21.   High-ball hitters had a particularly difficult time, holding their breath after they hit, and looking skyward, hoping for mercy.

22.   However improved the pitching is, the hitters have to be more productive.

23.   Home-run hitters always have a higher sense of theater, a larger self-esteem, than singles hitters.

24.   I think righthanded hitters actually have a better chance against him, because sometimes it cuts over the plate.

25.   If the home plate umpire says the guy swung on a check swing, the hitter has no appeal.

26.   In taking on Microsoft, the department is squaring up to the teams of highly paid lawyers that any corporate big hitter has at its disposal.

27.   Martinez laughed as he remembered finding out Astacio would be pitching at Coors Field, where a hitters have a decided advantage in the mile-high altitude.

28.   Nick Price suggested that the power hitters have half a stroke advantage per round.

29.   Not only do you have to have a bona fide home run hitter, but that bona fide home run hitter has to stay healthy all year.

30.   No Braves pinch- hitter has a hit in the postseason.