11. For five years, former G.M. Bill Bavasi nurtured the sensible formula of building through the farm system and signing players before they reached their early free agent years. 12. General manager Randy Mueller had to build through free agency and made the right choices. 13. Grunfeld has made his share of mistakes, from locking up hard-to-trade players for untold millions to failing to build through the draft. 14. He basks in the reputation he has built through scores of radio, television and print interviews over many years, despite threats on his life. 15. He believes that building through the draft, not free agency, is the way to form a winning team. 16. He makes no apologies for the current hard-line government, but he also is adamant that the only true bridge to peace will be built through personal friendships. 17. He said building through the draft is his priority, while using key free-agent acquisitions to fill in the gaps. 18. In Hamilton County in north-central Iowa, chairman Randy Greenfield said Buchanan had the best organization, built primarily through fundamentalist churches. 19. In the best romantic comedies, mystery is a key element and tension is built through flirtatious innuendo. 20. In the heyday of freeways, it was built through a poor neighborhood with little thought for the residents. |