11.  Marginal players with drug problems rarely get so many chances.

12.  Most distressingly, it would be a new carrot dangled before marginal players.

13.  More generally, this was self-serving nonsense perpetuated by marginal players whose only hope of staying in the business was in coaching.

14.  Still waiting on word as to whether Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning will help support marginal players during any prolonged labor dispute. . . .

15.  Suzuki was an established star in his homeland, but no position player had ever migrated from Japan to the Major Leagues and become even a marginal player.

16.  The business crowd now sees Cellucci as a marginal player when big things get decided.

17.  The marginal players are forced out and the players who produce earn more.

18.  The league and Players Association were concerned that teams might hide drug use by stars, while releasing or trading marginal players on the basis of rumors.

19.  The obvious downfall is that too many marginal players will forgo college, preferring to play in the developmental league.

20.  The three clubs tried to sweeten the deal for the Pistons, who originally were to receive seven marginal players, but Detroit was not moved.