Carmelo Martinez

"I'm trying to get my stroke back," says Tony Gwynn, the San Diego rightfielder and defending National League batting champion (.351). "I'm lunging at the ball. My problem is I'm comparing everything I do now to what...

•Bill Yeoman, University of Houston football coach, on 5'9" Cougar quarterback Gerald Landry: "If he was 6'2", he'd be All-America. Of course, if he was 6'2", he'd be at Southern Cal."

The menagerie known as the San Diego Zoo has been devouring its National League opponents

It was no surprise that free agent Dave Parker (right) bolted the Pirates for a two-year, $1.6 million contract with the Reds. What was surprising was Parker himself: When he showed up at baseball's winter meetings...