61.  Are we prepared to hand the MVP award to the best Colorado Rockies player every year?

62.  As Dusty Baker said yesterday, "If you have the best players in the world, why wouldn't you have the best umpires?"

63.  Arguably the game's best player never to win a major championship, Montgomerie was at ease in these surroundings in Montgomery County.

64.  Embry said the toughest move of all was trading Price, the best player in the history of the franchise.

65.  During the Western Conference Finals against San Antonio, center Shaquille O'Neal called Bryant the best player in the world.

66.  Enjoy watching the best player on earth try to use his remaining skills against Vince Carter and McGrady and other prime-time players.

67.  Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson, the best young players in the world, are at 68.

68.  Especially when the ailments are to your best offensive player, Roberto Baggio, and your best defensive player, Franco Baresi.

69.  Especially after it was announced Tuesday that the Bears' best player, quarterback Kyle Boller from Hart High in Newhall, wouldn't play because of a back injury.

70.  Especially playing under the most extreme conditions, under the most extreme pressure, and against the best players in the world.