21.   Regular starter Jarious Jackson is out after partially tearing the medial collateral ligament in his right knee against LSU last week.

22.   Regular starters like Claudio Reyna, Earnie Stewart and goalkeeper Brad Friedel remained with their European clubs.

23.   Since regular starter Greg Vanney was busy on World Cup qualifying duty, Lalas earned another rare start Saturday.

24.   Thanks to baseball-reference.com, we soon knew the regular starters for each of those teams.

25.   That figure shocked several people around the league because Tharpe has never been a regular starter, did not play a snap last season and has a weight problem.

26.   The acquisition of Young left the Dodgers without any rookies as regular starters.

27.   The average major-league experience for the Dodgers regular starters is almost eight years.

28.   The infield had not one regular starter remaining, a sure sign that Valentine was not counting on any late-game rallies by his team.

29.   The plan worked, even though two regular starters, Erik Williams and Everett McIver, were sidelined with injuries.

30.   They join Carter, William White and Mark Collins as defensive backs who have been regular starters.