1.   Charlotte is in the most trouble regarding free agents, with both centers Vlade Divac and Matt Geiger fielding offers from several teams.

2.   Duquette also met with the Montreal Expos, who are fielding offers for ace pitcher Pedro Martinez.

3.   Gregg Clifton, his Boston-based agent, is fielding offers for endorsements and speaking engagements.

4.   Mostly, she found herself fielding one small offer after another.

5.   The Phillies had been fielding offers all month for Ashby.

6.   Though the club is fielding offers for Payton, Seattle did not seem on the cusp of making a trade.

7.   The former Sarah Ferguson is fielding offers to be host of her own show, said her spokesman, Howard Rubenstein.