11.   The AP report lists the Mariner payroll as the ninth-highest in baseball this year.

12.   The increase in home runs throughout baseball this year has been accompanied by a decrease in stolen bases.

13.   The swimming pool is coming to baseball this year.

14.   The Yankees, Orioles, Braves and Indians had the highest payrolls in baseball this year.

15.   The World Series will be on television Saturday and Sunday night, making it the only weekend of the year baseball will dominate football going head to head.

16.   Was Pedro Martinez the best performer in all of baseball this year?

17.   Williams now plays for the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks, who enter baseball this year with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

18.   The Republic said the Diamondbacks were expected to be the biggest money loser in baseball this year.

19.   Three were to the defending AL West champion Oakland Athletics, who owned the second-best record in baseball this year.