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The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Since 1912, the Red Sox’s home ballpark has been Fenway Park. The “Red Sox” name originates from the iconic uniform feature.

The club was founded in 1901, as of the American League’s eight charter franchises. They were a dominant team in the new league—defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903. They won four more championships by 1918, and then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, which ended in 2004, when the team won their sixth World Series Championship. Since 2003, the Red Sox have competed in four ALCS, have won two World Series, and have emerged as arguably the most successful MLB team of the last decade.

The Red Sox led all MLB teams in average road attendance in 2007, while the small capacity of Fenway Park caused them to rank 11th in home attendance Every home game since May 15, 2003 has been sold out—a span of over five years and an MLB record.

The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning 1908. Actually, Sox was adopted by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as “Stockings Win!” in large type would not fit on a page. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas for Red Stockings.

The name originated with the Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1867–1870 member of the pioneering National Association of Base Ball Players. Managed by Harry Wright, Cincinnati adopted a uniform with white knickers and red stockings, and earned the famous nickname, a year or two before hiring the first fully professional team in 1869. When the club folded after the 1870 season, Wright was hired to organize a new team in Boston, and he did, bringing three teammates and the “Red Stockings” nickname along (Most nicknames were then only nicknames, neither club names nor registered trademarks, so the migration was informal). The Boston Red Stockings won four championships in the five seasons of the new National Association, the first professional league.

Boston and a new Cincinnati club were charter members of the National League in 1876. Perhaps in deference to the Cincinnati history, many people reserved the “Red Stockings” nickname for that city with the Boston team commonly referred to as the “Red Caps” today. Other names were sometimes used before Boston officially adopted the nickname “Braves” in 1912; that club is now based in Atlanta.

In 1901, the upstart American League established a competing club in Boston. (Originally, the team was supposed to be the Buffalo Bisons, currently a minor league team, but league ownership at the last minute removed Buffalo from the league in favor of the expansion Boston franchise.) For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. They were simply “Boston”, “Bostonians” or “the Bostons”; or the “Americans” or “Boston Americans” as in “American Leaguers”, Boston being a two-team city. Their 1901-1907 jerseys, both home and road, simply read “Boston”, except for 1902 when they sported large letters “B” and “A” denoting “Boston” and “American.” Newspaper writers of the time used other nicknames for the club, including “Somersets” (for owner Charles Somers), “Plymouth Rocks,” “Beaneaters,” and the “Collinsites” (for manager Jimmy Collins)”

The National League club, though seldom called the “Red Stockings” anymore, still wore red trim. In 1907, the National League club adopted an all-white uniform, and the American League team saw an opportunity. On December 18, 1907, Taylor announced that the club had officially adopted red as its new team color. The 1908 uniforms featured a large icon of a red stocking angling across the shirt front. For 1908, the National League club returned to wearing red trim, but the American League team finally had an official nickname, and would remain “The Red Sox” for good.

The name is often shortened to “Bosox” or “BoSox,” a combination of “Boston” and “Sox” (similar to the “ChiSox” in Chicago or the minor league “PawSox” of Pawtucket). Sportswriters sometimes refer to the Red Sox as the Crimson Hose, and the Olde Towne Team. However, most fans simply refer to the team as the “Sox” when the context is understood to mean Red Sox. For years many sources have listed the early Boston AL team as the “Pilgrims”, but researcher Bill Nowlin has demonstrated that the name was barely used, if at all, at the time. You can win somemoney using one of the betting sites. If You don’t know how to play read this article : How to become professional sports bettor

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 that was their original home, Los Angeles. The Angels have been based in Angel Stadium of Anaheim since 1966.

An expansion franchise, the club was founded in Los Angeles in 1961. Then the Los Angeles Angels, the team was based at Los Angeles’ Wrigley Field (not to be confused with Chicago’s stadium of the same name). The team has gone through several name changes in their history, first changing to the California Angels in 1965 to emphasize their status as the only AL team in California and in recognition of their move from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim. When The Walt Disney Company took control in 1997, it extensively renovated Angel Stadium on the condition that both the stadium’s name and the team’s name contain the word “Anaheim.” Disney was hoping to capitalize on the proximity of nearby Disneyland to enhance the tourism in the area, and thus the team became the Anaheim Angels.

