21.   At this point last season Chicago had lost four straight games before winning one.

22.   Babe Ruth, after all, poleaxed three home runs in a game shortly before his overdue retirement.

23.   Battle, who has thrown just one pass this season, played in three games before spraining his shoulder last month against Baylor.

24.   Bell said he might have Van Poppel throw a simulated game before putting him in the rotation.

25.   Bird went through a shooting slump in the three games before Wake Forest, a subject of minor controversy.

26.   Both have been voted into the game before.

27.   Both teams have three games before the new year.

28.   Bournigal started only one spring training game before being designated for assignment.

29.   Boggs had three straight multiple hit games before Wednesday, when he did not start against the left-handed David Wells.

30.   Bradley suffered an abdominal contusion from the collision and left the game before returning.