51.   As with Williams, the emphasis is on improvement on every road trip and with each at-bat.

52.   Astros manager Larry Dierker plans some minor tinkering in his starting rotation for the upcoming six-game road trip to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

53.   At Cross Country, the peak period comes in the summer, when families are more apt to take road trips.

54.   As they did a year ago, the Lakers open the April schedule with a four-game road trip.

55.   At least it seemed to be coming together last week when the team won three games on a Canadian road trip.

56.   At one time, Astros pitchers celebrated the end of a road trip.

57.   At the start of the road trip, the bullpen dragged down the Mets, blowing leads in the first two games of the season.

58.   At least, someone start a scandal by getting some guy pregnant on a road trip.

59.   At some point near the nadir of most every baseball work stoppage, Don Fehr, the head of the players union, usually takes a road trip.

60.   ATLANTA -- As road trips go, this is not exactly Stalingrad in the winter or the Roman Coliseum at feeding time.