"Maybe next season or the season after that," Grant said.

"I would have loved to have played on a better team earlier," said Ewing at one point this season.

"It was a big mistake," said Winfield, who has 14 home runs this season.

"So many things can go wrong, but that's life," said Czerkawski, who entered the game with only four goals after scoring 30 last season.

"That's a part of my game I've been working on," said Mourning, who is shooting just over 50 percent from the line this season.

"I played a long time in Florida," said Floyd, who already has 10 home runs this season.

And I've done my fair share of that this season," he said.

"I'm going to give up home runs," said Johnson, who has allowed 29 this season, one short of his career high.

Unfortunately, these last two seasons his head coaches have gone to the papers and said things about him.

The deal, if it happens, would probably be for a full season of 22 episodes, one executive involved in the negotiations said.