1.   Five regionally based personnel manager posts were created to enhance the personnel service offered to the retail division.

2.   Down, a finalist for the Orioles manager post when Davey Johnson was fired last winter, had one season remaining on his contract.

3.   But also forbidden is a general manager post with an NFL rival, although the Jets say that acting as consultant does not infringe that ruling.

4.   But also forbidden is a general manager post with an NFL rival.