31.   Sheffield, who has been wearing a soft cast since the injury, will be examined today by orthopedist Lewis Yocum.

32.   Smoltz was examined by Dr. Frank Jobe and Saturday morning wore a soft cast.

33.   Take inventory of the splints and soft casts.

34.   The test confirmed a ligament tear and he will wear a soft cast for a week.

35.   The wrist was placed in a soft cast.

36.   The wrist is fully healed, but when Williamson returned to Fayetteville in September, he was wearing a soft cast for protection.

37.   These days, Lassic wears a soft cast on his right knee.

38.   To start the summer, he had the wrist in a soft cast for two weeks.

39.   Trudeau wore a protective collar around his neck and a soft cast on his passing hand, with X-rays scheduled on the hand for Monday.

40.   Todd Hollandsworth, on the disabled list with a bruised right elbow, was taken out of his soft cast Monday and is ready to resume therapy.