11.   He settled Friday for seven spring training outs, and then Tommy Pettitte and his wife, Joann, went home to Texas.

12.   His defense, he needs a real good spring training where he can have a lot of work out there.

13.   His agent, Barry Meister, suggested several weeks ago that it would be best for both parties to sever an eight-year relationship before spring training.

14.   I suggest spring training for him at Desert Shadows before he tries to go big league again.

15.   If the major league baseball owners open spring training camps to non-union minor league replacement players, they could be surprised by how few show up.

16.   If you like baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays all have spring training in the Clearwater-Tarpon Springs area.

17.   Langston, who has had pain in the knee since spring training, suffered the tear while running during his pregame warm-up on Sunday and was unable to start.

18.   Manager Johnny Oates looked for ways during the final days of spring training to get Mateo on the roster but came up empty.

19.   Not bad, but in spring training this year he was still worried about winning a job in the majors.

20.   No matter what form the sport takes next week when spring training camps open, the game will not be the same.