81.   Santangelo, replacing the ailing Devon White in center field and the leadoff spot, struck out four times -- three times looking.

82.   Shannon Stewart has gone from the leadoff spot to hitting third, and CF Jose Cruz Jr. has moved from fifth to the leadoff.

83.   Shannon Stewart has gone from the leadoff spot to hitting third, and Jose Cruz Jr. has moved from fifth to the leadoff.

84.   Texas manager Johnny Oates shook up his lineup, moving Royce Clayton into the leadoff spot for only the third time this year.

85.   The Mets hope he can fill the leadoff spot left when Rickey Henderson was released last month.

86.   The leadoff spot was a problem for the Reds last season, when former manager Jack McKeon tried several players without success.

87.   Yankees manager Joe Torre had batted Jeter second in the first three games of the World Series, and used Chuck Knoblauch and Jose Vizcaino in the leadoff spot.