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SportsBrief - May 19
Published 5/19/2008 by Matt Halmy at SportsHubLA
... the Blue were expecting.  If they can’t get those guys turned around, it could be a long season for Joe Torre’s bunch. The Angels have a lot of money on the payroll.  A lot of rich, rich dudes.  Torii Hunter.  Vlad Guerrero.  But the best bargain of all could be Mike Napoli, who despite sharing catching duties with Jeff Mathis is only one long ball off the lead in the AL, writes Randy Youngman of the OC Register . SportsHubLA Column of the Day: TJ Simers of the Times might be pretty brutal on players, but he makes a solid point when he points out that Andruw Jones is making ...

Youngman : Take Mike Napoli. Please.
Published 5/19/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... .  The O.C. Register’s Randy Youngman points out that Napoli is on pace to hit 56 homers and drive in 134 runs, and the Halos might need every bit of that production given the paucity of power from the rest of their lineup. ...