71.  For diehard spectators, the best observation points are claimed hours before the first player tees off.

72.  First player to get through catching nine innings in a night game and then head directly to the weight room.

73.  For good measure, Belichick also hired Pepper Johnson as his first player.

74.  Forward Brian McBride was the first player selected in the draft, joining the Columbus Crew.

75.  Forget that I was the first black player.

76.  Franco was the first player the Mets promoted.

77.  Freshman guard Desmon Farmer, who complained Wednesday about his lack of playing time, was the first player off the bench and played five minutes in the half.

78.  Gullickson was the first player in the history of Japanese ball to be granted a three-day paternity leave to be with his wife while she gave birth.

79.  Hardy, a linebacker from Illinois, will be the first defensive player taken, and he will not escape the top five.

80.  Going in with Sutton was Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League.