ANGELS NOTEBOOK: DISNEY SEEKS ANGEL IN THE FRONT OFFICE.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer TEMPE, Ariz. - Paul Pressler Paul Pressler was the president and CEO of Gap, Inc. from September 2002 to 22 January 2007.[1]. He also simultaneously departed from the position on Gap's board of directors he received in October 2002. Pressler is a director of Avon Products. , chairman of the Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co.'s parks and resorts division, toured the Angels' spring-training facility with his family Sunday and watched the game from a suite behind home plate. Pressler's search for a replacement for Tony Tavares, who resigned as president of the Angels and Mighty Ducks
Mighty Ducks is a half-hour Disney animated series aired on ABC and The Disney Afternoon in the fall of 1996. Twenty-six episodes total were produced. on Jan. 4, is ongoing but not a top priority. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , Angels general manager Bill Stoneman Gauthier started out in the NHL working for the Quebec Nordiques in various scouting roles from 1981 to 1993. report directly to Pressler. ``I keep asking (Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ) Michael (Eisner) if I can do this as my full-time job,'' Pressler joked, adding that his choice to succeed Tavares will be ``more of a generalist, someone who can build strategies and corporate sponsorships.'' Pressler admitted that running sports teams has been a learning process for Disney, which took over operating control of the Ducks in 1993 and the Angels in 1996. ``It's like the movie business,'' Pressler said. ``It takes a great script, great players and great talent. But ultimately you can assemble the best director and best actors and it doesn't necessarily make the best movie. It's a challenging business. ``Ultimately, all I can do is assemble the right group of individuals within what is considered reasonable financial parameters for the shareholders.'' --Wise strong against A's: Angels pitcher Matt Wise started and pitched two scoreless innings in the Angels' 11-1 loss to the Oakland A's Sunday afternoon in Tempe. Wise generally is considered the Angels' No. 6 starter, meaning he'd be the first to be called up from Triple-A Salt Lake in case one of the current starting five is injured. It was a role Wise had last year, with some success, but one he would give up for a spot as a setup man in the Angels' bullpen this year. Wise, Bart Miadich, Donne Wall and Brendan Donnelly are the primary candidates to fill the spot vacated with the departure of Shigetoshi Hasegawa. ``Really, I'm just focusing on pitching,'' Wise said. ``If I tried to make every pitch be the pitch to put me in the setup role, I'd be in trouble. The decision is really out of my hands. People ask me, am I a reliever or a starter? I'm just a pitcher this year. ANGELS vs. CUBS Time: 12:05 p.m., HoHoKam Park, Mesa. Radio: 570-AM. Matchup: Kevin Appier will make his Angels' debut. Sunday's result: Larry Sutton had three hits and Jeremy Giambi had two as the Oakland A's pounded the Angels 11-1 at Tempe Diablo Stadium Tempe Diablo Stadium is a baseball field located in Tempe, Arizona. It is the spring training home of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and the home field for night games of the Arizona League Tempe Angels. . The loss Sunday was the Angels' first of the spring. Angels reliever Elvin Nina was hit the hardest, giving up five runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning. CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. CUBS (see text) |
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