1.   Short relievers talk about the fine line between success and failure.

2.   Short relievers are a relatively new phenomenon in baseball, a result of the evolution of the manner in which starting pitchers have been used.

3.   Short relievers rarely have the luxury of setting up a hitter and nibbling at the strike zone.

4.   Stanton and Stan Belinda had been short relievers in National League championship situations with Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

5.   The biggest thing you can have as a short reliever is a short memory.

6.   The short relievers Torre trusts enough to use in game situations are Rivera, lefty Mike Stanton and right-hander Ramiro Mendoza.

7.   Yankees Manager Joe Torre has not relied comfortably on any other short reliever, sometimes using Rivera and Stanton when the Yankees have leads of more than three runs.