21.  Replacement players likely will start the season.

22.  Several Corinthians players likely will be moving on.

23.  Sometimes, a team will ignore a need at a certain position to take a player more likely to succeed.

24.  The aforementioned players likely will miss the entire season.

25.  The longer this lasts, the more likely players union leader Donald Fehr is to postpone labor negotiations until he can stop cackling uncontrollably.

26.  The likely player of the year is on track to graduate in May.

27.  The most likely player to be sent out would appear to be pitcher John Wasdin, who worked two scoreless innings Thursday night.

28.  The player most likely to make an immediate impact is Czech native Patrik Stefan, who already is playing among older and stronger athletes in the IHL.

29.  The players likely to go are catcher BROOK FORDYCE and reliever BLAS MINOR.

30.  The Revolution host D.C. United Sunday, but the decision on a new player likely will not be announced until Monday.