1.   Although Taylor will return this week to Tampa, where the Instructional League for selected minor leaguers began Monday, he will not pitch in games.

2.   Although with the minor leaguers he discussed everything from batting stances to expensive automobiles to chewing tobacco, the chatty Leyritz was surprisingly quiet around reporters.

3.   Alvarez came to the Giants in late July, along with reliever Roberto Hernandez and starter Danny Darwin, for six minor leaguers.

4.   Alvarez, a Mexican native who attended the University of Southern California, is a three-year minor leaguer.

5.   Alvarez, a native of Mexico who attended the University of Southern California, is a three-year minor leaguer.

6.   And a career minor leaguer, his eyes filled with wonder, wins his first game.

7.   And its minor leaguers trained in Plant City, near Tampa.

8.   As for longing to be on the payroll with lower-level minor leaguers, Coomer was equally adamant.

9.   Aside from the Yankees, the reaction of other clubs to minor leaguers who do not want to play in games has been mixed.

10.   At the time, all he could get was two minor leaguers.