91.   X-rays were negative, but Green was concerned since he has broken his left thumb twice and his right thumb once.

92.   You type pretty good for a man with no left thumb, suspicious cigarphiles noted.

93.   Yocum reiterated that DiSarcina, out with a torn ligament in his left thumb, possibly could return by the final week of the regular season.

94.   Ottawa already is without center Radek Bonk, who broke his left thumb Saturday.

95.   Posada hurt his left thumb trying to catch a pitch from Andy Pettitte on Sunday and did not play Monday.

96.   Piazza missed the last two games of the division series against Arizona with a sprained and swollen left thumb.

97.   Piazza returned to the lineup after missing the final two games of the first-round win over Arizona because of a swollen left thumb.

98.   People started giving Trevino advice and offering excuses, reminding him of his problems with his back, knees and left thumb.

99.   Peter Bergeron is still nursing a bruised left thumb and was held out of the lineup.

100.   Plummer, who was sacked five times, has a sprained left thumb, bruised ribs and a sore back.