ALCS NOTEBOOK: EX-ANGELS FEEL VINDICATED BY TEAM'S SUCCESS.Byline: Joe Haakenson and Gabe Lacques Staff Writers ANAHEIM - Before the Angels' victory Sunday in Game 5 over the Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. , the Angels' dugout was teeming teem 1 v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v.intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. with former Angels. Buck Rodgers
``I was up in Montreal and it was sad,'' said Rodgers, who played with the original Angels and managed the club 1991-94. ``I threw out the first pitch before a game that might have been the last game in the history of the franchise. But it's the opposite here. They've done a great job here. The fans are alive again. There's a lot of press (media) eating crow. It's vindication for all of us. ``All of us ex-Angels are rooting hardest of anyone in the stands for these guys to go to the World Series. This is still the Cowboy's (Gene Autry's) team in a lot of respects.'' Fregosi, along with Rod Carew the only player to have his number retired, managed the club to its first American League West title in 1979. ``I saw them play earlier this year and they were awful,'' he said. ``To come back from that shows a fortitude that's not on paper. They've got heart. The Cowboy is riding around on his horse up there, looking down.'' Former manager Gene Mauch, however, turned down an invitation from Jackie Autry to attend Game 5 on Sunday. Mauch was the Angels' manager in 1982 when the Angels blew a two games to none lead to Milwaukee, and again in 1986 when they came within one strike from reaching the World Series in a seven-game series loss to Boston. ``I'm kind of a villain with a lot of people for what happened in the playoffs in '82 and '86,'' Mauch told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. --Vote for Cardinals: Most of the Angels say it doesn't matter whether they face the San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era or St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. in the World Series, but a few admitted they'd rather play the Cardinals because they'd be reunited with former teammates Chuck Finley and Jim Edmonds. ``I would like to see those guys get the opportunity to play in the World Series,'' Angels closer Troy Percival said. ``But as far as what team, no, it makes no difference.'' The Angels played the Cardinals in St. Louis this season as part of interleague play. The Cardinals won two of three. The Angels did not play the Giants this season. |
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