101.   Piazza missed the final two games of the division playoff against Arizona with a sprained and swollen left thumb.

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

103.   Piazza missed the last two games of the NL division playoffs because of a reaction to a cortisone shot to his injured left thumb.

104.   Plummer did not return after leaving early in the fourth quarter with bruised ribs and an injured left thumb.

105.   A bruised left thumb continues to keep LF Peter Bergeron out of the starting lineup.

106.   Anaheim SS Gary DiSarcina, who bruised his left thumb making a diving catch on Saturday, missed his second straight game and is day to day.

107.   At Jupiter, Florida, Marlins catcher Charles Johnson jammed his left thumb on a tag play.

108.   Bashar fractured his left thumb in a test match against Pakistan and will be sitting out for three weeks.

109.   Besides the laceration near his ear, Recker dislocated several small bones at the base of his left thumb and still has not fully recovered from the surgery.

110.   Cardinals catcher Eli Marrero left the game with a left thumb injury he suffered while stealing second base in the fourth.