Bill Stoneman is out after eight years as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s vice president and general manager. Stoneman said he was stepping down last week.
Stoneman built the Angels’ only World Series championship team in 2002 but came under fire after the Angels were swept out of the American League divisional playoffs by the Boston Red Sox earlier this month. Stoneman, a 63-year-old former major league pitcher, also got heat for his failure to land a power hitter in the trade or free-agent markets during the past few years.
Tony Reagins, the Angels’ director of player development, is set to become the team’s new general manager.
Angels owner Arte Moreno gave Stoneman a contract extension in 2003, shortly after he bought the team from the Walt Disney Co. That extension recently expired.
, Vita Reed
