1.   Alou was among those shaking their heads over the five home runs McGwire hit in the weekend series with the Expos.

2.   Amidst the swirling trade talks, Sosa wraps up a weekend series in Chicago and heads to Atlanta to face the Braves.

3.   And now he is returning to New York, albeit as a Giant, for an important weekend series and possible playoff preview.

4.   Arizona State players Mike Moreno, Ryan Bradley and Kaipo Spenser will miss a three-game series this weekend against Arizona.

5.   As the Yankees prepared Friday for an important weekend series against Seattle, the championship infrastructure was wobbling.

6.   As the two teams began a weekend series in Phoenix on Friday night, the Diamondbacks were eight games higher in the standings.

7.   Atlanta opens a weekend series in Montreal tonight.

8.   Beauchamp will rejoin the club for its weekend series in Pittsburgh.

9.   Barry slugged home runs in the two games against the Dodgers and in the first game of a weekend series against the Padres in San Diego.

10.   Before the weekend series against Iowa State, Osterman had pitched two perfect games and four no-hitters.