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Outstanding. Arte --- as a baseball owner, you're a great billboard salesman.

Dodgers (L.A.) Cardinals (Albert who?) Tigers (Torii Hunter) Red Sox (Lackey, Napoli) Arte's gotta fire somebody else over this huh?

I've got no issue with the LA Angels name, I actually prefer it over Anaheim Angels. LA Angels of Anaheim though is ridiculous and pretty indicative of ownership's M.O. The Scott Miller article highlights more specific examples. Probably didn't look that bad in the press for years because the comparisons were to McCourt.

I can see how the City of Anaheim would want to tie up every conceivable loose end in order to prevent a non-ethical owner from trying to exploit another agreement in place. Then again, I'm sure there's another loophole that can be found. The previous agreement though probably relied too much on a gentlemen's agreement which did not take into account a complete d-bag of an owner taking the reigns and exploiting the city.

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