51.   Mark McGwire hit a monster drive to left in the fifth that went over the foul pole.

52.   Nobody checked on Oliver before Williams smashed a two-run homer off the screen attached to the left-field foul pole.

53.   On Friday night, he did likewise, and also hooked a near home run inside the foul pole before striking out with the bases loaded in the ninth.

54.   Placed near the foul poles, they are equipped with sensors that follow the path of the ball from the time it is hit.

55.   Replays were inconclusive, though the ball appeared to hit the foul pole after deflecting off a back wall.

56.   Sadler walked to bring up Alexander, whose home run settled in the net, just inside the foul pole.

57.   Shane Spencer smacked a ball just inside the left field foul pole in the fourth, his eighth home run.

58.   Slow-motion television replays seemed to show that the umpires made the right call because the white ball passed to the right of the yellow foul pole.

59.   The ball entered the left-field seats in the vicinity of the foul pole.

60.   The ball doinks off the outfield foul pole, a pillar shaped and painted like a pencil that doubles as advertising for Office Depot.