Article: Who's No. 1 in your town, the Angels or the Dodgers?

The Angels, playing the Red Sox at Angel Stadium on Sunday, are on their third postseason run in four years. The American League West division champions are outside of the shadow of the Dodgers, who have traded places with the Angels as the region's not-so- lovable losers.

We have to wonder if Long Beach and surrounding towns like Lakewood, Downey, Bellflower and Seal Beach are backing the Angels these days. Though Long Beach sits at the foot of Los Angeles County, Angel Stadium is closer than Dodger Stadium to Long Beach.

But team affiliations are about more than geography. East Long Beach certainly shares traits with Orange County, and sits on the county line, while much of working-class ...

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