21.   No team can afford that kind of inconsistency.

22.   Now, teams cannot afford to carry reserves unable to fill multiple roles.

23.   Once a quality player is an unrestricted free agent, another team can always afford to offer him more money to jump ship.

24.   The arrangement allows the players to get larger salaries than their future teams could afford to pay them.

25.   The team can afford the best equipment, but it takes time to build a contender.

26.   The team cannot afford not to re-sign Pierce.

27.   There is no way the team can afford to re-sign them and running back Garrison Hearst next year and fit them under the salary cap.

28.   This Astros team can afford to wait for Bagwell to find his rhythm and confidence.

29.   Those teams can afford to let up, or let down, for a game here and there.

30.   With postseason berths at stake, neither team can afford to lose, which only raises the intensity of this matchup.