61.   There are other scouts who compare Yao more favorably to former Indiana center Rik Smits.

62.   There are scouts who believe that Warrick is a better pick because he can instantly change an offense.

63.   There were the scouts who questioned whether he could hit major-league pitching.

64.   There are scouts who say he could become a passer like Penny Hardaway or Scottie Pippen, and that he runs the floor like Clyde Drexler.

65.   Two different NBA scouts said the other three NBA scouts are insane.

66.   Watching the Rangers were scouts from Ottawa, Hartford, Anaheim and Vancouver.

67.   We always have been, and so are our scouts.

68.   When Long Beach Wilson High third baseman Sean Burroughs boots a ball, the major league baseball scouts are there to see it.

69.   When he talked to Baltimore about Armando Reynoso, an Orioles scout was in the stands to see Reynoso walk off the diamond with a disabling shoulder injury.

70.   When Sergei Samsonov walked into the room, the scouts were speechless.