"There's really no overall approach to their entire bullpen," Shawn Green said.

A few years ago, a Rochester student, Shawn Green, asked to work on a senior project in her laboratory.

When Shawn Green walked into the doctor's office yesterday morning, he was not wearing an immobilizing boot on his broken right foot.

Trailing 5-4 in the sixth, Shawn Green started off with a leadoff double.

"He was very poised out there," Shawn Green said.

Later, Shawn Green hit a triple to the gap in right-center field.

Then Shawn Green followed with a leadoff homer in the fourth.

Valentine said he could not understand why anyone would be reluctant to trade a player like Shawn Green.

He could begin to see better pitches now that the recently acquired Shawn Green will bat behind him.

The lineup is, too, now that Shawn Green has shaken free from his spring training doldrums.