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Team owner treats several fans to merchandise from the Angel Stadium shop.
Owner Arte Moreno surprised some three dozen Angels fans by inviting them on an impromptu shopping spree in the team's gift store after Friday night's home opener.
Merisa Jensen, a 25-year-old USC senior from Lancaster who has attended the last five Angels' home openers, said she and her sister Rachel were standing outside Angel Stadium about an hour after the game when Moreno and his wife, Carole, came out and began talking with some of the 30 to 40 people still milling about.
"Suddenly he walked over to the Angels store . . . opened the door and let in the whole group of people," Jensen said.
The souvenir shop was closed, Jensen said, but Moreno told workers to ring up a T-shirt for everyone. Cashiers gave everybody a hat too.
Everybody except Moreno. Jensen said he was handed a lengthy sales receipt, which he signed.
"I was really shocked," said Jensen, who chose a red Angels shirt. "I'm a big Angel fan. But I'm an even bigger Angel fan now."
Asked about the store visit Saturday, Moreno paused, then smiled.
"It's just a rumor," he said.
L.A. Times 4/6/08
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