1.   And as always in these labor disputes in professional sports leagues, fans stand to be the big losers if a season is interrupted.

2.   And for more than five minutes the fans stood, waving signs and cheering Ripken as the numbers on the warehouse were illuminated.

3.   Around most greens, the mirrored devices formed a miniature forest, allowing fans to stand a good distance away and feel like they were in the front row.

4.   As bewildered fans stood and applauded, Flash walked to the dugout and tipped his cap.

5.   As Massachusetts rallied and closed the gap, the Wildcat fans stood in the stands, looking grim, anxious and faintly queasy.

6.   As his high fly drifted to deep right, however, fans stood and roared and Johnson heard the hope in their collective voice.

7.   As the widow and her twins came off the field hand in hand, the fans stood and applauded politely.

8.   A couple hundred fans stood over the tunnel leading to the locker room and cheered wildly as the Bruins made their way beneath them.

9.   After his brief appearance there, the fans stood again and cheered him around the bases, then kept cheering until he re-emerged from the dugout for an encore.

10.   After acknowledging the umpire, Clemens noticed that the fans were standing, so he lifted his cap, waved and pumped his fist.