Weekend Update

Maybe he can move to Northern California to toughen up. The New York Times reported this week that Pedro Martinez unwinds before games with some light gardening at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He is quoted as saying to his flowers: "What about you, beauty? Aren't you going to grow up to be so pretty?" The story did not say if he talks that way to his cockapoo.

For his next trick, he'll make David Copperfield's career reappear. Thrillseeker, daredevil, king of irrelevance David Blaine failed to set a new record for holding is breath in a giant snow-globe filled with water. He did set the record for wrinkliest hands, an honor previously shared by E.T and Estelle Getty.