In 2005, new owner Arte Moreno wanted to include “Los Angeles” in the team’s name, in order to better tap into the Los Angeles media market, the second largest in the country. In compliance with the terms of its lease with the city of Anaheim, the team changed its name to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Hotly disputed when initially announced, the change was eventually upheld in court and the city dropped the suit in 2009, though the team usually refers to itself as simply the Angels in its home media market.

As of 2009, the Angels’ flagship radio station is KLAA 830AM, which is owned by the Angels themselves. It replaces KSPN (710 ESPN), on which frequency had aired most Angels games since the team’s inception in 1961. That station, then KMPC, aired games from 1961 to 1996. In 1997 & 1998, the flagship station became KRLA (1110AM). In 1999, it was replaced by KLAC for four seasons, including the 2002 World Series season.

Rory Markas, Terry Smith, and Steve Physioc split play-by-play duties. Smith, Physioc and Rex Hudler call games on radio when Markas and Mark Gubicza appear on television.

In 2008, KLAA broadcast spring training games on tape delay from the beginning on February 28 to March 9 because of ironclad advertiser commitments to some daytime talk shows. Those games were available only online. Live preseason broadcasts were to begin on March 10. In 2009, KFWB 980AM will start broadcasting 110 weekday games including any postseason games. This is being done to enhance the coverage of KLAA which has a much smaller signal then KFWB. All 162 games plus post season games will still air on KLAA.

Angels radio broadcasts are also in Spanish on KWKW 1330AM and KWKU 1220AM.

Television rights are held by FSN West and MyNetworkTV affiliate KCOP, with various announcers. Physioc and Hudler call about 100 games, while Markas and Gubicza have the remaining game telecasts (about 50, depending on ESPN and Fox exclusive national schedules). The split arrangement dates back to the 2007 season, when Jose Mota and Gubicza were the second team. Markas debuted on TV in a three-game series at the Toronto Blue Jays in August 2007. Physioc signed a new contract with the team for 2008, but reportedly he and Hudler are now team employees, not network or station employees. This could be linked to a new assignment Physioc received in late 2007 to call selected college basketball games for ESPNU, owned by a rival to FSN.

Mota, who is bilingual and the son of former Dodger Manny Mota, has also called Angels games in Spanish and at one time did analysis from the dugout rather than the usual booth position.

All games are produced by FSN regardless of the outlet actually showing the games.

Dick Enberg, who broadcasted Angels baseball in the 1970s, is the broadcaster most identified with the Angels, using such phrases as Oh My! and The Halo Shines Tonight, both phrases he used during the 2002 World Series victory celebration outside of Anaheim Stadium.

Former Angels broadcasters over the past three decades include Dave Niehaus, Don Drysdale, Bob Starr, Joe Torre, Paul Olden, Larry Kahn, Mario Impemba, Sparky Anderson, Jerry Reuss, Ken Brett, and Ron Fairly. Jerry Coleman also spent time with the Angels organization in the early-1970s as a pre-game and post-game host before joining the San Diego Padres

On April 5th, 2009, all roads led to Pennsylvania. It’s the start of spring, the start of new hope, and the start of the Major League games!
Flights were made, meetings were canceled, and dates were postponed (or rather transferred to Philly), just to witness the clash of the Atlanta Braves and the tournament favorite Philadelphia Phillies. The Stars and Stripes was proudly unfolded on the diamond as the sea of green where it floats was surrounded by an even greater sea of red and white.
The night was transformed into day by the enthusiasm, energy, and vigor of the fans. The opening is probably the most fun day in the Major League Calendar. There are no playoff slots to be won or lost, not crowns to defend, just sheer athletic vigor to show to the fans. Players from both teams were very passionate about that game. The lively enthusiasm of the fans added energy to their game. They just can’t help but perform well: there are thousands in attendance and millions at home who are willing to give that ‘yeah’ and that ‘boo’ with every move they make.
The first in-game pitch signaled the start of a promising season. Not a single drop of sweat was spared by the rosters from both teams. Early in the morning of April 5th, the Phillies, in their red sweatshirts and white striped pants, were already feeling the field of the Citizens Bank Park. There could be no better feeling than to start the season’s journey on the home field.
But the Atlanta Braves proved to their name and were undaunted by any disadvantage they face. They displayed the courage for which they were aptly name. The peril of losing the first game is just too much so both teams gave their all. In the end, every fan could have sworn that he would still watch the game even if the ticket price is doubled.