1.   As his teammates joined him on the ice Wednesday morning, Messier picked up his pace and seemed to gain flexibility.

2.   Dreifort and Galarraga, who were ejected by home-plate umpire Bruce Froemming, wrestled on the mound before they were joined by teammates.

3.   He could be joined by teammate Michael Wright in the lottery.

4.   He was joined by teammates Jason Gardner and Salim Stoudamire.

5.   Hitchcock described it as Roy moving his bar up and making his teammates join him.

6.   In that, he is joined by teammate Robert Jones, another ex-Cowboys player who was drafted by Johnson.

7.   No teammates joined him, only UCLA coach Bob Toledo, his position coach Ron Caragher and a handful of athletic-department employees.

8.   Simmons should be drafted on the second day, joined by teammates DE Lonnie Ford, CB Chris Cash, DT Ryan Nielson and TE Kori Dickerson.

9.   The question is, will his teammates join him in the battle to stave off elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs?

10.   The season before, instead of waiting for any teammates to join him in a taxi to the ball park, Evers rode off alone.