91.   Hassan Abdul-Malik, the projected starting free safety, missed most of camp with a strained hamstring.

92.   He has also gone through training camps with the Bulls, Heat and Raptors.

93.   He had been bothered most of training camp with a sore hamstring but returned to practice in recent days.

94.   He has bounced around since, attending camps with the Eagles, Bills and Oilers and kicking in the Arena, World and Canadian leagues.

95.   He is finally in a major-league spring training camp with the Astros, and he can see this as a realistic opportunity to reach his goal.

96.   He made the Flames this season during training camp with only one full year of juniors under his belt.

97.   He has never come to a big league camp with a job tucked away in his back pocket.

98.   He is coming off his second surgery in four years and does not figure to break camp with the club.

99.   He missed the first two weeks of camp with a staph infection. . . .