AFTER ABBOTT: After unpopular trades like that...

By Craig Stanke, Mike DiGiovanna and Bob Nightengale

Feb. 22, 1993 12 AM PT

AFTER ABBOTT: After unpopular trades like that of pitcher Jim Abbott, the Angels hope to earn fan forgiveness with up-and-comers such as outfielder Tim Salmon. . . . And they’re counting on one old face. Chili Davis, above, who was an Angel for three seasons starting in 1988 and still is an Anaheim Hills resident, returns as designated hitter after two years in Minnesota. Davis, whose name is Charles Theodore, got the nickname Chili Bowl in the sixth grade after a memorable haircut. Bowl was dropped; Chili stuck.

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Mike DiGiovanna

Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.

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