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3C SPORTS/S^e Cliarlotte $ost Thursday, April 13, 2006 Baseball uiges Nats, Mels to let Issues go By Janie McCauley THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - After a series in New York that included seven hit batters, Major League Baseball is telling the Mets and Washington Nationals to be on their best behavior when they meet for three more g;imes starting Tuesday. “Just play ball,” is the mes sage being sent to the teams, Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president for on-field opera tions, said Sunday night. “Blowin’ over? Not with eight guys getting hit. That never blows over,” Mets out fielder Cliff Floyd said Sunday. “I just feel like it needs to stop.” There were five batters hit last Thursday night and two in the previous game. Six of the batters hit were Washington players - and the Nationals weren’t happy about it. Rookie right-hander Brian Bannister hit Alfonso Soriano in the back of the helmet. Jose Guillen was plunked three times, includ ing twice by Pedro Martinez.' Guillen pointed his bat at Martinez and charged halfway to the mound Thursday after he was nailed for the second time in the game. The angry slugger was held back by plate umpire Ted Barrett and Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca as the benches and bullpens emptied. Players ran onto the field quickly, but no pimches were thrown. “I know how to take care of it, don’t worry,” Guillen said with a smile after the game, then referred to the rest of the season series. "I’m going to make sure I play in all the games he’s in. ... I want him to throw inside. Now, I want him more than ever.” Lo Duca had his own take. “I think a lot of people say a lot of stuff when people are not in their face, so we’ll see what happens when we’re out on the field,” he said Sunday after New York’s 3-2 victory over Florida. Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson also was hit twice, once by Martinez. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is scheduled to pitch Wednesday, the second game of the series in Washington. “Hopefully, that’s behind us. You don’t want to get into a beanbaU contest with any body,” Mets third baseman David Wright said. “That doesn’t do you any good. They have to understand - Pedro has to pitch inside to be effective. There shouldn’t be any bad blood. You can’t worry about those kinds of things. I’m not concerned about it.” Watson said Steve Palermo, an umpiring super visor, would teU umpires for the upcoming series at RFK Stadium to be on the lookout for trouble. “We will probably do what’s normal after a con frontation like what hap pened last series, and that’s called a heads up,’” Watson said. “Steve Palermo will send out an e-mail to the crew and let them know what had taken place so they have an idea of what’s going on.” Bonds OK despite slow start Continued from page 1C Bonds “tweaked” his troublesome right knee - which had three operations last year - dur ing his walk leading off the second, when he jammed his plant foot in the dirt. “It was a down ball in the dirt,” he said. “I popped my knee. It shot through my whole body. It calmed down through the game.” Bonds isn’t sure what days he will play in the coming week, when the Giants have home night games against the Houston Astros on Tuesday and Wednesday and a day game Thursday before a weekend series against the Dodgers in Los Angeles featuring all night games. Bonds, who missed aU but 14 games in 2005 because of the knee, already has two inten tional walks. All the fi'ee passes are no more frustrating now than before. He walked 232 times - 120 of those were intentional - on the way to winning his record seventh NL MVP in 2004. “I’m used to it,” Bonds said. “It’s harder with my leg, though, a lot harder. Why should it be different past to present?” Bonds, who has long said a World Series ring would mean more to him than all his per sonal milestones put together, realizes his numbers are usually better by now but is happy the Giants went 4-2 in the season’s opening week. “I feel fine,” he said. “I’ve been there before. It’s no big deal.” Bonds figures if his teammates batting around him - Moises Alou, Ray Durham, Pedro Feliz, Lance Niekro and Omar Vizquel - continue to get big hits, opposing managers will be forced to start pitching to him more often. “As long as guys around you keep swinging the bat good, the/ve got to TJome to you even tually,” Bonds said. ‘You’ve just got to be patient. ... That’s how you win games. Everybody has to do it.” Still out front: Lexus LS the standard of luxury sedans Winfred B. Cross Test Drive Lexus introduced the LS series in 1989 as a 1990 and it has been the standard by which to judge all luxury sedans since. There are sexier cars, faster cars and certainly more expensive cars, but none have been more reli able and trouble fi'ee. But the LS is long in the tooth and will be replaced by a technologically superior machine this fall. The new LS460 will come in standard and long wheelbase and will even have an option to park itself But I’m getting ahead of myself The LS430 is still out there, and it’s still one heck of an automobile. The 430 is one of the qui etest automobiles I’ve ever driven. It rushes you down the road with hushed securi ty. Road, wind and engine noise are muted to levels that are nearly non-existent. This allows you to enjoy the Mark Levinson audio sys tem, which rivals much that you can put in your home. ’ The engine of the LS is a 4.3-liter V8 that makes 278 horsepower and tons of torque. Ask it to go fast with your right foot and it responds nicely. Sixty mph can be achieved in about six seconds. My test car was equipped with an adjustable air suspension that has a sport setting. Selecting such does not txim the car into a Ferrari, but it will glide around curves at a good clip without tire squeal. Let’s face it. The LS has always been about luxury and this car spares no expense at luxury. 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