1.   Anaheim Stadium is about an hour and a half from his Southern California home, so it would have been like managing the hometown team.

2.   And if your hometown team is on its best behavior, Jordan and Pippen may take time to give them counsel.

3.   And Mavericks fans will be lucky if that is all Rodman defies while employed by his hometown team.

4.   At a fundraiser for George W. Bush, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani offered a cheer for his hometown teams.

5.   Before being traded to Washington, Chris Webber voiced his desire on a Detroit sports radio station to play for the Pistons, his hometown team.

6.   Also, Peaden allows the commuting players to keep commitments to their hometown teams.

7.   But Burns has not had similar success with his hometown professional team.

8.   But what happens when Ron Mahay, Rich Garces, and Rudy Pemberton are the star attractions on the hometown team?

9.   Carey, who grew up in Weymouth and starred at Catholic Memorial, has struggled with the hometown team since the Bruins acquired him from Washington in March.

10.   Carey believes that, in a sense, he is a victim of his inauspicious debut with his hometown team.