81.   He had so little pitching experience before the district games began that opposing players laughed at his expense.

82.   He hit several balls out of the park in batting practice, and he was at his customary station, first base, as the game began.

83.   He thought some players had been intimidated even before the game began and he had seen enough.

84.   He tires of sitting all day in hotel rooms, on game day, waiting for the game to begin.

85.   He was just as confident once the game began.

86.   His work ends, he says, before the games begin.

87.   His pitches were still snoozing when the game began.

88.   His team arrived only hours before the games began after being detained for three nights at the Egyptian border.

89.   In any event, Reed said he would not have pitched had the strike not been settled and the replacement games had begun in earnest.

90.   In Canada, as Gainey said before the games began, people expect their national teams to win hockey games.