1.   And do the Red Sox feel a pressing need to add a pitcher to the rotation while taking another hit to the farm system?

2.   And his shot will likely feel like a direct hit to the heart for many Ducks fans.

3.   And the television industry has agreed to rate programs, from prime-time hits to raunchy talk shows, based on sexual or violent content.

4.   And there would be direct hits to government employment, just about the only area where unionization is growing.

5.   And through six innings last night, Pulsipher had allowed only an infield hit to Clayton in the second.

6.   And the Mariners used eight hits to score six runs in the seventh.

7.   Another hit to earnings, though probably not in the immediate future, involves the current accounting for stock options.

8.   Any calls for him to be banned for life are pretentious in a sport that allows him to legally kill Holyfield with a hit to the temple.

9.   Barry Larkin also doubled, his hit to left in the sixth.

10.   Bob Wells, who gave up the hit to Nixon, retired Jose Offerman on a liner to second with the infield drawn in, before Trombley was summoned.