1.   Robinson hammered the ball into the goal.

2.   The batter hammered the ball over the fence.

3.   An inning later, Loewer walked two batters in front of Olerud, who hammered the ball out to right.

4.   Canseco, his biceps twitching below his shirt sleeves, hammered the ball over the wall in left, a grand slam.

5.   He turned flips, hammered tennis balls into mush and smiled disarmingly all the while.

6.   Here is Moochie on the dribble, hammering the ball into the floor like a carpenter being paid by the nail.

7.   In batting practice, he hammered a ball halfway up the scoreboard in Camden Yards.

8.   Pochman hammers the ball through the end zone in practices and regularly dissects the uprights on his field goal attempts.

9.   Schilling pumped a fastball, and Spencer hammered a ball down the right-field line.

10.   The ball was hammered.