Once They Were Angels details the baseball team's rich 44-year history through fresh perspectives from the players who defined the franchise: Bo Belinsky, Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan, Rod Carew, Don Baylor, Reggie Jackson, Jim Abbott and many others. The book ends where it begins ? with Scott Spiezio reliving his dramatic home run in the seventh inning of Game Six of the 2002 World Series. Like any great franchise worth remembering, Once They Were Angels will form an indelible stamp in the hearts and minds of Angels fans both young and old.
Rob Goldman is a native Californian with ties to the Los Angeles Angels going back more than three decades. Those ties include stints as a team batboy in the mid-1970's and as a visiting clubhouse attendant. He played baseball at Mendocino College and graduated with a bachelorīs degree in Theater Arts from Sonoma State (1988). He has acted in several films, including "Dances With Wolves," "JFK," and "Overboard;" and is the co-writer of the NBA-TV documentary "Skywalker: The David Thompson Story." This is his first book. Goldman resides in Thousand Oaks, California.