51.   In a bleak year for the Phillies, that leaves the hometown crowd with the bare minimum of one person to root for, reliever Ricky Bottalico.

52.   In Barcelona, Popescu gave the hometown crowd its bit of excitement just seven minutes in to the game, scoring on a header.

53.   In addition to the hometown crowd, the game drew fans from other cities, who wanted to watch Baltimore celebrate.

54.   In Barcelona, Popescu gave the hometown crowd its bit of excitement just seven minutes in to the game.

55.   It was a mauling contest with both men guilty of holding, but Thornberry landed the cleaner blows as he was cheered on by an enthusiastic hometown crowd.

56.   Kornienko had a hometown crowd behind him but it was not enough to offset the commanding play of the top-seeded Safin in the second set.

57.   Mary Slaney, making yet another comeback, faded to fifth in front of her hometown crowd.

58.   Mats Wilander delighted his new hometown crowd Friday, upsetting Marc Rosset in the quarterfinals of the Volvo International.

59.   On Wednesday, Kosir fulfilled a dream by winning in front of his hometown crowd in a slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

60.   Sir Paul McCartney, making his debut as a published poet, drew an excited hometown crowd at a book signing Wednesday.