He is as responsible as anyone for his team's first-place standing in the Adams Division.

The record is especially sweet for Poupon, because he was stripped of his first-place standing in 1984 on a technicality.

The third was this year, when the Mariners made the playoffs as the wild-card team after losing their first-place standing on the final weekend of the season.

Hakkinen, with 54 points, is now 2 points behind the first-place Irvine in the championship standing.

The Knicks, whose pride lately had been tied to their first-place standing in the Atlantic Division - no matter their record - are barely holding on to that distinction.

For weeks, the Knicks clung to their first-place standing in the woefully weak Atlantic Division, but that dubious honor disappeared Wednesday.

Soon after, Canada was icing the puck and putting its penalty-killers on the ice to protect its first-place standing.

Because of her first-place standing in her class, Moll Enor had also been able to choose to come to the Trifid ring nebula.

It was an essential victory for the Yankees, and not only because it restored their first-place standing in the American League East.

Despite their 71-47 record and first-place standing in the American League East, the Yankees have been unable to consistently beat the teams they may face in the playoffs.