From the always amusing Sideline Chatter:
• Greg Cote of The Miami Herald, on how he knew it was time for Arnold Palmer to quit after 50 Masters appearances: “As Arnie made the long farewell walk on the 18th fairway, his right blinker was on the whole time.”
• Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, on reports the Mets’ Mike Piazza bought his fiancée a $500,000 engagement ring: “Or as they refer to such a bauble in the NBA: a Kobe Bryant starter kit.”