31.   This was extended spring training for rookies and rehabbing for veterans.

32.   We get to watch spring training games.

33.   With spring training less than two months away, the apologists have finally come up with a cultural alibi for Roberto Alomar.

34.   With the strike unsettled and spring training four months away, Oates found no need to fret over pitching, defense, volatile personalities or a turbulent clubhouse.

35.   Wood is expected to start spring training on schedule.

36.   Another injured Tampa Bay starting pitcher, Juan Guzman, threw four innings Thursday in an extended spring training game.

37.   Boyd is living in Winter Haven, Fla., the former spring training home of the Red Sox.

38.   Fehr said players have not considered striking this season and it was positive that owners say they do not intend to lock out players when spring training starts.

39.   He came to Colorado in a trade Monday and is expected to pitch in at least one of two spring training games this weekend in Los Angeles.

40.   Orlando Hernandez, slowed this spring by inflammation in his right elbow, allowed five singles over five shutout innings in an extended spring training intrasquad game.