51.   Of the five games, the first three are against teams that are struggling.

52.   Only the first three came in Japan.

53.   Only the first three qualified for the championship.

54.   PETE SCHOUREK shut out the Yankees on two hits in the first five innings, inducing inning-ending double plays the first three.

55.   Realistically, of course, after the first three or four, the rest of the list is only of academic interest.

56.   Sutter also wants to make time for Marcus Ragnarsson, Mike Rathje, Bill Houlder and Todd Gill, especially the first three.

57.   The Canadiens had the first three, the Devils the final two.

58.   The Compact comprises eight articles, the first three of which directly concern us here.

59.   The Braves come to New York engulfed in a more typical type of pain, having lost the first three of four games in Philadelphia.

60.   The buzz on the book was high, but I thought I knew better after the first three.