1.   During the NLCS, Alou and his wife became the parents of a son, Kirby, named after former Minnesota Twins star outfielder Kirby Puckett.

2.   Nino Cresci carried a picture of DiMaggio and his two baseball-playing brothers, Vince and Dom, who was a star outfielder for the Boston Red Sox.

3.   One of his daughters, Austria, had married Moises Alou, the star outfielder for the Montreal Expos.

4.   One win away from a title was Mayaguez, whose star outfielder is Wilfredo Cordero,who is still without a summer job.

5.   The company credited the increase in part to the success of its advertising campaign featuring baseball star Ichiro Suzuki, a star outfielder of Orix Bluewave.

6.   The contest featured a rare appearance by Roberto Clemente, a star outfielder for the long-defunct Pittsburgh Pirates during the last century.

7.   The New York Mets have talked with the Los Angeles Dodgers about the star outfielder Gary Sheffield, who wants to be traded.

8.   The Mets are shopping Everett with the idea of making room for the Class AAA star outfielder Alex Ochoa.

9.   A day after telling the Chicago Cubs he would veto any trade attempt, the star outfielder gave various positions on his future.

10.   The Veterans Committee was scheduled to vote Tuesday afternoon, and Doby, a star outfielder who later became a manager and an executive, was a leading candidate.