21.   Sierra and Geronimo Berroa arrived Friday on the first mandatory day of camp, making it everyone here but Henderson and four Dominican players dealing with visa problems.

22.   Some were found to have minor legal or visa problems when federal agents stopped by to question them.

23.   Teammates say he has been down for several reasons, including visa problems that have prohibited his girlfriend from joining him here.

24.   The firm said it does not expect the visa problem to affect its operations.

25.   The Rangers planned to introduce Diaz at a news conference today, but visa problems will prevent him from arriving.

26.   The spring got off to a bad start for Vargas, who missed the first three days of camp because of visa problems.

27.   The Thrashers will be without forward Alexei Yegorov and defenseman Sergei Vyshedkevich until at least Tuesday because of visa problems in Russia.

28.   The team said Diaz, who lives in the Dominican Republic, had a visa problem and was expected to arrive Friday.

29.   There, the group was told that they would not be able to continue to Cuba because of visa problems.

30.   Two Brazilians were supposed to join the team last week but were delayed by visa problems.