11.   His pregame workout is light as well.

12.   Hitchcock, it seems, did change his mind several times after working Belfour hard in pregame workouts for games the goaltender was not scheduled to play.

13.   Karros was excused from pregame workouts for the third consecutive day.

14.   Second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, who is nursing a sprained right thumb, also is expected back in the lineup soon after an encouraging pregame workout.

15.   The discipline that he hones in pregame workouts extends to the field.

16.   The players reported for pregame workouts looking pretty good.

17.   They also made their last roster decision Monday after watching veteran third baseman Tim Wallach test his sore back in a pregame workout at Dodgertown.

18.   They laughed before their pregame workout while Charlie Wonsowicz, a batting-practice pitcher, uncannily imitated some of the players.

19.   Usually, there is no pregame workout.

20.   Worrell, who lives in St. Louis during the offseason, was told to skip pregame workouts Tuesday and arrived at the ballpark an hour before the game.