71.   Merrill Lynch Japan Inc. and Morgan Stanley in October took the top spots in trading from the Japanese brokerages for the first time.

72.   Momesso has two goals in three games since being traded from Toronto.

73.   Moore was upset with being traded from the Cardinals and felt Ryan had not been up-front with him.

74.   New York and Chicago are abuzz today as rumors fly hot and heavy that Sammy Sosa will soon be traded from the Cubs to the Yankees.

75.   Nomo pitches Sunday against Brian Bohanon, who was traded from the Mets to the Dodgers for Greg McMichael, who came over from New York for Dave Mlicki.

76.   Nuggets forward Don MacLean is pleased about recently being traded from Washington to Denver.

77.   One area of concern when Ranford was traded from Edmonton in January was his balky ankle, which hindered him through the end of the year.

78.   One of the reasons he was traded from Toronto was his claim that he wanted to pitch for a contender.

79.   Orza did not hide his admiration for Winfield, who during the strike was traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Cleveland Indians.

80.   People have to remember that I had been traded from the first-place Phillies to the last-place Braves.