11.   Fair enough, I said in our most recent conversation, our first since breakfast in Berkeley the morning of what would become the Derek Jeter Game.

12.   Frieder said he might go to the Arizona game, which would be his first since stepping down.

13.   Friday, state media reported a major policy address by Jiang, his first since the leadership emerged from an annual summer conclave at the seaside resort of Beidaihe.

14.   Gustavo Poyet had two goals and high-priced signee Chris Sutton got his first since transferring from Blackburn.

15.   He became only the sixth defensive player to win the MVP award and the first since Chicago Bear Richard Dent in Super Bowl XX.

16.   Hearings Thursday on the subject were the first since the conclusion of the Bonn meetings.

17.   His conference call Wednesday with reporters was his first since joining Raytheon.

18.   His punt return for a touchdown was the fifth of his career and his first since last season.

19.   His statement, issued on the Internet, was his first since being released from detention nine months ago.

20.   If Mark sticks, the Mimbs would be the ninth set of major-league twins and the first since Jose and Ozzie Canseco.