51.   This was Ted Williams coming back from World War II and still being the best hitter in baseball.

52.   Today the best hitters in baseball rarely hit the ball with such consistency in a single season, much less as a career average.

53.   To hear the best pitcher in baseball talk about the best hitter, however, is to get a different pitch.

54.   Tony Gwynn has probably been the best hitter in the game.

55.   Users can vote off Major League Baseball players each week with the goal of finding the best overall hitter in baseball by the All-Star break.

56.   Using a fill-in starting pitcher and playing without their best hitter, they survived a messy game in the opener of a doubleheader against Colorado at Shea Stadium.

57.   Williams is considered the best hitter out there, a Lawyer Milloy type.

58.   Worst body in the game, best hitter since Rod Carew.

59.   Without their best hitter, the Mets received a boost from Jay Payton, whose only hit this season had been an opening-day home run.

60.   Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the best hitter in Japanese baseball, signed with the Seattle Mariners last month.