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1967 CALIFORNIA ANGELS NEWS – SPECIAL MLB ALL-STAR GAME ISSUEAn outstanding piece of Southern California baseball history from the summer of 1967.Offered here is an original California Angels News – Vol. 1, No. 5, July 1967, the official publication of the California Angels and American League.The enormous front-page headline says it all:“ANGELS WELCOME 1967 ALL-STARS”This special issue was published during the same month that Anaheim Stadium hosted the 1967 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 11, 1967.THE SIZZLEThis isn’t simply an old Angels newspaper.Inside is fantastic period coverage devoted to the upcoming All-Star Game, including a colorful illustration of an actual 1967 Anaheim Stadium All-Star Game ticket, showing a $8.00 Terrace Box admission price and the date Tuesday, July 11, 1967 – 4:15 P.M.The publication also features:* Anaheim Stadium prominently pictured on the front cover
* California Angels manager Bill Rigney
* Angels All-Star pitcher Jim McGlothlin
* Angels star Jim Fregosi
* Hank Bauer, manager of the American League All-Stars
* Dodgers legend Walter Alston, manager of the National League All-Stars
* Period coverage discussing the Angels hosting one of baseball’s biggest annual events
* Original 1960s California Angels graphics and team imageryThe 1967 All-Star Game itself became a classic. The National League defeated the American League 2–1 in 15 innings, making it one of the longest All-Star Games in MLB history.The rosters represented an extraordinary era of baseball and included numerous future Hall of Famers such as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew, Brooks Robinson, Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Juan Marichal and Don Drysdale.For an Angels collector, this captures an important moment when the relatively young California Angels franchise and Anaheim Stadium were placed on baseball’s national stage.CONDITIONOriginal vintage condition – please see all photographs.This publication is nearly 60 years old and exhibits age-appropriate wear including overall paper toning/yellowing, wrinkles and creases, edge and corner wear, handling/storage wear and areas of discoloration/staining.There is a noticeable stain/mark at the upper-right area of the front cover and an old handwritten $12.50 price sticker remains attached.No attempt has been made to clean, restore or remove the vintage price sticker.Currently stored in a protective sleeve.Please examine all photographs carefully for the most accurate representation of condition. Sold exactly as pictured.HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCEThe California Angels had moved into their new Anaheim Stadium home only the previous season, in 1966. Just one year later, the stadium was selected to host Major League Baseball’s 1967 All-Star Game.This July 1967 publication therefore survives as a period artifact from the earliest years of Angels baseball in Anaheim and from the city’s first MLB All-Star Game.
