61.   I would have liked to have gone in February or March, when you really need a break from even a mild winter in New England.

62.   If you need a break, try to get a leave of absence.

63.   If ever there was a team that did not need a break, it was the pre-All-Star Game Red Sox.

64.   In other words, we really needed a break.

65.   In the face of a win-now frenzy, under attack from outside their organizations and within, they needed a break.

66.   It got to a point where we knew we needed a break.

67.   It really was a full year and I needed the break, but it got me off to a slow start.

68.   It was a slightly unusual move, but Holmgren thought his team needed a break.

69.   It is clear now that he needed a break more than he needed to leave.

70.   Just as perplexing was why Dierker used Wagner in such a situation one day after the club decided he needed a break from the so-called pressure cooker.