Word: anaheims
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About an hour before the first pitch on a breezy Southern California evening, Arturo (Arte) Moreno, billionaire owner of the Major League Baseball team now known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, walks the concourse of Angels Stadium, picking up cigarette butts and greeting fans. In January Moreno upset many Orange County supporters of the former Anaheim Angels by tacking Los Angeles onto the team name, relegating Anaheim, a city of 343,000, 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles, to a mere appendage. He also granted the Angels the dubious distinction of being the only major pro-sports franchise...
...extra revenues, by cutting ticket prices and signing American League MVP Vladimir Guerrero provide fodder for late-night comedians? (Craig Ferguson joked of another name change: "The San Francisco Giants on Steroids"). More important, why would Moreno potentially alienate an affluent suburban fan base in Orange County? Says Anaheim mayor Curt Pringle, a red T shirt that reads THE ANAHEIM ANGELS OF ANAHEIM hanging in his office: "We're sad, and we're very disappointed...
...city is suing Moreno and the Angels for violating the spirit of a 1996 agreement with prior team owner Disney. The city conceded the bulk of revenue sharing with the Angels in exchange for the Anaheim label (the team was called the California Angels from 1965, the year before it moved from Los Angeles to Anaheim, through 1996). "He's stepping on the little guy, the taxpayer," says Pringle, who claims that under the pre-1996 contract the city would have received $11.5 million more from the team last season. The Angels note that Anaheim is still in the title...
...land where the culture and probably the language are totally foreign. Most immigrants are willing to start at the very bottom and work doubly hard to get to the top. Immigration is America's way of staying young and vital. May it never cease! Michael J. McClary Anaheim, Calif...
...Administration also suggested a seven-year deadline for all pensions to be fully funded and called for even stiffer premiums for companies whose plans are in the worst shape. "A lot of companies are looking to get out of these plans anyway," says Dan McGinn, a pension consultant in Anaheim, Calif. "This might be just the prod they need...