With two strikes, Lee slapped a hard smash that the diving first baseman, Mark McGwire, could not handle.

He was cut off by a sudden very hard smash.

He gave that spot a few hard smashes, and the cement began to crumble.

One hard smash with that loaded fist would break a man's jaw.

Leading off the fourth, O'Neill had rifled a hard smash to Edgardo Alfonzo's right at third base.

Such a sound could be imaginary, the result of a hard smash on the head, but in this case it was very real.

He launched a hard smash into Tiger Stadium's right field upper deck, effectively clinching the game and the series.

He shot a hard smash to Acton's chest that sent the man staggering.

If the netshot is tight and tumbling, then the opponent's lift will not reach the back of the court, which makes the subsequent smash much harder to return.

In the ninth inning, with the potential lead run on third, he handled a hard smash by Houston first baseman Jeff Bagwell.