11.   And a starting defensive player goes AWOL.

12.   And its tremendous success did not keep her from being one of the first people the Giants fired when the players went on strike two weeks later.

13.   And that other players never went to class.

14.   And Swedish players go to China because it is the center of the universe in table tennis.

15.   And those players are not going to show the deference Jordan encountered previously.

16.   And the player would go along.

17.   And the thing about it is, the player is going to know if that coach is for him.

18.   And when baseball players from Little League through college go to the bat rack, they may grab an Easton bat.

19.   And without a World Series -- especially without the Braves in this area -- there has been little interest since the players went on strike.

20.   Another player Bertka evaluated went on to have a decent career with the Knicks.