1.   At the time, Spike Owen, the veteran infielder who went from Seattle to Boston, Montreal and now Anaheim, tried to analyze the slump.

2.   After being traded from the New York Yankees to the San Francisco Giants, veteran infielder Charlie Hayes said he was pushed out by owner George Steinbrenner.

3.   Cole would sit in a corner of the locker room taking everything in, and he became friends with the veteran infielder Desi Relaford.

4.   General manager Dan Duquette said last week that talks between the Sox and Valentin had broken off and that the club would explore trading the veteran infielder.

5.   He does not believe his speed bothered Fernandez, a veteran infielder.

6.   He easily could have looked for alternatives at third base, but he remains confident of using Truby and veteran infielder Charlie Hayes for the time being.

7.   He is a veteran utility infielder who fills in at a lot of positions.

8.   He is part of a general overhaul, which includes fellow outfielder Derek Bell and veteran infielder Craig Shipley.

9.   In the meantime, Angels manager Marcel Lachemann said, Owen will be backed up by Rene Gonzales, the veteran utility infielder out of Glendale College.

10.   John Valentin will file for salary arbitration Thursday, dimming but not extinguishing Red Sox hopes that they can sign the veteran infielder to a multiyear contract extension.