Angels in devil’s shoes

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First they were the Los Angeles Angels. Then the California Angels. Then the Anaheim Angels. And now … the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim? Yes, the team is taking that silly name, supposedly to “strengthen the Angels’ long-term economic health by enhancing the marketability through this metropolitan area and beyond.” ”The truth in that statement is the ‘and beyond,’ ” local baseball fan Bruce Silverman tells AdFreak. (Silverman’s ad agency, WongDoody, handled the Dodgers for years.)

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