Caught on the Fly.(sports humor)(Brief Article)

Hey, didn't you used to be trade bait?

* If it weren't for bad jokes, Fly would have no jokes at all: Buzz around the Yanks is that El Sid is a (titter-titter) heavy favorite to win a mound job.

* It was oil that caused the bang-up between Penske 'mates Jeremy Mayfield and Rusty Wallace back in Vegas, but Fly hears that future encounters 'tween the two will be ice-related. Seems the relationship is a bit frigid, especially because Mayfield's boo-boo cost Wallace some sssserious momentum.

* Fly smells (shaddap!) trouble a-brewin' in Bawstawn, where Man-Child Ramirez agreed, for the good of the team, to give left field a shot--then decided he was not "comfortable" there after a week of trying (his word, not Fly's). Management put Ramirez back in right, causing some head-scratching among his 'mates. Seems the other Sawx are miffed by the brass' all-out efforts to keep their $160 million Manny happy. "What's next," whispers one plebe, "Manny-cures?"

* Fly tried to avert eyes, but when you got 100 of 'em, sometimes averting just doesn't cut it. So Fly had to cringe and watch Brian Bosworth bluster in defense-o'-XFL. Hey Boz, three things: 1. Fly still wants the $7 back for Stone Cold. 2. If ...