Go Figure

$1,000
Fine imposed by Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon on any player whose cell phone rings in the clubhouse.

220
XFL players, of the 400 in the league, who opted out of their two-year contracts, freeing them to sign with other leagues.

$195,000
Amount English soccer power Manchester United agreed to pay the club Preston North End for the rights to 12-year-old prodigy Daniel Rowe.

6
Balls hit by Barry Bonds into the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh's PNC Park during batting practice on May 1; no shots have yet hit the water on the fly during a game.

45th
Round in which the White Sox took A's starting second baseman Frank Menechino in the 1993 draft, two rounds after then Chicago general manager Ron Schueler had selected his daughter Carey.