The MetroStars' most recent two home games were televised, and what viewers at home saw was acres of empty red seats surrounding two bad matches played on the abominable synthetic surface.Every bit of good will that MLS is building with its successes in Los Angeles is being undone by its failures in what will always be -- no matter what New Jersey says -- the New York market.Earlier this year, MLS Commissioner Don Garber was adamant that something had to be done."This team will fail if it has to stay in the Meadowlands," Garber said in March. The loops keep going on while different surprises grab your ear as the atmosphere keeps shifting -- almost like cinematography."A creative overviewTHE sense of musical shifting is equally applicable to DeJohnette's future plans, both with and beyond his new record label. In one "Fragment," he reassembles a full-scale drawing of himself from torn sections. Place the leeks in the pan cut-side down, in batches if necessary. Not all hydrangeas turn blue; some are naturally pink or white.It's time to prune hanging fuchsias back to the sides of the containers; on upright kinds, prune off a little less growth than grew the previous year.Plant a salad,hold the tomatoesIt's too early to plant tomatoes, unless you can find a warm, sheltered spot for the aptly named 'Early Girl,' but it's the perfect time for a fast crop of lettuce or mesclun greens, including the peppery arugula that can really liven up a salad. If they drop their final regular-season game to fourth-place Bellflower St.

Joey Castro will ride the 4-year-old Event Of The Year filly for owner Kimberly Mosier and trainer Donna Hjort in the $31,000 allowance at one mile. We won't forget his message."The news reached Pope Benedict XVI at his retreat at Castel Gandolfo on the eve of his departure for World Youth Day ceremonies in Cologne, Germany. We've watched it build from year to year."Ready for a returnTODAY the show has three companies in North America: Broadway, the national tour and a sit-down in Chicago, which opened in 2005 In September, it added a sit-down company in London. daily through April 29Price: $12.95 adults, $9.95 children 2 and olderInfo: (714) 542-2823, www.discoverycube.org. He serves two pieces of cod and an architectural stack of fat chips atop a photocopy of the Times of London.

The Indians have more money, but labor is the Democratic soul.Unions insisted the compacts treated them unfairly. Is he disappointed not to catch a fish? No, sir, hardly, not when weighed against the most exhilarating thing of all: the chance to.*John Balzar can be reached at john.balzar.At anchor off San Diego on Friday night, dinner comes out as rare filet mignon and baked potatoes, followed by a deep sleep with dreams of purple-blue fish flying in the sky, another dawn, another day, another omelet, a gibbous moon, a night run home, 256 miles traveled on the water, 2-0-0.Von Henkle has a well-practiced speech on the subject of fishing without catching. See current and past columns on The Times' website at www.latimes.com/brownstein.. They call him the "producer." He loves saying that; he even embossed it on his business card. He's such an amazing rider and my daughter is such a horse lover and I kept thinking she would never see him except in the films we had.