Angels' finest hour: A look back at their 2002 World Series win

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Angels' finest hour: A look back at their 2002 World Series win

The Walt Disney Co. wanted to sell the Angels baseball team in 2002. Team president Tony Tavares resigned and Paul Pressler took over. Presser killed the deal to trade Darin Erstad to the Chicago White Sox. The team won 99 games that season, a franchise record. Gene Autry, the team's founding owner, attended the World Series. He died four years earlier. His wife Jackie attended all the playoff games. She gave one of the players a cowboy hat. He waved it from the field after the final out. It was a celebration of ownership for Gene and Jackie. Michael Eisner was in the clubhouse during the playoffs.


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