1.   At the general managers meetings in November, the lawyers give clubs recommended settlement figures for each eligible player.

2.   But the week after Boras met with Mets general manager Steve Phillips at the general managers meetings in Florida, Phillips publicly withdrew from contention.

3.   Griffey has an enormous market value, and the Mariners will begin trade talks at the general managers meetings that start this weekend in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

4.   He said his first task would be analyzing the Yankees and their minor leaguers before the general manager meetings next month.

5.   The general managers, Bob Watson of Houston and Randy Smith of San Diego, began discussing this trade at the general managers meetings in Phoenix in mid-November.

6.   The problem is these periodic general manager meetings.

7.   Phillips and Blue Jays GM Gord Ash had been talking about Wells since the general managers meetings in early November.

8.   Phillips initially met with Boras last Tuesday at the general managers meetings in Amelia Island, Fla.

9.   Phillips went to Amelia Island, Fla., later Friday for the general managers meetings.

10.   Ley has stepped in for Quinn at least once a year in Toronto, while Quinn was away attending NHL general manager meetings.