41.   And I took up golf, which is hitting a ball very hard against the wall.

42.   And in the fifth, Maddux hit a ball sharply off the leg of Castilla, the third baseman.

43.   And Perez started hitting the ball like he never had.

44.   And most of all, they hit the ball so damned HARD.

45.   And the guys at the bottom of the order really do a good job of hitting the ball in the gaps and getting runners in.

46.   And once Jeter hits the ball, the additional bat speed means he will hit the ball harder and longer.

47.   And unlike many other games, which require you to master the intricacies of entire worlds, Virtual Golf requires only that you hit a ball.

48.   And she hit the ball, real hard.

49.   And then I hit one ball on the barrel and I hit that one to right field for a hit.

50.   And they seem to respond to him, by hitting the ball hard.