After a flight of over ten hours, most of the players traveling abroad for the first time peered through the windows: Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States, and the most prosperous city in the western U.S., was drawing nearer to them.
Putting aside its affluent economy, sunny California is also a Holy Land for sports—within the four major North American sports leagues, there are a total of 14 teams based in California:
Under the NBA, the Sacramento Kings, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, and Los Angeles Lakers all call California home;
In the NHL, the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks are all California teams;
Even in the case of football, America's national sport, California has the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers;
Of course, as the birthplace of modern baseball, California naturally has its fair share of baseball teams:
