81.   Only once the season starts, added Hitchcock, does the flow of team chemistry begin to develop.

82.   Otherwise he would be undefeated in seven starts this season, including scores in the San Felipe and the Santa Anita Derby.

83.   Park has allowed six homers in four starts this season, including the three grand slams, after not allowing any home runs in spring training.

84.   Over his nine starts this season, he has averaged fewer than six innings per outing.

85.   Quincy Brewer, a fifth-year senior, got off to a good start this season, only to have it suddenly ended by a freak thumb injury.

86.   Rodriguez is hitting his stride, and after a wobbly start last season at Lanvin, Ocimar Versolato has done the same.

87.   Right now, we have to see what kind of spring everybody has and when the season starts just concentrate on each series.

88.   Real Desire has a victory, two seconds and a third in five starts this season.

89.   Reformers need time to wage a campaign of pressure on senators before the campaign season starts next year.

90.   Ryan Newman, a rookie from South Bend, Ind., will be trying for his fourth Winston Cup start this season.