After lurking on this site for a while, I've noticed two things:
- people here are pretty passionate about baseball
- people here hate the Angels
If anything, Angels' fans should have more reason to hate the A's, seeing as how they won the AL West a gazillion years in a row before last year, but I don't really sense that in the Angel blogs (which are admittedly a bit lonely).
So what is it? Is there a rational reason for Angels-hating, or is it borne out of a simple division rivalry? If Seattle were in first place, would you hate them with the same passion?
FYI, I've lived in the Bay Area for the past several years and went to my share of A's games, including Game 1 of the playoffs against the Red Sox a couple years ago. I have no problem cheering for the guys in green, except when they play the Angels. I like the way the team is run and how Billy Beane always does magic with a limited payroll.