BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : ANGELS : Players’ Eyes Opened at Union Meeting

The Angels were hoping to embrace the baseball owners’ new labor proposal Thursday, wanting to hear Don Fehr, executive director of the Major League Players Assn., tell them a work stoppage can be averted.

Instead, the Angels’ 15-player entourage departed the meeting believing that it’s inevitable a strike will be staged after the All-Star break.

“It’s almost like a house you look at from the outside,” second baseman Harold Reynolds said, “and you say, ‘Hey, that looks pretty good.’ Then you go inside, start inspecting a little closer and say, ‘Oh-oh.’

“That’s what happened today. We got our eyes opened. The salary cap has totally destroyed two sports (pro football and pro basketball), and it’s not going to ruin ours.”

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The Angels’ 15-player contingent was nearly four times larger than any team represented at the players association meeting. The only team that had more than three players was the Chicago White Sox, who had four.

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Utilityman Mark Dalesandro had more than 150 friends and relatives attending Thursday’s game at Comiskey Park, three miles away from where he was born and raised.

Although Dalesandro did not play, his night was highlighted by his 20-year-old sister, Rosemarie, singing the national anthem. She is performing in a play, “Tony and Tina’s Wedding,” and sang in a wedding dress along with two cast members.