DON'T TELL PAT BUCHANAN: BASEBALL HEADING SOUTH OF BORDER

     The Padres will play a three-game series with the Mets in
Monterrey, Mexico, August 16-19.  The series, originally home
games for the Padres, was moved in part because of scheduling
conflicts with the Republican Convention.  The games, the first
MLB games to be played outside of the U.S. and Canada, will be
played at Monterrey Stadium, a facility with seating capacity of
26,000 (Chuck Johnson, USA TODAY, 2/29).  Mets Manager Dallas
Green compared the facilities to Triple-A level.  Green and
Padres Manager Bruce Bochy inspected the park in December (N.Y.
POST, 2/29).