61.   Matt Whiteside replaces Roger McDowell as the primary setup man.

62.   Mike Timlin as a setup man is as good as anybody in baseball.

63.   Mesa is a setup reliever who has not been as successful recently as Turk Wendell and John Franco, two setup men the Mets are trying to retain.

64.   Newly acquired setup man Tim Scott showed up with an elbow injury, was placed on the disabled list and replaced on the roster by fellow righthander Mike Maddux.

65.   Narron actually likes having Rocker available as his left-handed setup man and has had to resist overusing him.

66.   Not only did they lose Vaughn, they also lost a very good setup man in Greg Swindell.

67.   Nelson has been the setup man, but George Steinbrenner has criticized him twice this year, and Manager Joe Torre has bristled at him for not being aggressive.

68.   No one understands that more than Hernandez, a closer by trade, now a setup man by design.

69.   Of course, they would have had to face setup men and closers, rather than the starting pitcher four times a game.

70.   Outfielder Mike Cameron is on the American League bench, and the AL pitching staff includes three Mariners -- Garcia, closer Sasaki and setup man Jeff Nelson.