1.   Anaheim looked like it might shake a season-long hitting slump in the first inning when Darin Erstad singled sharply to center field with one out.

2.   Anaheim looked like it might quickly shake a season-long hitting slump in the first when Darin Erstad singled sharply to center field with one out.

3.   Biomechanics specialist Webb Smith says coaches use the information to look for small changes that may be causing a hitting slump or a golfer to hook.

4.   Bernie Williams, who silently mulls his hitting slumps as if he were trying to solve a challenging math equation, has apparently found the answers.

5.   After the three-day All-Star Game break, Brett Butler burst out of a hitting slump.

6.   Chad Fonville emerged as his leadoff man of choice soon after Russell took over for Tom Lasorda, but Fonville fell out of favor with an extended hitting slump.

7.   During this period he is in a hitting slump.

8.   This is a profound hitting slump.

9.   When Harkrider endured a recent hitting slump, the veteran coach said he never intended to bench his shortstop.

10.   Bogar was benched because of a hitting slump.