11.   Solidifying the rotation with a surprise starter like the birthday boy is the kind of turnaround the Mariners need but have been hard-pressed to find from inside the organization.

12.   Thanks to Bernstein, birthday boy Connie Kalitta was denied a special present.

13.   The situation got to the birthday boy, as he confessed.

14.   Highlight of the event was the cake-cutting by all the birthday boys and girls, each of whom also received a birthday gift.

15.   The Lakers fans spent much of their time cheering the birthday boy.

16.   There are, however, those definite points of similarity between these two boisterous birthday boys.

17.   For birthday boy Morarji Desai, however, the occasion holds no special significance.