'I want this generation of (Angels) fans to experience a World Series championship,' Arte Moreno once said. He never came close, BNightengale writes.
on his first day on the job in 2003 as the new owner, drawing the adoration of Los Angeles Angels fans.
Moreno loved his stars, but after initial success it was free-agent blunder after blunder, from the $240 million given to Pujols, the $125 million given to Josh Hamilton, and now the seven-year, $245 million for Anthony Rendon. They are on their fourth manager in five years, with Moreno overruling his own GM and hiring the last three times.
The way life was going, Moreno’s love for beer was almost needed for medicinal purposes, besides quenching an adult thirst. “It’s one thing to be criticized,’’ Moreno once told me, “but when people start taking attacking someone personally, really personally, that's a line you cross. You can’t go back. And some of these people are just flat-ass cynical.’’
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