

#48 â€" July 29, 1997: Finley passes Ryan with victory No. 139

#49 - Saunders honors Virginia Tech

#50 - Dec. 6, 1960: Gene Autry awarded the American League expansion franchise to be known as the Los Angeles Angels

Follow along with us as we countdown to #1 for the Top-50 Greatest Moments in Angels Baseball.

Today, at #35 Nolan Ryan throws a gem of a no-no!

By Lou Garcia - Angelswin.com Journalist

#48 â€" July 29, 1997: Finley passes Ryan with victory No. 139

"Fin to Win!" And he did. More than any other pitcher in Angels franchise history.

It was Tuesday evening, July 29,1997, when Chuck Finley took the mound in Cleveland to face an Indian lineup that included Manny Ramirez, Sandy Alomar Jr. and Matt Williams. In the bottom of the second inning, Finley gave up two runs on three hits â€" the only runs or hits he would surrender on the night en route to a 7-2 complete game victory. Jack Howell homered twice to pace the Halos.

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By Victor Varadi & Geoff Bilau - Angelswin.com Columnists

The All-Time Top 50 Angels Historic Moments continues and our selection for #49 happened on April 20, 2007 as Angels pitcher Joe Saunders honored Virginia Tech.

Four days after a rampage shooting at Virginia Tech University left 33 dead and several others wounded, Joe Saunders, the only Hokies alumnus in the Major Leagues, threw six scoreless innings while wearing a heavy heart and the cap of his alma mater.

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