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CLEVELAND -- Mike Napolis close encounter with the Progressive Field scoreboard Friday night impressed just about everyone who saw it.Except for Napoli, it would seem.The homer, a two-run blast, came in the third inning and landed near the top of the bleachers, a few feet below the scoreboard.To be honest you dont really feel it off the bat, he said of his 462-foot blast, one of five Cleveland home runs in a 10-2 rout over the New York Yankees. I dont know. I cant really explain it. I swing hard.While Napoli shrugged it off, the reaction among his teammates was far more animated. Several players in the dugout pointed to where the ball landed and shook their heads in disbelief.Oh my gosh, we havent seen a batting practice one go there, said Jason Kipnis, who homered twice. That was fun one to watch.Wow, I dont know how you hit a ball that far, Indians manager Terry Francona said.Mark McGwire, playing for Oakland, is the only player to hit the scoreboard in the ballparks 22-year history on April 30, 1997. Jim Thome hit the longest home run, traveling 511 feet, on July 3, 1999.Carlos Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall also hit home runs, giving Cleveland a season-high five in one game.All-Star Corey Kluber (9-8) allowed one run -- Brian McCanns solo homer -- in eight innings. Kluber gave up five hits, struck out eight and didnt walk a batter.Rookie Chad Green (1-2) allowed all four homers and was charged with seven runs in 4 1/3 innings.The AL-Central leading Indians bounced back from Thursdays 5-4 loss that ended when a replay review overturned a call that would have loaded the bases with two outs.Cleveland left no doubt about Fridays game.Santana and Kipnis started the first with home runs, coming on Greens first eight pitches. Chisenhall added a two-run homer.Two doesnt mean youve got the game won but it sure sets the tone, Francona said. It was nice to spread it out.Napolis fifth-inning single gave him three RBI while Kipnis homered again in the seventh.Kluber, added to the AL All-Star team Thursday, bounced back from a rocky start against Toronto on Sunday when he allowed five runs in 3 1/3 innings.To go out there and get four runs in the first inning is a nice cushion but they poured it on and didnt really stop, he said.Man, hes good, New York first baseman Mark Teixeira said. Hes a Cy Young for a reason. Hes an All-Star for a reason, just carving us up.Manager Joe Girardi said Teixeira, who left in the sixth inning, wont play Saturday in order to rest his troublesome right knee.McCann homered in the sixth and had both RBI for the Yankees, who are 3-5 on a 10-game trip going into the All-Star break.Carlos Beltran, still nursing a sore hamstring, was 1 for 4 as the designated hitter while Alex Rodriguez didnt play for the third straight game.HOT TICKETThe crowd of 34,045 was the Indians third sellout and second of their seven-game homestand. The team is expecting near-sellouts Saturday and Sunday.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: OF Michael Brantley (sore right shoulder) took batting practice for the second straight day and could begin a minor league rehab assignment during the All-Star break.UP NEXTYankees: LHP CC Sabathia, who faces the Indians on Saturday, has struggled in his last three starts, allowing 17 runs, including four homers, in 17 1/3 innings. Hes 5-6 with a 3.48 ERA in 14 starts.Indians: RHP Danny Salazar, an AL All-Star, makes his final start before the break Saturday. His 2.36 ERA is the best in the league and fourth lowest in the majors. Salazar is 10-3 in 15 starts. Stan Smith UK Sale . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Cheap Stan Smith UK For Sale . LOUIS -- St. http://www.clearancestansmithuk.com/ . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. 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His results on the course, including total victories, support his status as one of the greatest pro golfers of all time.MOST CAREER WINS, PGA HISTORYStephen Munday/AllsportA Look BackMany of Palmers tour victories came during a 10-year period from the mid-50s to the mid-60s, and all his majors wins -- four Masters, two British Opens and one U.S. Open -- came during this stretch.PALMERS CAREER TOTALSAP PhotoPalmers PeakWith apologies to Tigers Slam, Palmer arguably had the most dominant run in pro golf history from 1960-63. Compared to the best four-year periods on the PGA Tour by Nicklaus and Woods, Palmer outdistances them in events played, top-10 finishes and wins.BEST FOUR-YEAR SPANSAugusta National/Getty ImagesMayor of AugustaPalmers legacy was largely built with wins at Augusta National, where he became the first four-time Masters winner in 1964. While Nicklaus later collected more Masters wins and Woods tied him, it helps to look at Palmers near-misses in order to truly understand his run of dominance in the tournament.MASTERS FINISHES, 1958-67Transcendental Graphics/Getty ImagesOn the MoneyDespite his historic performance on the golf course, very little of Palmers $675 million net worth came from PGA Tour winnings.dddddddddddd In fact, he earned almost exactly as much later on the Champions Tour as he did in his peak playing days. But Palmer parlayed his popularity as a golfer into a second career in the business world, designing golf courses and becoming a pitchman for everything from luxury watches to beverages.PALMERS EMPIREAP PhotoIn His Own WordsGolf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.What other people may find in poetry, I find in the flight of a good drive.If youre in trouble, 80 percent of the time theres a way out.One thing Ive learned over time is, if you hit a golf ball into water, it wont float.I have a tip that can take five strokes off anyones game. Its called an eraser.Key numbers57:25:42Time in hours, minutes and seconds for an around-the-world flight he piloted in 1976 that set a speed record. Palmer was an accomplished aviator.$184,065Palmers biggest yearly earnings in a PGA campaign, from 1967. He won four events and had four second-place finishes that year.13Different streets in the United States named after him.7Majors victories in his PGA career, tied with several golfers for the seventh-best total of all time.Infographic by Paul Wallen. Additional reporting by Ben Arledge. Illustration by Yann Dolan. ' ' '