1.   Baseball this winter has not been about the traditional hot stove as much as it has foil in a microwave.

2.   Because of football, Elway never participated in winter baseball and devoted just minimal time to offseason preparation.

3.   But no sensible person would want to be involved with baseball this winter, when labor negotiations resume.

4.   He also played winter baseball in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

5.   It was his sixth straight year of winter baseball in Mexico.

6.   Martinez officially retired during the strike but was encouraged by friends to play winter baseball and he earned an invitation to the Angels spring-training camp.

7.   Rodriguez, who played winter baseball for Caguas in Puerto Rico, said his strained right ankle is fine after having to leave the team prematurely.

8.   While playing winter baseball early in his career, he was thrown out of Venezuela after a cocaine-addled rampage.

9.   Winter baseball, Dodgers pitching coach Dave Wallace said, is doubtful.

10.   Mesa usually plays winter league baseball in the Dominican Republic for the Licey Tigers.