101.  Mark Semioli, playing in L.A. for the first time since he was traded to the MetroStars, lofted a long ball to Shaun Bartlett.

102.  New York, with so many weapons, did not rely on the long ball.

103.  No Kingdome season has passed without several arguments about whether a long ball hit a fence, a rail or a fan before bounding back onto the field.

104.  Neither ever became comfortable throwing the long ball.

105.  Nothing like the long ball to wake up the bats.

106.  No one wanted to talk about those long balls, of course.

107.  OK, there were long balls and home run hitters before the Babe, just as there were slam-dunk artists before Julius Erving and rock singers before Elvis.

108.  On the soccer field, Medalen and her teammates use a much more direct approach, excelling at a physical, grinding style of long ball.

109.  Once again, it was de Boer, the Ajax libero and captain, who launched the long ball that Bergkamp ran down and put away.

110.  Only Aaron Sele has allowed as many long balls as Wasdin.