71.   Even more significant, the hit on our pocketbooks is much gen tler than it was two decades ago.

72.   For Bonilla, who has struggled all year with wrist and Achilles injuries, it was his seventh hit on the homestand, including two homers and three RBI.

73.   Fiske was called for a late hit on a kickoff return in the first half.

74.   For the second straight game, the Astros could count their hits on one hand.

75.   For the third time this season Marchment was responsible for a controversial and devastating hit on a key Stars player.

76.   For years, Taubensee took direct hits on his defensive ability, hearing it so often it sunk into him as a rock-solid truth.

77.   Fresh out of the bush, Australian wine is a sudden hit on the world stage.

78.   Friday, a frustrated Tony Amonte made questionable hits on Paul Kariya and Pascal Trepanier and both times he had to answer to Selanne of all people.

79.   French banking stocks were among hardest hit on concerns they may take provisions against profit in the second half to cover foreign exchange losses from Asian trading.

80.   Glavine scattered seven hits on Saturday, allowing only two runs, striking out five and walking one.