WITH what can only be consider a desperation HAIL MARY, MIKE BROWN being the redeemer that he thinks he is, has taken on the contracts of darryl strawberry and steve howe.  he said he was aware that they had a past when it came to brushes with the lawt, but thinks that all everyone is worth a a ninth second chance to prove they can do it.  mike brown was quoted as saying, "I can't believe this kind of talent was still available.  We had to get them before somebody else did".