41.   Instead, Batiste threw in the general direction of the right-field foul pole and two runs scored.

42.   Instead, Batiste threw in the general direction of the right-field foul pole, and two runs scored.

43.   It continued with Tino Martinez knocking a ball off the right field foul pole and Darryl Strawberry clubbing a ball into the center field bleachers.

44.   It was all set for Williams, who had crushed a mind-blowing homer off the top of the left-field foul pole in his previous at bat.

45.   It was also something that the catcher wrapped around the left-field foul pole.

46.   Ivan Rodriguez singled and Mike Simms bounced a line drive off the right-field foul pole, a three-run homer.

47.   Johnny Rosenstein inches closer to the foul pole.

48.   Lidle was making his first major-league start and Greer got the rout started by hitting his third pitch off the left-field foul pole for a home run.

49.   Lopez sliced it to right field, and the ball bounced off the foul pole and back onto the field.

50.   Meanwhile, at Bank One Ballpark, the yellow foul poles are in place and the ground is being prepared for installation of a drainage system for the grass.