1.   Is major league special assignment scout G. Edwin Haas the only man who can rescue this nine?

2.   Less than a month after pleading guilty as a first-time drug offender, Hobson has been hired as a special assignment scout.

3.   The San Francisco Giants named former Philadelphia Phillies manager Jim Fregosi as a special assignment scout and instructor, the team said.

4.   He was also a special assignment scout for the Devils this past NHL season.

5.   Named Terry Wetzel special assignment scout and Mike Day, Jeff Edwards and Orsino Hill area scouting supervisors.

6.   The decision on when Strawberry will join the Yankees is in the hands of Steinbrenner and special assignment scout Dick Williams.