1.   A half hour after the game, Baerga maintained he had got the bunt sign throughout the entire at-bat from Cookie Rojas, the third-base coach.

2.   After the game, Valentine said Baerga was only given the bunt sign on the first pitch.

3.   Bucking the odds, Valentine put on the bunt sign.

4.   Did Naehring get a bunt sign in the first inning?

5.   Johnny Oates is unlikely to give the bunt sign to Juan Gonzalez this week.

6.   Red Sox manager Jimy Williams flashed the bunt sign to third-base coach Wendell Kim, assuming that Kim in turn would deliver the message to Damon Buford.

7.   Sox manager Joe Morgan gave Berardino the bunt sign to give to Lyons, but the manager forgot to give the indicator.

8.   Stevens said it was also two years ago when he last saw a bunt sign from Oates.

9.   Sosa, who had not sacrificed all season, was quickly corrected from his mistaken belief the bunt sign was on.

10.   The bunt sign was flashed, and Zeile laid down a beautiful sacrifice, moving pinch runner Milt Cuyler to second.