61.   The emergence of a sense of cohesion, until then missing at ABB, was tangible.

62.   The first call went to Charlton, who walked Higginson and surrendered a line-drive to right that Jay Buhner barely missed at his shoetops.

63.   The long buffet lines that wind through the rest of Las Vegas are missing at the Hard Rock, where long lines form instead at the casino gift shop.

64.   The local hope Easyfromthegitgo, ridden by Donnie Meche, unleashed a furious rally along the inside to just miss Repent at the wire.

65.   The Rangers missed him at right wing, at center, on power plays, on penalty killing.

66.   The Sonics improved on defense in the second half, but their legs were missing at the other end.

67.   The seventh in succession was Tony Gwynn, who uncharacteristically swung on and missed at not one but two pitches to strike out ending the sixth.

68.   The two games he missed at Ole Miss were after he hurt his elbow, stretching for yardage.

69.   The Twins had runners at second and third with two out when Ron Coomer swung and missed at what should have been strike three, ending the inning.

70.   There was so much swinging and missing Sunday at the Kingdome, they could have shut off the air conditioning and no one would have noticed.