31.   This year he came back with a steady determination, though he did miss a couple of games because of a stomach virus.

32.   To compound matters, DeCosta tore a hamstring in the last game of tryouts for the national team in August, and missed a couple of months.

33.   We just missed a couple of nice opportunities.

34.   We missed a couple of opportunities to throw it in.

35.   We had a couple of chances to win, but we just missed a couple of shots down the stretch.

36.   We had opportunities to put points on the board and we missed a couple of field goals.

37.   We had some chances to do that and we missed a couple of times.

38.   Woody got off to a rough start in camp, missing a couple of workouts that angered the coaching staff and made them wonder about his work ethic.

39.   A week ago, he was in position to win Pebble until he missed a couple of short putts on the back nine.

40.   Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi will probably just miss a couple of spring training games.