11.   But they did put on an entertaining show on the best baseball day at the park so far this year.

12.   But whatever you thought of Finley, he knew how to put together the best baseball team this area ever has seen.

13.   By JEAN OPPENHEIMER Some of the best baseball players who ever lived never played in the major leagues.

14.   Do not expect the Japanese to flood the American market with their best baseball players.

15.   For the past two decades, Lasorda has been the skipper of the best baseball team for the best franchise in the best city in America.

16.   Griffey is supposed to be the best baseball player alive, and neither Times columnist could muster the energy for a real eulogy.

17.   Glavine, who gets the start tonight against the Giants, is pitching his best baseball ever this late in the regular season.

18.   He attended John Carroll High School, which featured the best baseball program in the area.

19.   He casually followed the careers of the best Venezuelan baseball players, such as Luis Aparicio and Vic Davalillo, but he did not play the game.

20.   He proves it again with his new book, a look at the best baseball players decade by decade.