51.   After being eliminated last week by Emory grad Cyrus Beasley, Martinez is a strong candidate to join the team as an Olympic spare.

52.   After making the team as a reliever, Marquis got a chance to start because of injuries and made the most of his opportunities.

53.   After the Hudson Bay Co. traders gave Inuit hunters snowmobiles in return for pelts, many owners saw their sled dog teams as useless expenses.

54.   Also conspicuous by his absence was former Red Sox general manager Lou Gorman, who still works for the team as an assistant to Sox CEO John Harrington.

55.   Brian graduated and went off to Tulane, where he made the basketball team as a walk-on this fall.

56.   Brian Leetch had been voted onto the team as a starter by the fans.

57.   Bresciani said the Red Sox would have to entertain any serious offers to buy the team as part of its responsibility to the shareholders in the privately held operation.

58.   Brown said the team as a whole agreed not to speak to the media about the suspensions.

59.   Brown is one of four opening day starters who joined their teams as free agents this winter.

60.   Bruschi is wildly exuberant, has been the emotional leader of the Desert Swarm since he joined the team as a freshman.