81.   Jeff Nelson plunked Damon Mashore on the left elbow to open the inning, and Mashore stole second with two out when Nelson ignored him.

82.   Kevin Brown batted with a protective brace on his left elbow, a result of being hit on the elbow in an at-bat at San Diego last week.

83.   Last week, defenseman Ulf Samuelsson underwent arthroscopic surgery to have chips removed from his left elbow.

84.   Last week, Pulsipher said little when two doctors each came up with the diagnosis of a severely torn ligament in his left elbow.

85.   Lefthanded reliever Ricardo Rincon went on the DL with a bone spur in his left elbow.

86.   Mark Guthrie has a sore left elbow.

87.   McGwire wears a pad on his left elbow when he bats.

88.   Mets right fielder Jeromy Burnitz left the game with a bruise on his left elbow after getting hit by an Ishii pitch in the sixth inning.

89.   Morgan said the Reds kids would imitate his batting stance, flapping their left elbows just as he did.

90.   Najera wore a post-game ice pack on his left elbow.