1.   Blessed with a strong arm, he hits cutoff men better than any of his teammates and has a sure glove.

2.   A ball went into the right-field corner and the right fielder threw home and overthrew both cutoff men.

3.   A la Willie Mays, Williams then wheeled and fired to the cutoff man, Derek Jeter, whose one-hop relay easily beat Bragg to the bag.

4.   A sharp single by Rudy Pemberton into left field was charged by Raines, who quickly fired to the cutoff man, Boggs.

5.   Above all, hit the cutoff man.

6.   But Griffey overthrew both cutoff men, and Vaughn, on cruise control, crossed the plate safely.

7.   But there also have been plenty of poor defensive plays, missed cutoff men and runners stranded in scoring position.

8.   Carl Everett threw over the cutoff man and nearly threw out Beltran at home.

9.   Center fielder Darin Erstad threw to the cutoff man Kennedy, whose one-hop throw to the catcher Molina was in time for the out.

10.   Christensen started against the Astros on Wednesday but missed a cutoff man on a throw to third that allowed the trail runner to move up to second base.