71.   Schuerholz smiled Tuesday in the Braves clubhouse after he and manager Bobby Cox formally introduced Pendleton as the hitting coach while Cathy and Trinity looked on.

72.   St. Louis also named Dave Parker as hitting and bench coach, replacing hitting coach George Hendrick.

73.   That was a ballclub that loved to take extra hitting and loved to spend time with the hitting coach.

74.   The Braves hope new hitting coach Don Baylor will improve those numbers.

75.   The Brewers had just fired Lamar Johnson as their hitting coach, and Garner wanted to know whether Lefebvre was interested in the job.

76.   The Chicago White Sox today fired hitting coach Walt Hriniak, who had been with the team for the last seven seasons.

77.   The ending of the streak will not be the beginning of a tailspin, predicted Diamondbacks hitting coach Jim Presley.

78.   The Dodgers need to name a hitting coach and pitching coach.

79.   The hitting coach Gary Denbo was struck by a baseball on the bridge of his nose as he threw batting practice indoors Saturday.

80.   The hitting coach Tim McCraw wants Butch Huskey to watch film of the Braves slugger Fred McGriff.