41.   Last week the Marlins won three of four games from the Braves, tying them for second, then began the weekend series with the Phillies with a victory.

42.   McGwire came home for a three-game weekend series against the Reds.

43.   Maybe a few more people will come out for the three-game weekend series with the Chicago White Sox that wraps up this homestand.

44.   MINNEAPOLIS - The Anaheim Angels and Minnesota Twins finished their weekend series with nothing lost and nothing gained, other than maybe a little respect for each other.

45.   Montreal Manager Felipe Alou offered a biting assessment of the Orioles after the Expos swept their three-game series last weekend.

46.   Montreal, the team the Mets are chasing for the wild-card spot, will be here for a four-game series next weekend.

47.   Naehring may or may not be able to return when the Red Sox open a three-game weekend series against the White Sox tomorrow at Fenway.

48.   No matter what happens in their weekend series with the Yankees, the Marlins have had another successful segment of interleague games.

49.   Not bad, considering the Sox had lost eight of nine in New York before they opened the weekend series.

50.   Now the Sox are off to Disneyland for a weekend series.