71.   What about the new balls that give everyone more distance?

72.   Wheaton is coming off a first-round loss at the Queens tourney in London, where players first caught a peek at the new balls.

73.   Wilpon is, after all, a builder, who is quietly about a generation ahead of George Steinbrenner with concrete plans for a new ball park.

74.   Yet he agrees with Huizenga that the franchise is in trouble and warns he will have no interest in buying the club unless there is a new ball park.

75.   Openers Michael Atherton and Alec Stewart withstood a hostile West Indies new ball attack to preserve their wickets.

76.   Openers, captain Michael Atherton and Alec Stewart, withstood a hostile West Indies new ball attack to preserve their wickets.

77.   Pepper is using the new Titleist ball, and says it has given her an extra club length in distance.

78.   Pollock shot through the New Zealand innings after his new ball partner Steve Elworthy had struck twice on the first evening after a spirited fight back.

79.   A light-hearted drive outside the off-stump against the second new ball had him presenting Inzamam-ul Haq at first slip with an easy catch.

80.   After considerable deliberation, the Australian selectors decided on hometown hero Kasprowicz to share the new ball with either Glenn McGrath or Paul Reiffel.