71.   Remember the left thumb is nearby.

72.   Schourek was hit on the left thumb off the bat of Atlanta starter Steve Avery in the third, but he refused to leave the game.

73.   Right fielder Juan Gonzalez will miss all of April with a torn ligament in his left thumb, and Clark is day to day with a sprained left wrist.

74.   Running back Tyrone Wheatley suffered a laceration on his left thumb in the first half but played the entire game.

75.   Santangelo injured the ulnar ligament in his left thumb diving for a ball Tuesday night.

76.   Snow is further away after breaking his left thumb.

77.   Sunday, Kendall sported a bandage on his left thumb, which he injured in the Miami game.

78.   The club announced Thursday that catcher Mike Piazza has a torn medial collateral ligament in his left thumb and will have his hand in a cast for two weeks.

79.   The Mets made such big noise without Piazza, who was scratched earlier in the day after his sore left thumb ballooned from a cortisone injection.

80.   The left thumb got the biggest workout as it flipped the turn signals.