81.   Other than Joe Kerrigan, the former pitching coach who took over after Williams was fired, no other manager drew as much attention.

82.   Pitching coach Joe Kerrigan, a.k.a. the Nutty Professor, has become a mound MENSA without peer.

83.   Pitching coaches becoming obsessed with pitch counts is understandable.

84.   Pitchers Todd Worrell, Ramon Martinez and Ismael Valdes threw off mounds before pitching coach Dave Wallace.

85.   Pitching coach Chuck Hernandez had to make a trip to the mound in the third inning after Grimsley issued back-to-back walks with one out.

86.   Pitching coach Frank Anderson deserves credit, too, Garrido said, but it starts on the mound with those who execute the plan.

87.   Pitching coach Joe Kerrigan came out for a visit and Tim Wakefield started throwing in the bullpen.

88.   Pitching coach Joe Kerrigan said that this in essence was a makeup session for the round of batting practice Martinez missed by reporting a couple days after camp opened.

89.   Pitching coach Joe Kerrigan said the team did not want to take a chance that Nomo would aggravate his thumb injury.

90.   Pitching coach Stan Williams will have arthroscopic surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee Friday and will miss the road trip to Boston and Toronto.