Opinion: Name Los Angeles baseball team for Yang-na Tribe

Tuesday, March 29, 2011  

"The new baseball season is almost upon us. And, as a fan and a history buff, what continues to disturb me is that Los Angeles' team is nonsensically called the Dodgers.

That name is a vestige of nostalgia for a time when Brooklyn fans of the team had to dodge heavy trolley car traffic to enter Ebbetts Field. It has no relationship to Los Angeles or meaning for local fans. And given that a messy divorce custody battle could lead to the team changing hands in the near future, this former Brooklynite asks, why not change the name now?

But what to rename our blue crew that makes baseball sense and conveys civic pride?

Drum roll, please, for the Los Angeles Yang-nas. No, not the Los Angeles Yankees. The Yang-nas.

Hold on now. Stop laughing. I know it's not a name that rolls off the tongue easily, but let me explain."

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