11.   Nineteen games into this season, Olerud is looking more like a batting champion than someone fighting for a job.

12.   Pendleton, a former National League Most Valuable Player and batting champion, is more than just a hitting coach.

13.   Rod Carew, the Hall of Fame baseball player and seven-time batting champion, looked anxiously at his daughter, Michelle, lying motionless.

14.   Suddenly, the Mariners and their two-time batting champion, Martinez, would be in the NL.

15.   The American League Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award winner, and batting champion, all under the same dugout roof.

16.   The eight-time batting champion underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last week and is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks.

17.   The five-time batting champion said he believes he has a vision problem and will visit an eye doctor in New York on Thursday.

18.   The seven-time Japanese batting champion is being asked to help Seattle forget A-Rod.

19.   The Texas Rangers outfield prospect became the seventh batting champion from the Arizona Fall League.

20.   Then Ken Caminiti singled up the middle after Maddux had intentionally walked eight-time batting champion Tony Gwynn to score Finley.