1.   The Yankees played a three-game series against the Red Sox last week.

2.   IAN BOTHAM yesterday blamed the dropping of David Gower as one of the main reasons why England have lost the Test series against India.

3.   ULSTER levelled their annual series against the Saltires at three games each with a five-try spree at Ravenhill, Belfast, last night.

4.   THE Middlesex batsman, Mark Ramprakash, will be considered for the summer series against Australia after being effectively suspended for the current tour to India and Sri Lanka.

5.   All you had to do to see that Jason Kidd should have been the Most Valuable Player this season was watch him in the series against the Celtics.

6.   Although Fernandez won his only start in the division series against San Francisco, he had a troubled September.

7.   Among the little things Pete and his friends value is the chance to watch the Yankees in their series against Cleveland.

8.   And especially not after outplaying Gary Payton in the first-round series against Seattle.

9.   And here they were, about to open a four-game series against the club with the worst record in baseball.

10.   And Dwight Gooden will close out the interleague series against the Phillies on Wednesday.