1.   As another splendid season of October foliage unfolds here in western Massachusetts, an intermittent debate has begun anew.

2.   Evident in two of his last three starts, he has something else essential to a splendid season.

3.   It makes them laughable, it diminishes a quite splendid season.

4.   Sure, Cameron is a late injury replacement, helped by being in Seattle anyway, and on a team having a splendid season.

5.   The Mariners knew their splendid season would crumble if they lost one more game to the Yankees.

6.   Frazier, George and Wuerffel had splendid seasons for high-profile teams, making it a difficult choice for voters.

7.   Backley rounded off a splendid season - in which he retained the European and Commonwealth titles - with a series of throws he rated his best of the year.