41.   Actually, Barkley was sent to the hospital, where Dr. Richard Emerson said Barkley was fed four liters of electrolytes in an attempt to get him ready.

42.   After mapping out a deliberate and calculated plan to get Ishii ready to face major-league competition, the heralded Japanese pitcher was overwhelming.

43.   All the while, Vivian Dustin was sitting at the kitchen table waiting for him to finish dinner before she got him ready for bed.

44.   But before the Angels could think of getting Percival ready, the offense had to get something going against Zito, the former Pierce College and USC star.

45.   But both men are spending long hours on the money trail, ignoring the last election and trying to get ready for the next one.

46.   But nobody got me ready for being champion, nobody told me what was going to happen once I beat Mike Tyson, nobody got me ready for that.

47.   But once the games started, it was a matter of knowing this was the opportunity I had to get ready.

48.   By comparison, getting dinner ready was nerve-racking.

49.   But we had to get the horse ready to run, and to get him ready to run, you have to train him.

50.   But while that was great preparation for the Turner Cup, it did little to get Hitchcock ready to fight for the Stanley Cup.