31.   At a recent team meeting, Mavericks owner Donald Carter tried to console and uplift his reeling team.

32.   At one point this spring, manager Larry Dierker called a team meeting when it appeared the long, sometimes boring, spring was taking its toll.

33.   At the team meeting, he also was one of the players who agreed Karl had evolved into an obtrusive, stubborn coach.

34.   Because Thomas was an hour late for a team meeting Sunday in Denver, his coach made him late for his appointment with John Elway and the Broncos.

35.   Before the Mariners took the field for batting practice, manager Lou Piniella held his first team meeting since spring training.

36.   Before my first practice with the Giants I went into the offensive team meeting.

37.   Before a recent game, to illustrate a technical point in a team meeting, Wilson decorated Popsicle sticks with facial photographs of two of his players.

38.   Between practices, team meetings and classes, Adams says he is at home a couple of hours a day.

39.   Before practice on Saturday, Harris acknowledged that while his players were not throwing paper wads in an earlier team meeting, their concentration was obviously lacking.

40.   Before the workout, there was a team meeting so club officials could explain how renovated Dodger Stadium would impact the players.