31.   He entered his fifth major-league appearance with a reputation for impeccable control ... and promptly walked leadoff man Brett Butler.

32.   He got leadoff man Williams on the first pitch on a foul pop to Hayes, then turned up the heat to strike out Lee and Bell.

33.   Having players such as leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki consistently on base gives Boone plenty of RBI opportunities.

34.   He could possibly be the prototype leadoff man.

35.   He keeps giving Mr. Kennedy reason to scribble his name into the lineup as his center fielder and leadoff man.

36.   He lost his leadoff man and second baseman in spring training.

37.   He walked the leadoff man in the second, and he wound up scoring.

38.   He walked John Mabry, the leadoff man, and allowed him to go to second on a wild pitch.

39.   He was, Hlinka said, an easy call to be the Czech leadoff man.

40.   He walked leadoff man Rick Wilkins and was removed after Rey Ordonez hit a blast to left-center that required a superb running catch by Bonds.