51.   This year center field is his, but a hamstring pull gives him just three weeks to get ready for the season.

52.   Top goaltender Byron Dafoe missed considerable time after knee surgery, followed by a hamstring pull.

53.   Unlike last year, when hamstring pulls dogged him, Erstad had been injury-free until twisting his knee against the Indians.

54.   When the end does come, it will be dramatic, even if it is stopped by something so pedestrian as a hamstring pull.

55.   When Brisby last tried to return from the hamstring pull after the first exhibition game against Green Bay, he again pulled it.

56.   Winfred Tubbs was playing with increased verve until a hamstring pull in the Green Bay game put him out of action.

57.   But the right hamstring pull ended any hopes of going for the double, at the advice of her doctors and coach.

58.   Caminiti has missed the last two days with a slight hamstring pull and he is day-to-day.

59.   Caminiti is out probably until Friday with a hamstring pull.