21.  What hurt the Rangers last weekend, even more than Palmer, was poor defense by the pitching staff.

22.  With Kobe Bryant, they play poor defense and are subject to his whim of one-on-one basketball.

23.  Poor defense by right fielder Frank Catalanotto helped Houston score twice in the fourth on a single by Richard Hidalgo.

24.  Cirillo got into scoring position behind some poor defense when he tried to stretch a hit into a double.

25.  Dallas wasted a four-minute penalty on St. Louis captain Chris Pronger, then got behind with uncharacteristically poor defense.

26.  Erratic pitching and poor defense kept Pittsburgh from getting into the NL Central race throughout the year.

27.  Erratic pitching and poor defense kept Pittsburgh out of the NL Central race throughout the year.

28.  Sherwood scored off a cross from Stephen Clemence, taking advantage of poor defense by Liverpool.

29.  The Irish then took advantage of poor defense by the Panthers later in the half.

30.  The Mets again were hurt by poor defense, with left fielder Rickey Henderson and shortstop Rey Ordonez losing fly balls that fell for hits.