1.   But after Raines strained his right hamstring, the manager revised his plans and played Gerald Williams, a superior defensive player, in left field.

2.   Freed from the anguish that hounded him at second, Knoblauch is a different person and a superior player.

3.   His fiancee, Melissa Campbell, a superior player, watches.

4.   It is this quality of the Germans that strikes fear into opponents who, on paper, have superior players.

5.   Rodriguez is clearly the superior player in the field.

6.   So, are Americans riding a wave of superior players nowadays?

7.   Sullivan was a superior player, but his presence went way beyond football.

8.   The Americans said afterward that their hosts, obviously superior players, let them win many of the games.

9.   The other two candidates are Kenyon Martin and Mike Miller, both of whom could be superior players down the road.

10.   The three errors between them Wednesdaynight belie the fact that each is a superior defensive player, if not necessarily on the Rey Ordonez-Omar Vizquel level.