11.   And then there is the question of what the manager will do when Tim Raines returns from a hamstring injury, which Torre guessed would happen early next month.

12.   As a base for workgroup operations, the contact manager can do more, too.

13.   As part of their recruitment of Ramirez, stars Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez both called Ramirez in Miami, as did manager Jimy Williams.

14.   Astros first base coach Jose Cruz, who rarely complains to umpires, mounted a protest, as did manager Jimy Williams.

15.   A strike would not eliminate all such service, however, because managers would do some of the work now done by union members.

16.   Actually, the average active manager does far worse than average.

17.   After all, I had a well-oiled team in place, and this manager did excellent work.

18.   All the money managers did was tell Mexico this was unsustainable.

19.   Brown has been criticized for relying on his department heads and top advisers to make decisions when those managers have done poor jobs with the duties delegated to them.

20.   But as people learn just what it is that the Kremlin property manager does, his denials inevitably lose traction.