21.   Despite the forecast of cool temperatures Tuesday night--baseball has never gone this deep into autumn--Anderson will not require heat sensors.

22.   Each time a baseball goes into the crowd, it takes with it the potential for a miniature drama.

23.   If baseball is going to contract, maybe these are the two teams that should be lopped off.

24.   If baseball is going to flirt with that pain yet again, it might as well see what can be gained.

25.   If baseball is going to be back on blocks next year, what better reason to go out now?

26.   In an age when business people and tourists flit around the world, baseball is going regional.

27.   It also seems strange that expansion is being pushed while baseball goes through a transition period that will have a direct bearing on the number of players available.

28.   It was not quite the same last October, when major league baseball went dark.

29.   More than one old-timer has suggested baseball should go retro and raise the mound a few inches and can the DH.

30.   Next year, baseball goes to interleague games.