21.   Now the players sat and stared and tried to speak in measured tones.

22.   Other players sat in clusters, engaged in spirited card games or lazily watching a movie.

23.   Other players sat behind their negotiators in a show of support.

24.   Pinch-hitting is regarded as one of the most difficult tasks in the game because players often sit for several innings, then enter with the game on the line.

25.   Players sit inside arcade units.

26.   Several Red Sox players sat glued to the television set in the locker room Tuesday night, hoping for a Toronto comeback at New York.

27.   Sheets were set down on the floor of the room and players sat in banquet chairs to have their bangs clipped.

28.   Some players sit in the same seat night after night and hate to have their routine interrupted, especially by a machine.

29.   Take Ruben Rivera, a player who was sitting pretty with the New York Yankees until a few days ago.

30.   Team Florida was standing in the dugout, while the Atlanta bench players sat.