101.   They should be better than the Indians, whose best hitters are either slumping or injured, and whose best pitchers are suffering from tired arms.

102.   This particular heavy hitter is no candidate for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but someone should consider making space for him in the theatrical version.

103.   Tiger slugger Cecil Fielder says the battle between the pitcher and hitter is as old as baseball.

104.   Those were the days when home run hitters were the attraction.

105.   Today, ballparks are smaller than before, hitters are stronger, the strike zone is smaller and some say that balls are wound more tightly.

106.   True, Sweet Lou was a hitter, will always be a hitter.

107.   Unless there is a reason not to do so, a pinch-hitter should be in the on-deck circle while the preceding hitter is at bat.

108.   Trying to explain his status as a target, Pettitte said he thinks hitters are conscious of his pitching inside to them and they protect against those pitches.

109.   We expected their hitters to be good, and they have been.

110.   When the great home-run hitters are up, any stadium is always silent in anticipation.