Article:From Class Act to No Class.

In the span of only hours your organization goes from one of the class acts of MLB to, in the eyes of a whole hell of alot of fans, to the classless jackasses of the this year. The Angels by giving a deceased player a full share of the playoff money showed just what Class is and then in a blink of  an eye go to being a classless bunch of jackasses and morons by letting go of one of the better baseball play by play individuals in the major leagues. Rex Hudler is not without sin or sometimes on the edge of being a total and complete homer but he is one of the most understanding play by play people in the major leagues. His stories are funny and make the game easlier to watch and listen to. What ever made the ownership give him his walking papers the media and fans will never know because they are so closed mouthed about everything inside, but as a fan of the Angels since their days in the Pacific Coast League I am very hurt and upset by this action. My family has owned season tickets since the Pacific Coast League teams and the American League teams from 1954 to this last year. Thru the good years and bad years and times of glory to years you want to forget but now it ends. I will not support a team or ownership and management that lets go of one of the best in his craft. No without mistakes mind you but Rex was the best at what he did. Supported the team and players and ownership and did his job day in and day out.

To go so far and then give it away, the fan support and understanding, is not a type of team or management individuals I like to do business with. Moreno  blew this one and a lot of fans and supporters feel the same way I do. No team is perfect and this year the Angels had their ups and downs, particularly the playoffs but to put the blame on the play by play people because they lost the playoffs again. That is total crap. I have a lot of memories going back to the 50's  of the Angels, good or bad, but it ends now without any regret whatsoever. All the fans around us at the stadium support and love Rex and no one can believe what has happened since the end of the season in regards to Rex Hudler. If Moreno and the management group want to be jerks that is their business, but it has become very clear this season that something is wrong in Angel town and firing Rex isn't going to fix it. Maybe the owners should sit down and look at themselves in the mirror and figure out why it is they can't win the big one and no one wants  to come to Anaheim now. The Angels have lots of money to spend and they keep throwing it all the free agency players and nobody wants to come unless they give them the farm. The Yankees won this year because they brought the pennant and series. That is plain and simple. Big money buys big players. And for anything to stop this from continuing the league,  idiot Selid, has to get a cap on the salaries and establish some kind of equal playing field for all teams. But the big money market teams, AKA Yankees etc.... aren't going to let that happen. One team spends over 220 million on salaries and the bottom team only 40 million. Not a level playing field and no matter what the league wants to tell people about the fans still going to games a whole hell of alot of fans are staying away because they are sick and tired of watching the same big money teams spend spend spend and win, not all the time but to many for todays' economy and todays' families. Who can afford to go to a baseball game that costs over 100.00 per person. Money once again is the determing factor in all this and at the bottom of the problem. Everyone is entitled to make a living and profit for a business but it seems so out of place to look at the salaries of players just playing a kid's game and making over 20 million dollars a year for it. Give me a break. But this year the Angels have stepped over the line and done something that has made a lot of fans mad and upset. So GOOD BYE REX and good luck we all love you..