41.   Injuries have forced an All-Star team of talent to miss large portions of the season, and two coaches have bitten the dust for one reason or another.

42.   Injuries forced manager Tony La Russa to put together a patchwork staff and wear out the bullpen.

43.   Instead, injuries forced his promotion, and, as they say, the rest is history.

44.   Injuries forced Bo Jackson, the all-purpose sports star, into retirement from football and basketball.

45.   Injuries forced him to miss the equivalent of approximately two seasons.

46.   Injuries have forced both teams to juggle their lineups.

47.   Johnston, admits, however that injury has forced him to concentrate more on his technique as a blocker.

48.   Lavin suspended Hines for the first two games last season, but when a subsequent knee injury forced him to miss the season, Lavin waived the penalty.

49.   New Jersey now faces the prospect of playing at Houston on Thursday without Anderson, whose groin injury forced him to miss five games earlier in the season.

50.   Newcombe played the next five games before the injury forced him to the sideline.