>From Peter Gammons' baseball column in today's Boston Globe.
Padre pipedream
Vaughn's replacement in San Diego, Garth Brooks, isn't just going to spring
training, he has told the Padres that he wants to play the entire season in
the minor leagues, at age 37. The scouting report on Brooks reads ''25-30 arm
(out of 80), 20 hitter,'' which is what a good Brookline High School left
fielder would get. There's at least one very good baseball mind in that
organization who recommended Shania Twain over Brooks
