Markas had also served as the play-by-play voice for the USC men’s basketball team and as a news reporter for KTTV Channel 11.

Popular broadcaster Markas spent eight years with the Angels and also served as the play-by-play voice for the USC men’s basketball team.

The Angels went from one aging designated hitter to another on Wednesday, finalizing a $6 million, one-year contract with World Series MVP Hideki Matsui that all but signals the end of the Vladimir Guerrero era. Matsui hit .274 with 28 homers and 90 RBIs last season for the New York Yankees, then was selected World Series MVP despite starting only three of the six games against Philadelphia.

World Series MVP with the Yankees might play some outfield in Anaheim if his knees hold up.

The Angels got their first taste Wednesday of the media sensation that is Hideki Matsui, with Japanese reporters cramming a stadium interview room a good half an hour before a news conference to introduce the team’s new designated hitter.

The Associated Press

The Angels went from one aging designated hitter to another Wednesday by finalizing a one-year, $6 million contract with World Series MVP Hideki Matsui that all but signaled the end of the Vladimir Guerrero era.

BASEBALL: AL West champs lure World Series MVP Matsui into fold, but lose longtime ace Lackey to Red Sox.

ANAHEIM – Hideki Matsui is headed west.

The World Series MVP and the Angels have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract worth about $6.

LAS VEGAS – Nine cardplayers returned to Las Vegas Saturday with their sights set on winning a gold bracelet and $8.55 million in the World Series of Poker, the world’s most prestigious gambling event.

While the teams he has shaped won the AL West the last two years, he still wants to build one thing: a World Series champion.

In his 18 years with the Angels, Tony Reagins has set up bat-boy promotions, evaluated minor league players and signed one of the top center fielders in Torii Hunter.