Freeway Series: Dodgers & Angels Are Heating Up

This weekend will see a renewal of a rivalry in Anaheim, as the first place Dodgers (by eight-and-a-half games as of this writing) take on the surging Angels.

It's been a bit one-sided this year, as the Angels took two-of-three at Dodger Stadium in May.

In fact, the Angels have always played their Chavez Ravine neighbors tough. I remember going to a Dodger-Angel game two years ago today where the Angels walloped the Dodgers 10-4, and it wasn't even that close.

I think it's the fact that for over 40 years the Angels have been generally seen as a stepchild to the all-powerful Dodger empire; the proverbial "other team in town".

It was the Dodgers that had the tradition, the history, and the championships; while Gene Autry's Halos were merely a...

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