81.   The other day, his left thumb and forefinger were swaddled in a bandage, injured by an errant puck in an ice hockey game.

82.   The pain is at the base of his left thumb, on the outside of his hand.

83.   The Rangers also remain without Juan Gonzalez, who is on the disabled list with a torn ligament in his left thumb and is not expected back until May.

84.   The Yankees ended the game with Joe Girardi catching because Jorge Posada left the game during his seventh-inning at-bat with a mild contusion of his left thumb.

85.   Tim Raines lumbered through the clubhouse Tuesday with a blue splint on his left thumb and a blue look blanketing his face.

86.   Tight end Ben Coates missed part of the game with a sprained left thumb, but returned in the fourth quarter.

87.   Van Horn has a crooked left thumb, courtesy of Miller, since his second season with the Nets.

88.   When he was knocked to the artificial turf in the first quarter against Penn State, he suffered a deep laceration between the left thumb and index finger.

89.   With the left thumb against the side of the blade to support and guide it, draw the saw back to cut a starting kerf.