Ex-pitcher dies

Former New York Mets pitcher Anthony Young, who set a Major League Baseball record with 27 straight losses, has died. He was 51. The Mets said Young died yesterday in Houston after a long illness. He had told former teammates this spring that he had a brain tumour. Young’s streak of losses began in 1992 with the Mets and stretched into the next season. In all, the drought spanned 74 appearances. The right-hander often pitched well during the streak, and posted 15 saves in 1992. But he went 2-14 that season and then 1-16 the next year. Young joined the Chicago Cubs in 1994 and finished with Houston in 1996.