1.   A reliever can do none of the above.

2.   Friday night, the reliever did what the Dodgers have been hoping for all season.

3.   Saberhagen sensed the reliever would do more harm than good taking the mound in the seventh and told Kerrigan to get Garces out of the game.

4.   The Angels reliever did just that in the seventh inning Monday when he brushed back Ripken, much to the horror of a booing and protective Orioles crowd.

5.   The middle relievers did a great job, particularly Butch Henry.

6.   The veteran Astros relievers do not.

7.   Vander Wal buttoned his jersey for the first time Wednesday, as did reliever Steve Karsay and outfielder Rondell White.

8.   Venafro also has heard of, ahem, certain relievers doing other things.

9.   Yankee relievers have done that more often than not.