61.   The veteran pitcher tried to beat the Yankees by himself Sundaynight, at one point begging manager Joe Kerrigan to leave him in the game.

62.   The team traded veteran catcher Jim Leyritz and a player to be named later to the Texas Rangers and acquired veteran starting pitcher Ken Hill.

63.   The veteran pitcher retired the side in order four times.

64.   The Yankees and Indians are in the playoffs for the third straight year and each will look to a veteran pitcher to get them off to a fast start.

65.   They were high on veteran pitcher Ramon Martinez right up until the day they released him.

66.   This apparently is the official passing of the torch from the veteran pitcher to the hungry young lion.

67.   They remember how a few years ago the team traded away veteran pitchers when the White Sox were in the race.

68.   This was a veteran pitcher getting more dominant with each outing after overcoming a sore elbow that flared up in spring camp.

69.   Tim Belcher, veteran pitcher, was talking in spring training about the change in the way earned run averages are seen.

70.   To make matters even worse, the Angels once again surrendered offensively to a veteran pitcher who came to town with his own mound woes.