21.   His hitting against left-handed pitchers was a hole.

22.   Hitting against the soft serves of Lane, Schroeder took a mighty swing and hit a long foul ball.

23.   Hitting against Anthony Telford, Franco hammered a line drive to left-center, a ball that appeared headed for the gap.

24.   Hitting against Don Pall, a journeyman relief pitcher, in the ninth inning, McGwire did precisely that.

25.   His head cracked open like an egg hit against a skillet.

26.   His slider embarrasses batters trying to hit against him when he has the pitch working.

27.   I got hit against the Germans the other night.

28.   If a manager wants a left-handed hitter, say, to learn to hit against left-handed pitchers, he can keep playing him against those pitchers.

29.   If the driving range is too much trouble, get one of those hollow plastic golf balls and hit it against the garage door for five minutes a day.

30.   Instead La Russa was left with Ozzie Smith hitting against Smoltz with two down, Smith grounding to short.