1.   Although it was said to be a sellout, there were empty seats near both foul poles in the upper deck.

2.   And away it went, heading down the left-field line toward the foul pole.

3.   An inning later, Jose Canseco might have had more footage than Sorrento, except this missile rattled the top of the left-field foul pole.

4.   Balls that hit the foul pole miss the foul pole.

5.   Barry Bonds hit an opposite-field ground-rule double off the foul pole in left.

6.   Because what we have between home plate and two foul poles is a police state.

7.   Bernie Williams then pulled a long drive down the right-field line, past the foul pole.

8.   After the game, scores of fans seated in the foul pole area swore it should have been a game-winning grand slam.

9.   But in the fourth, longtime nemesis Charlie Hayes put the Giants on the scoreboard with a two-run homer off the left-field foul pole.

10.   But it was Kent who provided the big blow with a two-run homer just inside the left-field foul pole.