1.   Angelos said he stood by his decision to eschew replacement ball.

2.   Baseball officials who have taken their first whiff of replacement ball in spring training are drawing some quick conclusions.

3.   Baseball fans are more offended by replacement ball than football fans were.

4.   A replacement tank ball or flapper costs a couple of dollars and takes a minute or two to replace.

5.   But with only three days left before the season opener, there was growing concern among the ownership group that replacement ball would be a financial and historic disaster.

6.   Comes now the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the paying public -- replacement ball.

7.   Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson and Reds manager Davey Johnson, winners of four World Series, have loudly criticized replacement ball.

8.   Gee, we really missed those egos during replacement ball.

9.   He said it was too early to squash the idea of replacement ball.

10.   He said, at first, that replacement ball was just fine with him.