71.   He still has a nasty-looking blister about the size of a dime on his right thumb and a smaller blister near the top of his right forefinger.

72.   He then dropped the brim of his cowboy hat and raised his right thumb and forefinger to his eyes to catch the tears.

73.   He took early batting practice and his bruised right thumb felt good enough to return to the lineup.

74.   He used it to hold his injured right thumb together in practice.

75.   He was talking into his extended right pinky and listening to his extended right thumb.

76.   His right thumb had been hit and was stinging.

77.   Hodge fractured his right thumb early in training camp and has been on the injured list since then.

78.   Hubbard, the center fielder, escaped with a bruised right thumb and a contusion on the right side of his forehead.

79.   His right thumb is still tender.

80.   His right thumb paused above the starter button on his stopwatch.