Briefly

BASEBALL

* Delmon Young, a power-hitting high school outfielder fromCalifornia, was taken by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with the No. 1 pickin the baseball draft. Young, the brother of Detroit Tigeroutfielder Dmitri Young, hit .544 with seven home runs and 28 RBIthis season for Camarillo High School.

With the second pick, Milwaukee selected Southern Universitysecond baseman Rickie Weeks.

HOCKEY

* Mike Milbury dismissed yet another New York Islander coach,firing Peter Laviolette after playoff trips in each of his twoseasons with the team.

Milbury has fired seven coaches, including himself twice, in the71/2 years he has been Islanders general manager. …