91.   Because of the interview, the baseball commissioner had banned him from spring training and the first month of the season.

92.   Before leaving for spring training, Green bought a house in L.A. that is not in a gated community.

93.   Before the Mariners took the field for batting practice, manager Lou Piniella held his first team meeting since spring training.

94.   Baugh went to spring training in St. Petersburg, Fla., to play shortstop with the Cardinals, a time when they were known as the Gashouse Gang.

95.   Before World War II, spring training was strictly a Florida phenomenon.

96.   Beginning in spring training, they went to dinner together, talked pitching together and simply spent a lot of time together.

97.   Beltre missed all of spring training, which has played a role in that, according to Tracy.

98.   Benes said he had more than a half-dozen sessions throwing off a mound before spring training started.

99.   Benson will join the Los Angeles Dodgers organization for spring training.

100.   Berroa is in extended spring training as a non-roster player, so the Dodgers have until Sunday to make a decision.