31.   Firefighter Matt Driver got within a yard of the burning plane.

32.   Gross pitched eight scoreless innings to get within three outs of his second shutout of the season.

33.   He added three goals in the playoffs as the Sabres got within a game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

34.   He missed an eagle putt that could have tied him for the lead but birdied to get within a stroke.

35.   He pitched to a foot to stop the bleeding and get within one.

36.   He used a putter to get to within six feet, and his putt for par ran four feet past the cup.

37.   He never got within miles of the set, of course.

38.   He worries about forcing shots instead of getting them within the offense.

39.   Houston cut the deficit in half by the fifth and got within one run on consecutive home runs by Alou and Daryle Ward in the eighth.

40.   His icy stare rarely allows anyone to get within shouting distance.