New York ran into Alex Rodriguez at last night's Gucci event for UNICEF. His trademark boyish skin was looking, as you can see, a little orange even for him. But it may have been because we asked him about the Mets scoring pitcher Johan Santana from underneath the Yankees' noses, and he was blushing with, um, goodwill. His response:

"Johan Santana. I love him. I think it was a wonderful move for the Mets. I love all this great energy that's happening in New York, with the Giants winning the championship, with the best pitcher going to the Mets, and the Yankees keeping all their great, young, wonderful players. It's going to be a great year."

Young players are wonderful, aren't they? Man, and you thought good sportsmanship in baseball was dead. —Jada Yuan