1.   And some of the best of the rest were acquired in deals that allowed the Twins to dump salaries and pick up good young players.

2.   And Yankee watchers know there are more than a few noncontending teams willing to accommodate by allowing the Yankees to help them clean house and dump salaries.

3.   But the Braves needed to re-sign pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and had to dump some salaries to do it.

4.   But then he was dealt to Nashville for future considerations as a way to dump some salary and give the ice time to rookie Daniel Briere.

5.   Does dumping more salary in a Gary Sheffield trade solve that?

6.   He also knew the Marlins would dump his salary at the first opportunity.

7.   In Buffalo, the Sabres dumped salaries throughout the summer.

8.   Last week they acquired right-hander Ismael Valdes from the Chicago Cubs for two mino-leaguers when the Cubs decided to dump salary.

9.   Owners are too afraid of a baseball-type situation in which teams would trade players to dump their salaries.

10.   Small-market clubs need to dump salaries.