21.   In the process, Van Horn may have made some believers in the hometown crowd.

22.   It was indeed an ugly display of collective anger, even if some of the players were hard-pressed to fault the hometown crowd for their obnoxious and dangerous reaction.

23.   Mixed into that brew was the Stock-Peat feature bout, with Stock again delighting the hometown crowd with his near-mesmerizing flurry of lefts and rights.

24.   Most politicians, when they visit a state, like to brag about their connections to the hometown crowd.

25.   Neither did the hometown crowd.

26.   New York drunks took over in the late innings, bolting from the stands onto the field and giving the hometown crowd its only entertainment of the night.

27.   Pitcher Kenny Rogers is also guaranteed an appearance before the hometown crowd, Showalter said.

28.   Roy Jones Jr. did his civic dutyfor his hometown crowd here at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday night.

29.   She has become the most dependable of performers, and she did not falter before a small but hometown crowd at Joe Louis Arena.

30.   Seinfeld is clearly enjoying himself on this tour,and performing before his hometown crowd in New York City is especially rewarding.