21.   Both hits were singles.

22.   Both hits were close to being stopped in the infield.

23.   Both hits were to right-center field, the area where Boone likes to see the right-handed Hiatt stroke the ball occasionally.

24.   Brain-jarring, bone-rattling hits are what many fans come to see.

25.   A big hit was the extraordinarly sour, egg-shaped bubble gum, probably because it was a refreshing change from all the sweetness.

26.   A big hit was a float built by the village of Kalakan, on the Shomali Plain north of Kabul.

27.   A blatant second late hit was in the works as Young lay on the ground, immobilized and empty-handed.

28.   A hit is a chunk of data sent from the Netscape Web site to some visiting computer.

29.   A hit is a hit regardless of how hard you hit it.

30.   After the second inning, the only hit he allowed was a two-out double by Matt Lawton in the fifth.