The aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a confidential congressional briefing, said other benefits given to some attendees at the Anaheim IRS conference included vouchers for free drinks and some tickets to attend Angels baseball games.

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Its scheme was to start with a regional sports network in Los Angeles, where Disney's baseball team, the Anaheim Angels, and its hockey team, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, were to form the core of the programming.

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Disney, which also owns a local baseball team, the California Angels, based at Anaheim, in the same urban area, is launching a new sports channel, challenging Mr Murdoch's Fox Sports channel to serve up more exciting fare.

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Mr. Wilson, the pitcher who recently joined the Angels and hails from Orange County, said baseball players exist several places down the celebrity totem pole in Southern California.

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Yeah, we know, as much as Angels owner Arte Moreno has been trying to make Los Angeles his solo baseball empire, leaving that big T.

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In 1985, a pair of milestones were achieved in major league baseball as Tom Seaver of the Chicago White Sox gained his 300th victory and Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3, 000th hit.

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