FAIR IS FOUL Fans, players need to know their place

There is some baseball talk in the May Maxim in an article titledFoul Ball" that might interest Cubs and/or Yankees fans. Among thosequoted:

*Dodgers reliever Eric Gagne, on the episode in which a teammatewent into the stands to retrieve his cap: We had a fight at WrigleyField four years ago, and Chad Kreuter jumped into the stands. Therewere 10,000 fans trying to hit everybody. When the fans come onto thefield, they should be beaten. And when players go into the stands,they should get beaten."

*Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, on pulling a prank on a teammate:I got Marcus [Thames] pretty good two years ago. He hit a home runoff Randy Johnson in his first major-league at-bat, so I had to gethim. We have dogs come into our locker room to sniff for explosives,so I had people put something in his bag. The dogs started sniffing,and the cops pulled out this package. The kid was shaking. The copstook him away before we let him in on it."

*Athletics left-hander Barry Zito, on ethics (with a reference toCubs right fielder Sammy Sosa): I know if I had a glove with a pieceof sandpaper glued onto it, I wouldn't accidentally use that oneduring a game. I can't prove Sammy's picking corked bats for dayswhen he's not feeling right, but a lot of things are leading to morehome runs. The game is geared toward fans, and fans love hitting."

*Yankees slugger Jason Giambi, on salaries: That makes me laugh:greedy players. If fans saw what the [bleeping] owners make, they'dsay, [Players] don't make [bleeping] anything!' It's like KevinCostner making $20 million a film. I work harder than he does."