1.   Bobby Cox, the Braves manager, hurried to the mound as right-hander Brad Clontz, more shaky than reliable in recent outings, threw in the bullpen.

2.   A recent outing to Oxford is discussed, with most members in approval though there was some grousing about the traffic.

3.   Bull noted that, for the most part, the targets of recent outings, like Kolbe and Finkelstein, have not suffered significant professional repercussions from the disclosures.

4.   Clark has benefited from solid run support in recent outings, and Tuesday night was no different.

5.   Fidel Castro, back in his military garb after a recent outing abroad in an ordinary guayabera shirt, spoke in a soft voice.

6.   First, there are Juan Acevedo and Brian Bohanon, who have both struggled in their most recent outings.

7.   He also tends to pick up a lot of penalty minutes, although he has reduced them in recent outings.

8.   He meant Jonesy as in pitcher Bobby Jones, whose recent outings have been inconsistent to say the least.

9.   His more recent outings have been fraught with controversy.

10.   In his most recent outing, he pitched five shutout innings against Seattle and departed when the leg began to bother him.