11.   The team has four changes from the opening game which sees Jim Dryden make his first appearance for Durham since being reinstated as an amateur some years ago.

12.   Johns made a second-half appearance for the Reserves in a goalless draw at Darlington and caught the next train back to London.

13.   Bosnich made three appearance for United before a work permit problem forced him to return home to Australia.

14.   But he did not make what would have been his first competitive appearance for several years.

15.   An appearance for a Yankees exhibition game in Tampa left hardly a dry eye in Legends Field.

16.   And he opened concerts and appearances for performers like the Fifth Dimension, Della Reese, Vic Damone, Neil Diamond, Bobby Vinton and Sergio Mendes.

17.   And those expectations by the rabid Italian fans are, as usual, nothing short of a semifinal appearance for the famed Azurri.

18.   And while Duquette already has lined up Rose and Pavano to make public relations appearances for the club this winter, Williams is promising them nothing next spring.

19.   Another game, another pinch-running appearance for Torey Lovullo.

20.   And will it take a Super Bowl appearance for Switzer to keep his job?