31.   Does this sound like a mainstream hit to you?

32.   During that same shift, Bourque delivered three punishing hits to Koivu, knocking him to the ice.

33.   Enos Slaughter was at first base with two out when Harry Walker stroked a hit to left-center field.

34.   Garces surrendered hard hits to the first four batters he faced.

35.   Galley delivered a clean hit to Tocchet along the right boards in the Buffalo zone just after Tocchet served a penalty.

36.   Glavine shut down the Florida attack for seven innings, allowing just a pair of hits to Marlins second baseman Kurt Abbott.

37.   Graft permeates the country, from street crime to mafia hits to illegal book deals in Kremlin corridors to rigged bids for stakes of privatized companies.

38.   He allowed infield hits to Eric Young and Hubbard.

39.   He cracked a game-winning hit to center.

40.   He carried his crusade against late hits all the way to the Sugar Bowl, even making a video tape for the media.