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Angel Fans React To Potential Departure Of Owner Arte Moreno
" I've felt for a long time Arte Moreno has kind of disrespected Orange County...by changing the name to Los Angeles," a long-time fan said.
August 24, 20222
Life-long fan Rob Rohm has plenty to say about Angels owner Arte Moreno potentially selling his hometown team.
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"I'm actually pretty elated about it," Rohm said. "Because I've felt for a long time Arte Moreno has kind of disrespected Orange County...by changing the name to Los Angeles."
Moreno purchased the franchise, then the Anaheim Angels, for nearly $184 million in 2003, just months after their World Series Championship victory over the San Francisco Giants. The team is now reportedly worth $2.2 billion, according to Forbes. He changed the team's name to the Los Angeles Angels two years after he bought the club.
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