Brown named April MVP
Published 5/2/2008 by Mychael Urban at Major League Baseball News
In a thoroughly unscientific poll conducted before the finale of a four-game series at Angel Stadium on Thursday, outfielder Emil Brown garnered the most votes as Oakland's most valuable player for April.
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