41.   As they say, play ball!

42.   At Nebraska, you can drag a woman down several flights of stairs, cut and bruise her head against mailbox metal and play ball in six weeks.

43.   At Newton North, Jim piched for Dick Perkins, who recommended he play college ball in Florida.

44.   At the very least, they were willing to play ball with a broker who used all the classic penny stock come-ons.

45.   Basketball scholarships to high schools as well as colleges guarantee neither an education nor even a chance to stay and play ball.

46.   Barring court intervention Lewis, whom some believed would carry the heavyweight division, must stand in line, or play ball with King.

47.   Before Northwestern, Byrdsong was an assistant coach at Arizona, Eastern Illinois, Western Michigan and Iowa State, where he played college ball.

48.   Benson kept playing ball, did pushups, sit-ups, watched basketball on television, mentally kicking himself in the butt for the life he had wasted.

49.   Berra said he sees himself as a guy who wanted to play ball.

50.   Better yet, they had played ball and played it so well that they were the only undefeated team remaining in the tournament.