Torre does not feel the Yankees have sputtered because some players are distracted by the possibility of a strike.

Actually, players are not distracted by such events.

This year has been very difficult in that it has been a situation where our players have been distracted.

His players are disturbed and distracted.

Other coaches waited until they arrived on the scene, thus risking that their players would become distracted and not be able to concentrate on work.

Mayor Brown later apologized when he learned that the player was distracted because his son had just undergone surgery for spina bifida.

And if the players were distracted, no one could blame them.

To the extent that there is a lot of bickering going on, fans begin to think the players are distracted.

"Did you sense that the players were distracted?"

But the players should not be too distracted by the results of other games; the scoreboard will mean nothing to the team that loses.