ANAHEIM - Dodgers left fielder Juan Pierre, whose value to the club has been widely questioned almost from the moment he signed his five-year, $44 million free-agent contract two winters ago, showed in the seventh inning Saturday why he has managed to stick in the majors for eight-plus seasons despite possessing no power at the plate.
With little fanfare only three days before the minority Liberal government of Paul Martin fell by way of a non-confidence vote in Ottawa's House of Commons (on November 28th), beleaguered Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew appointed Christian Lapointe as Canada's next Ambassador to Ecuador.
LOS ANGELES †It is bad enough that the Cincinnati Reds lost their eighth straight game in Dodger Stadium to a pitcher with a 3-5 record and a 4.34 earned run average, but it makes it even worse that they lost in front of a supposedly hip Hollywood crowd that still does The Wave.