Sheffield met with the Dodgers players and apologized. The New York Mets, who offered outfielder Darryl Hamilton and reliever Dennis Cook, say they are out of the Sheffield hunt. 38 homers and 112 RBIs in 1998-1999. The two worlds were different and last year the two were combined. It took some getting used to.
Some guys thrive on new surroundings.
I think I play better where I'm comfortable. Plus, in Toronto, when I struggled, I had Carlos Delgado, Alex Gonzalez and Darrin Fletcher to talk to and they knew whether to give me a pat on the back or a kick in the butt. As the ball fell between two Astros, Green took off for second and slid head-first. Green took his thumb out of the dirt and left the field. Sheffield is having a more difficult problem extracting his foot from his mouth.