LOTS OF COMPANY: Left-hander Chuck Finley may...

LOTS OF COMPANY: Left-hander Chuck Finley may be the highest-paid member of the California Angels, but he’s far from being the highest-paid player in major league baseball. His $3,875,000 for this year is 44th on the current money list, figures released Tuesday show. Finley is 10th among all pitchers. . . . The Angels do stand out in one category: Only three teams--the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres and Florida Marlins--have fewer millionaire players than the Angels, who have six.

CHEAP THRILLS? How do the owners pay all those high salaries? By making the fans pay. But a night at Anaheim Stadium is still a better bargain than most places. . . . Team Marketing Report, which annually assesses the cost of baseball attendance, ranks the Angels 22nd out of 28 in average expense. It says a family of four will spend an average $90.24 there--a 6.7% increase this year. It’s $115.25 at Yankee Stadium. The best bargain: Cincinnati--the only one under $80.

SAIL TALK: Hank Dekker of San Francisco was driving race cars when he began losing his eyesight. By 1978, he was blind. That didn’t stop his love of outdoor sports. He took up sailing with sighted friends, then alone, and started his own charter service. Next fall he plans to become the first blind man to sail the Atlantic alone. . . . Dekker talks about his sailing today at 1 p.m.--and again Thursday and Friday--at the Newport Boat Show at the Newport Dunes resort.

SAVE A TREE: Financial woes for socialites Danny and Susie Hernandez continue. With Danny in federal prison and both he and Susie awaiting sentencing for fraud April 22, the bank has foreclosed on their $800,000 Mission Viejo home and this week evicted Susie and her children. Struggling for cash, Susie began selling the palm trees and bushes on the property to local landscapers just before eviction. . . . “She’s doing what she can to keep food on the table,” says Newport Beach attorney Scott Wellman, a family friend. “They bring in a few hundred dollars each.”