Everyone knows that Baseball is around the corner once Spring Training approaches. And ever since last year, the Angels have hosted Moving Day to celebrate the big move from Angel Stadium to Tempe Diablo Stadium. Which is only a mere 365 miles away!

This year, the big celebration was on February 11 behind left field and near Tunnel B in the Angel Stadium parking lot from noon to 2:30 pm.

The event was sponsored by Old Dominion and one of their trucks was present front and center. While the other Old Dominion trucks were being packed up with equipment to send off to Arizona.

Also at the event, fans could receive autographs from past and present Angels players, such as Garret Anderson, Chuck Finley, and Tyler Skaggs. However, if you wanted an autograph you had to be in line HOURS before the event started. By the time I showed up (around noon) the autograph line wrapped all the way around towards the front of the stadium. Not to mention that only an estimate of 200 people received wristbands and were guaranteed autographs. Every one else in line had to hope that time did not run out on them.

Along with the autographs, special appearances were made by the Angels' Strike Force Girls, AM 830's Roger Lodge, and Angels Weekly's Alex Curry. Roger Lodge and Alex Curry hosted a Q&A with the three players after the signing. Alex Curry also shot a Angels Weekly episode and mingled with fans. Roger Lodge also mingled with fans and brought raffle prizes to give away. These prizes included a Mike Trout signed bat, a Mike Scioscia signed baseball, a CJ Cron signed jersey, and various other prizes.

But the raffle prizes were not the only prizes to be won at Moving Day, in fact there were also several games to play for free. There was a pitching game where participants received an Angels poster and the ever famous prize wheel. If you landed on grand slam you won a prize, some of the prizes were past promotion items from last season, like bobbleheads, hats, t-shirts, and etc. There were also t-shirts from the AM 830 radio station to win. Also a new game, a claw machine, was present and it was called Social Catch. In short, if you posted the hashtag #Road2Tempe on social media you got a chance to play the claw machine. Inside the claw machine there were hats, t-shirts, and various other items up for grabs. Also all participants received a stuffed baseball just for playing.

After the event, the Old Dominion truck took off and headed straight to Tempe, which means baseball is officially back. Since the truck arrived, so have the players and workouts and warm ups have officially begun. Spring Training games are just around the corner and soon enough Opening Day will be upon us!

Overall, the event was good. It mainly was an autograph event rather than a celebration for the upcoming season. So if you're an autograph seeker, this event was perfect for you. Or if you love to try to win free Angels stuff, then this event is also for you. But other than that, there was not much going on unless you like $6 lemonade and snacks. Let's hope next year's Moving Day is bigger and better than before!

Until next time.

My dad loves to listen to sports broadcasts on the radio, I however am not that big of a fan. I can't listen to a game on the radio. I'm a visual person, I need to be able to see what's going on in order to focus. However there is one sports station I enjoy listening to, especially during baseball season. That's AM 830 KLAA, the official radio station of Angels Baseball. I love listening Rodger Lodge and the Angels pregame broadcast especially if I'm on my way to a game at the Big A. But the reason why I truly love to listen to AM 830 is because of the amazing promotions they put on!

Throughout the baseball season, AM 830 offers various meet and greets and autograph signings with Angels baseball players (past and present) and even some coaches. In the past, AM 830 has offered signings with Angels legendary player, King Fish himself, the one and only Tim Salmon, second baseman Howie Kendrick, third base coach Gary Disarcina, catcher Hank Conger, left handed pitcher CJ Wilson, right fielder Kole Calhoun, right fielder Collin Cowgill and more. Just this past season, I got to meet Collin Cowgill and Kole Calhoun thanks to AM 830!

A picture of Collin Cowgill signing my hat, no pictures were allowed at this autograph signing because it was a Coaches' Corner Q&A. Fans could grab the microphone and ask the coaches and Cowgill questions while they signed autographs.At Kole Calhoun's signing pictures were allowed. Kole is such a nice guy, I asked him to take a seflie with me and he obliged! Fair warning, he'll only take selfies with girls, sorry guys!

Going to these meet and greets has become a tradition for my dad and I, but we don't go just to meet the players. Sure I get another signature added to my hat, but we also go for a chance to win tickets for a game! You have the chance to spin the wheel and if you land on Grand Slam, the Strike Force Girls will award you with two tickets to an Angels game.

If you're a big Angels fan make sure you keep an eye out for any events and promotions that AM 830 may have next season! Check out their list of events here. Keep a lookout and maybe next season you'll have just as many autographs as me! Good luck and happy autograph hunting!