1.  Few athletic teams can successfully absorb the loss of three starting players.

2.  And a starting defensive player goes AWOL.

3.  Anderson was soon traded and, while no legend was born, the deliverance of Childs as a starting player was made.

4.  Giants Coach Jim Fassel, who has lost seven starting offensive players this season, was stoic as usual when discussing the hardship the latest casualties would cause.

5.  Hayes is not expected to be a starting player for the Giants.

6.  He could not pick it up and was charged with an error, and the Cardinals had two men on for their most dangerous starting player, Jim Edmonds.

7.  One general manager said last week the Rockies were asking for three starting players.

8.  Rivers just missed the playoffs despite starting four players who went undrafted by the NBA.

9.  Second baseman Craig Counsell, shortstop Edgar Renteria and pitcher Livan Hernandez are the only starting players who remain from the World Series team.

10.  Roughly, it is the expected level of performance a team can obtain if it replaces a starting player at minimal dollar cost.