41.   It hit me from left field.

42.   LaFrentz hit from the baseline.

43.   Jose Vizcaino provides versatility by playing three infield positions and hitting from both sides of the plate.

44.   Last year, he spit up blood after a goal-line hit from Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd.

45.   Like sitting still and getting hit from behind by a semi truck.

46.   Late in the period, Nurminen lost his helmet after a vicious but clean hit from Rich Pilon.

47.   Lefties, as long as they are rare, have the advantage of hitting from unexpected directions.

48.   Massed troops are far easier to hit from the air -- as Iraqi forces learned during the Gulf War -- than thinly deployed armies dispersed across the countryside.

49.   Matock suffered the injury after being hit from behind by Arizona State center Grey Ruegamer.

50.   Nickos, a racing-engine builder from Chicago Heights, Ill., got hit from behind by fate.