1.   A pulled left hamstring kept him from practicing or playing in any exhibition games with the Giants.

2.   He has been banged up for most of the last month, and a sore hamstring kept him out of the regular-season finale.

3.   McGwire is with the Cardinals in Los Angeles, but a bum right hamstring has kept him out of action for more than a week.

4.   My right hamstring kept getting cramps.

5.   The Dodgers could have used catcher Paul LoDuca to pinch-hit Sunday, but his ailing left hamstring kept him on the bench.