61.   Big men can score underneath and shooters can shoot, but neither can do what they do unless a playmaker gets the ball to them.

62.   Bonds, in fact, never got a ball out of the infield.

63.   Boston got the ball inside to Tony Battie, but he missed the layup from a foot in front of the basket.

64.   Boston made the free throw, but Phoenix got the ball at midcourt, resulting in a higher-percentage inbounds pass to Heard.

65.   Both Holloway, a computer engineering major who will graduate in May, and Love are considered underrated pass-catchers because neither got many balls their way.

66.   Bledsoe, on occasion, not getting the ball to the right reciever, by his own admission.

67.   Braves catchers held their initial throwing drills Tuesday morning, and Eddie Perez wanted to show that, at last, he can get the ball to second base.

68.   Boniol says the extra distance is to allow for snapper Dale Hellestrae to get the ball to Jett with the laces facing away from Boniol.

69.   A healthy Davis gets that ball in that crucial goal-line situation.

70.   A lot of people have said before that I have a knack for getting the ball.