1.   A bench including Keith Lockhart, Gerald Williams and Ozzie Guillen is now stocked with tough outs.

2.   A tough out.

3.   Aaron was a tough out because he had a classic stroke and was rarely out of control.

4.   But the tough out in the lineup is the multiskilled Edgardo Alfonzo.

5.   Despite that apparent weakness, top-seeded Stanford continues to prove it will be a tough out.

6.   He was a tough out, and when he hit it hard, he would launch it.

7.   He was, as they say, a tough out, and he very nearly caused mass coronaries in Boston eight years ago.

8.   Joe Orsulak and Grebeck are both very tough outs.

9.   Lou Piniella was a very tough out.

10.   They were tough outs.