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Twenty-four hours before, the Los Angeles Angels were short outfielders. At a deficit in left field because they'd rashly exiled Josh Hamilton to Texas, and in turmoil because their general manager, Jerry Dipoto, quit a month before Friday's trading deadline, the Angels filled that gap with not one player, but a small handful of them. In separate trades, they acquired Victorino from the Boston Red Sox on Monday, and on Tuesday Murphy from the Cleveland Indians and DeJesus from the Tampa Bay Rays.