If you’ve never seen the SB Nation corner of the web devoted to the Los
Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Disneyland, California, United States of
America (sometimes shortened to LAAADCUSA, other times shortened to
HAHAHA), Halos’ Heaven, you’re not missing much.

When the admin isn’t banning people who disagree with him, he’s
deleting posts that make fun of him, changing diaries that other people
posted, changing polls, and editing his own posts to make himself look
smarter after the fact, you have to suffer through endless reams of
data about why Darin Erstad is worth having on a baseball field despite
his tendency to end the season with an OBP barely breaking .300.

But today I witnessed the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time. It
started with the site admin pointing his users to an article on the
satirical website, The Onion, entitled "Ichiro: ‘The Best Part About
Playing For My Country Was Not Playing For The Seattle Mariners’"

A sample:

"SAN DIEGO—In an interview following Japan’s 10-6 victory against Cuba in the World Baseball Classic
championship game Monday, Ichiro Suzuki called the tournament a "great
opportunity to represent anything besides the Seattle Mariners."
"Playing alongside my countrymen on the world stage was nice, but the
highlight of the event for me was not having to watch helplessly from
the on-deck circle as [Seattle outfielder] Willie Bloomquist pops out
for the fourth time in one game," said Ichiro, who has been
contemplating a return to his non-Mariner roots since late 2003.
"Honestly, I would have played for the Netherlands team if it meant 17
days away from the Mariners spring-training camp."

Now, that’s pretty funny, though not as funny as The Onion usually
manages.

Well, here’s the first response by an Angels fan on Halos
Heaven:

Ichiro??

I’ve never heard of "Onion Sports" before Rev, but it’s hard to believe
Ichiro said these things. I mean, I don’t blame him for being sick of
playing for a losing team, but he’s always seemed like a pretty
soft-spoken guy. A professional who keeps his mouth shut and does his
job.

In addition those comments are very much like a spoiled American
athlete speaking and VERY un-Japanese. For those of us who know
anything about the culture and mores of the Japanese it is very
surprising to hear that. It makes me think that something BIG must have
happened behind the scenes — the Mariners must have insulted Ichiro in
a big way to cause him to do that. What’s the real story here? Was
there some conflict about him playing in the classic? - Jack Frost

Wheeeeeeeeee! Is there anything more satisfying than finding
irrefutable evidence to back up the long held belief that the dumbest
fans in all of baseball support a team that employs a monkey to
encourage people to pay attention, while claiming to be a part of a
city that is, in actuality, home to another team?

I’m going to start a petition that they should change their team name
to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Hollywood And Halos, America. That
way we could change their abbreviation to LAAAHAHA.