1.   It touched upon empty lockers, unemployed clothes pegs and peely paintwork.

2.   He limped past the empty locker of Ike Hilliard, out for the season because of neck surgery.

3.   The empty locker after the game suggested that DeShields had gone home early.

4.   There was a hint of excitement when Bret Saberhagen grabbed Herald baseball writer Tony Massarotti and pinned him into an empty locker.

5.   To his right was the empty locker of Randy Velarde.

6.   Vin Baker sat alone in an empty locker with his left eye just about closed.

7.   While Johnson is taking his hard-line negotiating stance, insisting his team is fine without Webb, the players who surround that empty locker tell a different story.