`Spiders' Sideline Blue Jays' Hill

TORONTO - You could say Glenallen Hill of the Toronto Blue Jays got caught in a spider's web.

Hill had a lot of explaining to do yesterday. He missed Toronto's 4-2 victory over Seattle because he injured himself Friday night trying to escape imaginary spiders in a nightmare.

``I have a phobia about spiders,'' Hill said. ``In the nightmare, I was trying to get away from spiders.''

Hill said he bounced off a wall and climbed up the 10 stairs in his apartment.

``When I woke up I was on a couch and my wife, Mika, was screaming, `Honey, wake up!' '' he said.

Realizing that his story seemed a little unbelievable, he offered to bring the reporters to his home to see the blood stains and marks.

Hill, who arrived at the SkyDome on crutches, was treated in a hospital and at the ballpark by a trainer. He had cuts on his toes, elbows and carpet burns on his knees and is out indefinitely.

It is the second case of sleepwalking trauma by a Blue Jay. Last year, pitcher David Wells put his hand through glass while sleepwalking.

ALL-STAR BONUSES WORTH $770,000

NEW YORK - Twenty-eight players earned a total of $770,000 in bonuses for making the All-Star game, with five players topping the list at $50,000 each.

Boston outfielder Ellis Burks, New York Met reliever John Franco, Pittsburgh pitcher Neal Heaton, California catcher Lance Parrish and Toronto pitcher Dave Stieb earned $50,000 each.

Toronto outfielder George Bell made $35,000 and 16 players made $25,000 apiece.

Oakland outfielder Jose Canseco earned $10,000.

NOTES

Rod Allen, who was a part-time designated hitter-outfielder for three major-league teams, became the fourth player in Japanese history to hit a grand slam and a ``sayonara'' home run in the same game. Allen, who played for Detroit, Seattle and Cleveland, hit a grand slam to put his Hiroshima Toyo Carp ahead in the sixth. Then, with the score tied in the ninth, he hit one out of the park to beat the Yakult Swallows.