1.   Few masters of statistics can hit the curve.

2.   He struggled to learn the strike zone and to learn how to hit a curve.

3.   I could diagram sentences better than I could hit a curve, and I went undefeated in spelling bees for three years running.

4.   If Jordan thought hitting a curve was tough . . .

5.   That curve was hit sharply by Kerry Robinson leading off the inning, but second baseman Adam Kennedy made a nice play for the first out.