7th inning stretch: with New York mets pitcher Tom Glavine.(Interview)

* Coming out of Billerica Memorial High in Concord, Massachusetts, you were a legitimate hockey prospect, with 41 goals and 44 assists in your senior year. In 1984, you were drafted in the fourth round of the NHL draft by the Los Angeles Kings, then taken in the second round of the baseball draft by the Atlanta Braves. Did you ever seriously consider playing hockey?

"At 18 years old before I got drafted, I was kind of faced with giving up hockey, giving up baseball or trying to play both in college. But when I got drafted, there was a big difference. The Kings called me and said. `We drafted you, we know you're going to go to college, we'll keep an eye on you.' The Braves drafted me, they called and said, `Let's have a meeting, we want to sign you.' That's kind of the way it went and the Kings never really made any overtures until after I already signed with the Braves. I think hockey, in actuality, was probably my first love. But in my heart I knew, being a left-handed pitcher, I had a distinct advantage in baseball that I did not possess in hockey, so I think hockey would have been a much tougher road for me because I would have had to put on a lot of weight, got bigger and stronger and all that stuff."

* You are an avid golfer and a 6-handicap. What is your best score and what are some of the top courses you have played?

"Yeah, I love golf, I don't always play good, but ... I played at Bellerive Country Club and that's a great course. My best score is even-par 72, which I shot at Mystic Dunes in Orlando, Florida. I would say the best courses I ever have played would be Pine Valley, Augusta National and Cypress Point--that would probably be the top three. I've played Augusta twice, shot 85 the first time and 82 the ...