11.   And all the while, both kept reminding their personnel that they were not expansion teams at all.

12.   And an expansion team can win the World Series in five years, too.

13.   And although NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue floated the possibility of an expansion team for L.A. this week, Leiweke said his group is not interested.

14.   And how will the expansion teams react?

15.   And how will the two expansion teams, Orlando and Minnesota, fit into the reallocation of talent?

16.   And owners of both expansion teams said they warned fellow owners that if they left big-name players unprotected not to expect to get them back.

17.   And it has recently emerged as the home for two expansion teams, the Charlotte Hornets basketball team and the Carolina Panthers football team.

18.   And hopes are again high that St. Petersburg will receive a major league expansion team in January.

19.   And that includes the two expansion teams that play in the West.

20.   And never mind that Lerner, Policy and Dwight Clark, the vice president for football operations, have never built an expansion team.