Angel Fans Seek a Major Makeover

It is time to publish the charter of a “No Mo Fans” club organized by former Angel fans who can no longer invest emotional capital in this gang of losers. In order to join you must agree with the following precepts:

1. Bavasi et al have to go. The only common criterion they apply to player selection is the ability to turn a hangnail into a career-threatening injury. Special mention for the executive who chose a small FM station that could not be heard 10 miles from the stadium, as a backup radio broadcaster, to the delight of all their fans, saving them the agony of listening to yet another loss.

2. Fire Collins and let Bowa lead them for a while. Collins is either the unluckiest or the most incompetent manager in the major leagues.

3. Terminate all medical and training personnel. Any doctor and/or trainer who can misdiagnose, mishandle and mistreat injuries the way this group has should be barred from sports medicine entirely.

4. Assuming it is possible to get more than a dead bird for them, trade all the $5-million dollar pitchers for anybody with a smaller-than-average Adam’s apple and a Cal Ripken attitude.

5. Dump the sacred cow, Rod Carew, and send all hitters who have learned how to hit two- or three-bouncers to second base from him (Carew was a master) back to single-A ball for a refresher course in the style of hitting that got them to the majors in the first place.

RON SWANSON, Hacienda Heights

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Somehow, Randy Velarde, you have managed to get things backward. It’s not the fans who aren’t supporting the Angels; the Angels aren’t supporting the fans.

The average attendance this year is about 28,000--up about 1,000 a game from last year.

Check the attendance of Oakland, which has a better record than the Angels. How dare you chide us for not applauding. In any other city, fans would have booed you out of the park.

JERRY MAZENKO, Garden Grove