Through name changes and renovations, The Big A has hosted plenty of spectacular moments. It’s where Mike Trout developed into one of the greatest players in baseball history, where Darin Erstad caught the final out of the 2002 World Series, and where Jim Edmonds learned to fly as if Angels had emerged from Disney’s classic movie to offer some real-life magic. While each of these moments is special in its own right, perhaps none are as unique as the time when a groundskeeper found marijuana plants growing in the outfield.
As manager of Anaheim Stadium, Tim Leigler, put it at the time, “What we’ve got out here is grass in the grass.