61.   Jordan played pro baseball and football before opting for a baseball career.

62.   Jordan started his baseball career with St. Louis, and to him nothing matches the intensity of the Cardinals-Cubs games in which he participated.

63.   Jordan missed almost two seasons to pursue a baseball career.

64.   Jordan said he planned to continue his baseball career afterward, and gave no indication of his interest in returning to the game.

65.   John Lynch, from Stanford, the backup safety for Tampa Bay, still muses about a baseball career.

66.   Jordan would not have made that mistake, or others, had he not decided in March to abandon his plodding baseball career and return to his legitimate arena.

67.   Lounging in front of his locker Wednesday, Cone recalled that his right ankle sprain almost sabotaged his baseball career.

68.   Maybe they never will in their baseball career.

69.   Meanwhile, back in Alaska, Joe Bell is still looking for a place to finish out his college baseball career.

70.   Mike Weiss, a former pitcher at Grant High, faced a decisive moment in his baseball career last month.