The film National Lampoon's Vacation had featured a fictional theme park by that name, and the Angels' proximity to Disneyland may also have helped inspire the moniker.
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Additionally, ESPN announcer Chris Berman famously called him Wally "Absorbine" Joyner, a nickname that stuck.
Tom Joyner | Wally Wood | Wally Walrus | La Wally | Wally Bayola | Wally Schirra | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | Wally Whyton | Wally West | Wally Patch | Wally Lewis | Wally Ingram | Wally Heider | Wally Hardinge | Wally Boag | Tom Joyner Morning Show | Simon Joyner | Jackiem Joyner | Florence Griffith Joyner | Wally Wilson | Wally Westmore | Wally Pipp | Wally Hicks | Wally Byam | ''Tom Joyner Radio Show'' | The Honourable Wally Norman | Seth Joyner | Rick Joyner | Where's Wally? | Where's Wally |
Wally Joyner, Jose Canseco, and Mark McGwire each had 14 in their rookie years, the rookie record.