1.   Baseball returned to New York City Wednesday afternoon, and with it the palliating salve it provides for tens of thousands of its fans.

2.   Baseball returned in April, when the Players Association agreed to return to work under terms of the expired collective-bargaining agreement.

3.   Baseball will return, later if not sooner, but we may never look upon baseball the same way again.

4.   Baseball will return.

5.   Baseball is slowly returning.

6.   Baseball returned to New York Friday night, but it came back to a city changed.

7.   Baseball returned to New York Monday, and that was enough to add bounce to the step of every fan.

8.   Baseball returned to the Bronx with a practice session Tuesday that was free for fans and also included complimentary refreshments.

9.   Baseball returned to the forefront Sunday afternoon.

10.   Baseball returns at a time of glut.