ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Troy Glaus can stop throwing his equipment now.

	Troy Glaus celebrates being named the World Series MVP with Jackie Autry, the widow of former owner Gene Autry.

He's tossed his helmet, tossed his bat.

He's not going to throw around the World Series Most Valuable Player trophy.

Glaus, who won the honor after Anaheim's 4-1 victory over San Francisco on Sunday night, is the Angels' fire.

And when the championship was securely in their hands, what made him happiest was coming through for those halo-wearing, monkey-waving fans, some coming to games for four decades, hoping for this moment.

''These fans have been waiting a long, long time for this,'' Glaus said. ''And I know we're all happy to be part of the team to bring it to them.''

Glaus, the American League home run champion two years ago when he hit 47, symbolized a team that came back to win the World Series following a 6-14 start, bringing the trophy to Anaheim for the first time in the Angels' 42 seasons.

He was knocked down by Jason Schmidt in Game 5.

He was knocked down by Russ Ortiz in Game 6.

He bounced back up both times, just like the Angels did in the Series.

''Actually, we've had that way of thinking all year,'' Glaus said. ''No matter what we came up against, we were going to play hard and leave it all out there, and that's what we did here.''

On a team where many players stood out, Glaus had the most consistent Series, batting .385 with three doubles, three home runs and eight RBI.

He homered twice in Anaheim's opening 4-3 loss, hit a two-run drive in Game 4, another 4-3 defeat.

His biggest hit didn't go over the wall, but swung the momentum of the Series.

When he came up in the eighth inning of Game 6 Saturday night, with the Angels having clawed back to 5-4 after trailing by five runs, his two-run double off Robb Nen sent the Angels on to a 6-5 win and gave them life when they could have been going home.

''Baseball is a funny game. Anything can happen,'' he said then. ''Our goal today was to get to Game 7. Now we're giving ourselves that chance.''

Perhaps, because the 26-year-old third baseman has 20-12½ vision (with contacts), he can see the future better than most.

Before Wednesday, his first six homers of the postseason had been solo shots, including a go-ahead drive in the eighth inning of Game 3 against Minnesota, another hit that pivoted the postseason for the Angels.

He didn't do much in Game 7, going 0-for-2 with a pair of walks, but Saturday he turned the Series around.

''I don't really know if there's anybody on our club that has gotten attention that's probably in line with their accomplishments,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said before the game. ''I think Troy, in the baseball community, gets all the respect he deserves. I don't think there's any team that doesn't know Troy's talent.

''As far as the fans getting a chance to see Troy play, forming their own ides on him, I think it's great. They're going to see an incredibly talented young player.''