31.   Did we mention that four of his six Stanley Cup rings were with the Islanders, the team Ranger fans love to hate?

32.   Fans love it, television promotes it, players loathe it.

33.   Fans love the physical part of the game, but in the All-Star Game earlier this month, there were only a handful of hits.

34.   Fans love their unshakable certainty, their emphasis on personal responsibility and their stake-through-the-heart directness.

35.   Fans truly love their Jazz.

36.   Fans love homers and high-scoring games, but would the prospect of five- or six-hour slugfests get old in a hurry?

37.   Fans love it, viewing it as a sort of noble chicanery.

38.   Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy.

39.   Fans love the guy.

40.   Fans love these ballparks.