Angel Stadium is Full of Vermin
And no, I'm not just talking about Angels fans. Check this story out.
Discarded peanut shells, the remnants of hot dog buns, sticky ice cream wrappers and nachos coated with tangerine-colored cheese carpet the stands of Angel Stadium – about 15 tons of garbage on average per game, according to stadium officials.The refuse can sit out for more than 12 hours before it is collected, a time lag that may help account for the 118 vermin violations that county officials logged at stadium kiosks and restaurants over the last 2 ½ years.
Of those reports, 33 represent “major” violations, in which “rodent activity” was observed by health inspectors in a “critical area” of 18 stadium food venues.
I guess the main problem is that the Angels and beloved owner Arte Moreno decided in all their wisdom to not have the cleaning crews start until the next day after an Angels game. So the Angels are infested with rats.
It's funny, one of the most frequently asked questions of me yesterday at AN Day was "Have you gone to a bunch of Angels' games?" My answer was heck no and the reason was that I don't really like the atmosphere at Angel Stadium. Many of the fans don't know baseball and don't really go to watch the game, so you a lot of the people around you are on cell phones or bouncing beach balls around. It's kind of like the atmosphere at AT&T Park. The A's crowd might be smaller, but it's a hundred times more passionate. I actually enjoy going to Dodger games more and have been to a couple already. I also plan on hitting a Padres game soon.
Now I have another reason to avoid Angel Stadium. Angel Stadium is full of rats. 13 times more than Petco Park and Dodger Stadium combined.
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rats
I farking hate rats. There is nothing more disgusting to me than rats (except, perhaps, the World Series being won by the Angels).
13 times more than Petco Park and Dodger Stadium combined.
This weekend, are they counting Bonds?
I didn't know rats
could live in a bowl of crap.
by oaklandSMASH on Aug 6, 2007 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions
that is sooo not panther
hmmm...
Letting a few real panthers run around loose in the stadium would probably clear up the problem, though... and when the stands are full, panthers would be more fun than beachballs as reasons to delay the game...
"I've heard of rain delays, Ray,
but I've never heard of a cat delay before." -Kuiper
"Well, unfortunately, Jason Kendall's no longer with the team, Glen. He'd have gone out there and subdued it with his bare hands, not to mention called a great game." -Fosse
thats disgusting...
i was just there and that makes me want to puke. i actually like going to that stadium, but only because the weathers always nice and its a fun place to be obnoxious. theres nothin like runnin into other A's fans at that stadium, but now all im going to think about is all the rats lurking around...
by digsthelongball on Aug 5, 2007 2:09 PM PDT reply actions
What dic you expect from Anahaim?
A town built on rodents:
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Insects:
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and other pests:

title of this diary: QOTY
It should be the next AN t-shirt slogan, too.
I keep wanting to read that this has to do...
...with Felix Fermin.
Funny you mention rats...
Not ten minutes ago, ohtebe21likehuston and I got back from San Francisco on the ferry, got off at Jack London Square, and saw an enormous rat beside the walkway. I saw a giant sneering rodent earlier today, too, but he was pitching for the Angels...
Yep. My "first" rat sighting ever.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Aug 7, 2007 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions
the Force is strong in this one
And your lonely lil' rec has shot it to the top!
They should call the local Humane Society..
When they renovated our local AAA park in Portland,
they decided to 'hire' all the local felines instead
of displacing them all. www.pgepark.com/stadium/features/
...Roughly 20-25 feral cats inhabit PGE Park for rodent control. The cats can rarely be seen during the day or when people are in the building. The cats are fed and watered by PGE Park staff at the Feral Cat Station, located just behind the Beavers bullpen in left field. Despite more than 70 live rodent traps in different areas of the stadium, only small field mice have been captured thanks to the cats....
Why not kill two birds..er..rats with one stone ?
by Andrewk on Aug 6, 2007 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
Rats in Angel Stadium?
More evidence that Disneyland is the only thing of worth in Anaheim and even they are fighting the Happiest Place on Earth on the right to build some shoddy-ass housing
Disney tie in with Ratouille
Old arte is getting a little disney movie extra marketing. Just wait until their next movie tie in at Angel stadium. Shrek 4, oh, I don't know if Disney would pay the Angels for Colon to where some shrek clothes. Cockaroches,
Now I'm getting images of the rats...
...handing you your hot dog while exchanging a $20.
Fenway also have rats.
Those rats in Fenway are legendary behind the Green Monster's scoreboard. Maybe, Moreno add a rally rat when the Halos get sick of rally monkey.

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