ANAHEIM, Calif. — After a week of protests against team ownership in and around the stadium, Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki was asked a simple question before the team’s game on Sunday.The shirtless fans are supportive of the team; they’re cheering for the Angels to win. They’re also repeatedly yelling, “Sell the team.” What has it been like hearing them this week?Simple questions have proved to be difficult to answer for the Angels, who have plugged their ears and closed their eyes to a fanbase that’s been desperately trying to get its message across in the past week.“They have the right to their opinion … I think it’s pretty neat for (our players) to have that kind of support,” Suzuki said, after a long and waffling preamble where he asked about other fanbases engaging in the “Tarps Off” shirtless movement across baseball. “Isn’t that a social media thing? Is it? Was it remove the tarp, or the tarps something? Tarps off, or something like that.”In Anaheim, “Tarps Off” has been much more than a social media movement. What those fans, and many others, are looking for is an acknowledgement that their opinion has validity. They’re not hearing it. The fans have been gaslit by an Angels’ ownership saying that winning isn’t the fans’ top priority. The Angels’ general manager has told them that the league’s worst team has its “best baseball” ahead of it.They’ve been told by the skipper that the losing is all one big cold stretch, not reflective of broader issues.Angels fans, whose writ-large reputation is one of passivity, have become angry. Perfect weather, a dense Orange County population center, and just enough hope that the team will contend have kept attendance numbers at “The Big A” near the top in MLB for years.But as fans protested with signs, shouts and shirts — sometimes on, sometimes not — it was clear the dynamic is changing, whether or not the team is willing to acknowledge that.“We’ve just watched the lack of investment, the not caring about the players, about the farm system,” said Kristen Gallagher, an Angels season ticket holder for more than 40 years. “You just feel it. You feel it among the staff. We know the ushers in our section, and they’re also dejected.“It’s even different from the pre-World Series (2002, when the Angels won their only title) days. People still had hope then.”Angels fans gathered outside of Angel Stadium before Saturday’s game to demand change and urge Arte Moreno to sell the team. (Kiyoshi Mio / Imagn Images)Angels executive leadership declined to comment when asked for their thoughts on the protests. The Angels Baseball TV broadcasts have largely avoided showing the fans or acknowledging their persistent chants.