21.   Perhaps the best thing that could happen, for both sides, would be for another club to take him away for five first-round picks.

22.   Others, however, owners and officials, will try to sway Selig in the direction the clubs should take in the negotiations.

23.   Scioscia says the club is taking nothing for granted.

24.   Some health clubs have even taken the extraordinary steps of asking towel manufacturers to sew magnetic devices into towels that can trigger sensors at club exits to reduce shrinkage.

25.   The club could take the ultimate stand against drug use and release Phillips.

26.   The club took the visit in stride.

27.   The club takes less money from CBS than it could get, in exchange for broadcast control.

28.   The clubs never took off, he said.

29.   The clubs took other steps on Thursday, making changes in their proposal on the amateur draft.

30.   The club already has taken a stance of sorts in signing Celestand.