4/6/03   KFS AP
The crack of the bat will finally drown out the sounds of jackhammers 
in southern Connecticut this week as baseball returns to New Haven.  
The Cones have their work cut out for them if they want to give the 
home folks reason for optimism, as the Menace invade Yale Stadium 
fresh off a strong week one victory.  New Haven will look to defend 
the home pavement with a surprising group of hitters, including week 
one stud Alex Gonzalez and newcomer Carl Crawford.  Derek Jeter begins 
his stint on the disabled list this week, but the T-Cones look to 
have the middle infielders necessary to fill in.  Joining the famous 
New Haven bullpen this week is flamethrowing youngster Mike McDougal 
of the Royals.  Marshall Street will be looking to duplicate one of 
the strongest pitching weeks in recent memory, as Coach Watterson 
sends his power 4 of Prior, Clemens, Oswalt and Hudson back out to 
the mound. Joining them this week are Mike Mussina and Jason Schmidt, 
who was also snowed out on Monday.  At the plate, Sammy Sosa will 
begin his quest for 600 home runs this week after swatting number 
500 in Week One.  In the 2 years he has been a member of the Menace 
alone, Sosa has hit 499, with the other home run coming back in 1988, 
when he was just a wispy-mustached slick-permed glint in the Marshall 
St GM's eye.