21.   Anthony Mason led the league in minutes played.

22.   Arizona leads the league in runs, home runs, total bases and slugging percentage.

23.   As a youthful pitcher for the Angels, Nolan Ryan once led the league in strikeouts and shutouts ... and walks and wild pitches.

24.   Barkley also leads the league in technical fouls, and has a less-than-stellar history of behavior.

25.   Baseball leads the league in epics because you can put everybody in time and place.

26.   Barber wins the starting job because Hampton is hurt, and Tyrone Wheatley probably will lead the league in sulking, not rushing.

27.   Baseball leads the league in fashionable unfashionability.

28.   Belle, the cleanup hitter, led the league with nine doubles.