51.   Oakland will be without its cleanup hitter Jermaine Dye, who fouled a ball off his left leg in the third inning and fractured his tibia.

52.   Nowadays, a doctor is as valuable to a club as a cleanup hitter or dominant pitcher.

53.   Of the others, one was by Rockies cleanup hitter Dante Bichette, against a pitchout.

54.   Only two runners were on base for Piazza, the cleanup hitter, because the rookie catcher Michael Barrett had thrown out Rickey Henderson on an attempted steal.

55.   Plantier has been penciled in as cleanup hitter by manager Terry Collins.

56.   Sean Berry was believable as a cleanup hitter, but Bill Spiers left some, himself included, scratching their heads.

57.   Signing Jordan provided a new cleanup hitter.

58.   So a week ago Johnson inserted White as the cleanup hitter, giving the Dodgers a lefty bat among the righties.

59.   So much so that after the game Dodgers cleanup hitter Eric Karros arrived at his locker to find overhead photographs of the two pitches he took for strike three.

60.   Somehow a team looks more beatable when its cleanup hitter walks to the plate with Band-Aids over both earlobes.