51.   But when your most valuable offensive player is a step behind, it is conspicuous.

52.   Carlos Delgado, the favorite to win the most valuable player award and a Triple Crown candidate, was the next batter.

53.   By the way, if anyone was the most valuable player of the game, it might have been wide receiver Marcell Allmond.

54.   Claude Lemieux did it so well with the New Jersey Devils last season, he earned the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff most valuable player.

55.   Center field could be the marquee position of the World Series, with the Yankees featuring Bernie Williams, the most valuable player of the American League Championship Series.

56.   Cooper, the two-time league most valuable player, has been the heart and soul of the WNBA in its first two seasons.

57.   Colombia has several charismatic players, including Carlos Valderrama, the most valuable player in major-league soccer last season, and striker Faustino Asprilla.

58.   Cornerback Larry Brown, the reigning Super Bowl most valuable player, fell for the first fake, and safety Lorenzo Lynch did, too.

59.   Cornerback Larry Brown, the most valuable player in Super Bowl XXX, signed with Oakland on Tuesday.

60.   Could Sosa, who is the leading candidate for most valuable player in the league, end up with more jonrones than McGwire?