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Albert Chen
March 31, 2008
"GREAT STUFF, GREAT MAKEUP—I WILL PUT MY REPUTATION ON HIROKI KURODA."
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March 31, 2008

3 Los Angeles Dodgers

"GREAT STUFF, GREAT MAKEUP—I WILL PUT MY REPUTATION ON HIROKI KURODA."

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.406

Team slugging percentage for L.A. in 2007, the lowest among the 16 clubs with a winning record. Lack of power has been a recurrent problem for L.A., which hasn't had a 30-home-run hitter since '04. That's one reason the Dodgers signed Andruw Jones, who hit 26 or more homers in each of the last 10 seasons. A word of caution, though: His .413 slugging percentage in '07 was his worst—by 48 points—over that span.

 

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