"Gray Davis doesn't really have friends," says one Davis associate, "His friends are his CONTRIBUTORS." Left to his own devices, Davis doesn't fall anywhere on the political spectrum. He is elsewhere. IT'S LABOR DAY, 1998, AND GRAY DAVIS IS AT Qualcomm Stadium, home of the San Diego Padres, to throw out the first pitch of the game. It seemed like a tailor-made campaign stop. After all, he was the captain and shortstop on his high school baseball team, and had been flying high on the campaign trail, drawing roaring crowds of enthusiastic supporters. But he is nervous, worried about what...