51.   But this is hardly a normal spring for the Red Sox, the first team in baseball history to replace a general manager and manager in spring training.

52.   But this hot-stove gathering could be like few others in baseball history.

53.   But Tuesday night another kind of milestone in baseball history was reached.

54.   By the time the series is over, Justice will have played in more postseason games than anyone in baseball history.

55.   Cashman is the second-youngest general manager in baseball history, but he accepted the job Tuesday with far more pragmatism and candor than many of his predecessors.

56.   Chase was one of the greatest characters in baseball history.

57.   Clemens is just the fourth pitcher in baseball history to have pulled off the feat in consecutive seasons.

58.   Clemens, Hernandez, Pettitte and Mussina are members of a Yankees starting rotation that could rank among the most accomplished in baseball history.

59.   Clemens did this after Kevin Brown signed the richest pitching contract in baseball history, trying to lift his average annual salary up to that level.

60.   Cleveland Indians pitcher Orel Hershiser said he might retire at the end of this offseason, ending the career of one of the best postseason pitchers in baseball history.