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No moves are good moves.(BASEBALL)

The Sporting News

| February 17, 2006 | Rosenthal, Ken | COPYRIGHT 2006 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Angels did nothing this offseason--or close to nothing. Their inactivity wouldn't play in New York, Boston or any other impatient East Coast market. Their restraint might cost them the American League West title. But it's difficult to dispute the sheer, old-fashioned logic of what general manager Bill Stoneman is trying to accomplish.

Stoneman's plan, though ill-suited for the knee-jerk age of talk radio, Internet message boards and fantasy baseball mania, reflects a time-honored baseball philosophy: Show patience. Promote from within and contend not just for one season but for a succession of seasons.

The plan will work; the Angels' farm system is ...

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