ADVISORY/First Interview with Controversial Braves Pitcher John Rocker Since His Reinstatement to Debut Wednesday at Noon PST on PadsHomeBase.com.

Sports Editors, Baseball Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (May 9)

What:    Controversial Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker will be
         featured in his first interview since being reinstated to
         Major League Baseball on PadsHomeBase.com, one of the more
         than 500 sports team and affinity channels on the Rivals.com
         Network.

         Rocker garnered international notoriety after making several
         racial and inflammatory statements about immigrants,
         homosexuals and his disdain for the New York Mets and New
         York fans in general among other comments to Sports
         Illustrated reporter Jeff Pearlman in a December 27th
         interview. He was suspended from baseball for several weeks,
         apologized and now he speaks out for the first time since
         being welcomed back to the Major Leagues.

When:    The entire nine-minute interview can be heard Wednesday,
         May 10 at NOON PST by going to www.PadsHomeBase.com.
         Interviewer Jerry Gross is available for interviews on a
         request basis.

Who:     Jerry Gross, co-publisher of Rivals.com's San Diego Padres
         site - PadsHomeBase.com (www.PadsHomeBase.com), conducted the
         interview as the first in a series of interviews with some of
         sports top celebrities. Jerry has numerous national radio and
         television credits to his name as a sports play-by-play
         reporter, sports anchor, reporter, commentator and talk show
         host. He has been the play-by-play announcer for the San
         Diego Charges, San Diego Padres, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers
         and was featured in CBS Television's NBA Game of the Week
         among many other highlights. Here's a sample of comments from
         John Rocker as interviewed by Jerry Gross:

         Rocker regarding if he is sorry for his earlier comments:
         JERRY: "...If you had it to do over again, would you change
         anything John Rocker has done in the last two years?"

         ROCKER: "No, I'm happy where I'm at."

         JERRY: "No regrets on anything you said to this reporter
         (who wrote Sports Illustrated article)?"

         ROCKER: "You know, I've seen what errors I've made and I've
         apologized for them. If that's not good enough for some
         people then I'm sorry. You know the old saying, 'Those
         without sin cast the first stone', and there's a lot of
         people out there with plenty of sin that are still casting
         stones."

         Rocker on his opinion of the media: "... I mean those guys
         have their own agenda, they don't care about anybody but
         themselves, but you know, whatever kind of story and angle
         they want to try and create...and I also learned just from
         reading... pretty much whatever you say in a newspaper
         article, TV and radio are a little bit tougher, they can't
         edit things out of TV interviews...but you can answer
         questions for a newspaper reporter or a magazine reporter and
         he can twist your words around and put them in there any way
         he wants to."

         Rocker on teammates: "I hadn't really seen (any negativity
         remaining on the Braves), with the exception of maybe one or
         two guys at the most, I hadn't seen any negative reaction
         from anybody and you know of course the farther things go,
         the more time passes you know it will increasingly get
         better, but right now I don't feel any different in the
         clubhouse, I'm not treated any different in the clubhouse
         than I was this time last year, there has been absolutely no
         change."

         Braves manager Bobby Cox on Rocker: "Nobody condoned in the
         slightest bit what was said. It was embarrassing for the
         organization. It wasn't the way we felt. It's what came out
         of his mouth. We're doing the best we can to help him, and
         our guys are real professional about it. And so far it's
         working, and I think John is the better man for it."

Site:    To hear the entire interview with John Rocker, please visit
         www.PadsHomeBase.com.  The entire Rivals.com network
         can also be accessed at www.rivals.com.

         Please note PadsHomeBase.com co-publisher John Murray
         will host a special chat after the debut of the John Rocker
         interview and both Murray and Gross will feature updates and
         analysis on an ongoing basis on the PadsHomeBase.com message
         boards.