1.   Piazza popped up and the threat fizzled.

2.   The Arab threat has fizzled with the price of oil.

3.   But the threat fizzled when Bobby Higginson struck out and Gregg Jefferies was caught trying to steal third for an inning-ending double play.

4.   US Golf Association president Theodore Havemeyer ruled that the Open would be played even if Shippen and Bunn were the only contestants and the boycott threat fizzled.