ALEX BROWN IN BASSETERRE Australian coach Tim Nielsen will tour the New York Yankees' facilities at the conclusion of the one-day series against the West Indies. Nielsen will arrive in New York ahead of Major League Baseball's annual All-Star Game,

goes 0-for-4 in his final game at Washington's RFK Stadium, making him 0-for-10 during the Cubs' series there. ''I don't know if I've ever gotten a hit here in Washington,'' Lee says. He actually had one hit there in 2005 (1-for-28 lifetime). The

My, how a plot can thicken in a hurry! As readers of this column know, it didn't take us long to hear from Alex Tiknius, the ardent Chicago Cubs fan who identified himself as the dejected young man in a new Nuveen Investments billboard ad (June 27).

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