1.   Although speaking before a hometown crowd, Clinton never reached the emotional highs that often mark his speeches on race.

2.   And then there was the chant from the hometown crowd when the Blueshirts recently were getting poleaxed by the Penguins.

3.   Bush also played to the hometown crowd by saying he supported oil and natural gas exploration off the coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

4.   But here before the hometown crowd, a sentiment that could seem softhearted on the radio seemed to carry authentic feeling.

5.   But the former Anaheim Western High School star had enough to win in front of a hometown crowd that he said provided his biggest motivation.

6.   But to do this well in front of his hometown crowd, it was worth it.

7.   By the end of the first period, the hometown crowd was booing.

8.   Despite its being based in Chicago for four years, Stabbing Westward enjoyed little support among the hometown crowd until recently.

9.   Editors love to localize the big story, give it a spin that resonates with the hometown crowd.

10.   Especially since he ended it with a home run, before a hometown crowd, and before his family.