21.   The shot came within inches of clearing the fence in left-center for a game-tying two-run homer.

22.   There is a subtle yet important difference between a fastball that slices the black and a fastball that clears the fence.

23.   The way to exact revenge on a pitcher who knocks a batter off the plate is to get a hit, preferably one that clears the fences.

24.   They had spent most of the night with their heads whipping around to watch home runs clear the fences.

25.   They all cleared the fence.

26.   They passed the place in left-center where his home run had cleared the fence.

27.   This time, Piazza barely cleared the fence in left-center beyond the reach of Devon White with the bases loaded.

28.   This time, Piazza just cleared the fence in left-center as the ball glanced off the glove of Devon White with the bases loaded.

29.   This time when the ball cleared the fence, McGwire was even with Roger Maris and only one swing away from eclipsing him, too.

30.   Until Clayton cleared the fence in the seventh, the Giants had managed but two balls out of the infield, both flyouts to center.