But," he added slowly, and with some satisfaction, "he's a mighty poor shot.

The tags were made by Steve Lake, the No. 2 catcher, who took two mighty shots in the collisions but made the tags anyway.

Suddenly, the ball came zooming out from under limbs, propelled by a mighty 6-iron shot.

He had given up 16 home runs, all on the road, but then Canseco whacked a mighty shot over the center-field fence in the first inning one out after Phillips began the game with a single.

"Sounds like a mighty long shot," McCoy said quietly.

And they praised the courage of Bard and his last mighty shot.

But he's a mighty poor shot.

"That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!"

Recalling Nicklaus's victory at the 1970 British Open at St. Andrews, Tom Jarrett, the course historian, says in a voice made for golf, "He took off his pullover, opened his shoulders and slammed a mighty shot onto the 18th hole."