An A-10 Thunderbolt II | A-10C Thunderbolt II, piloted by the 40th Flight Test Squadron, flies over what's left of a target that was successfully hit by a Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition drop on the Eglin range.

The production became a hit and spawned a 1974 film with Lucille Ball in the title role and Arthur reprising her supporting role, as well as a London production, a Broadway revival, and a 40th anniversary revival at the Kennedy Center in 2006.

The song was Elvis's 40th and last Top Ten hit on the US charts.

It was not a ratings hit ( ranking 40th in Season 1 and 46th in Season 2 ), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired.

Jones would hit his 40th home run of the season on August 23 in a loss against the Cubs.

On September 26, in a game against the New York Mets, Jones hit his 40th home run of the season.

During a game against the New York Yankees on September 5, Bautista hit his 40th home run of the season, a solo homer off reliever Rafael Soriano.

* On September 16, 2006, Alfonso Soriano became the fourth player to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in a season when he stole his 40th base in the first inning of a game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Soriano followed that feat on September 22 by hitting his 40th double, becoming the first member of the " 40 – 40 Club " to also hit 40 doubles in the same season.

* Hiromitsu Kadota hit 44 home runs at age 40, amassing 133 total homers after his 40th birthday.

Bobby Lowe of Boston was the first to hit four at home and Gil Hodges turned the trick in Brooklyn's Ebbetts Field.

In four of his nine previous seasons Mays hit as many as 25 home runs and stole as many as 25 bases.

His best years were 1954 when he hit with 41 homers and '55 when he belted 51 home runs, drove in 127 and stole 24 bases.

This, of course, is baseball's most remarkable mark: The 60 home runs hit in 1927 by the incorrigible epicure, the incredible athlete, George Herman ( Babe ) Ruth of the Yankees.

In the final month of the 1927 season, he hit seventeen home runs, a closing spurt never matched.

Extend Mantle's and Maris's present paces over the full 1961 schedule of 162 games, and, mathematically, each will hit more than 60 home runs.

Each enjoys seeing the other hit home runs ( `` I hope Roger hits 80 '', Mantle says ), and each enjoys even more seeing himself hit home runs ( `` and I hope I hit 81 '' ).

* 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

Intentional walks are a strategic defensive maneuver, usually done to bypass one hitter for one the defensive team believes is less likely to initiate a run-scoring play ( e. g., a home run, sacrifice fly, or RBI base hit ), or to set up a double play or force out situation for the next batter.

A home run is also scored as a hit.

Successful teams often combine both styles, with a speedy runner or two complementing hitters with power, such as the 2005 White Sox, who despite playing " small ball ", still hit 200 home runs that season.

As noted earlier one of those factors is anabolic steroids which have the capability of increasing muscle mass, which enables hitters to not only hit " mistake " pitches farther, but it also enables hitters to adjust to " good " pitches such as a well-placed fastball, slider, changeup, or curveball, and hit them for home runs.

Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season ( 1927 ), a mark first eclipsed by Roger Maris in 1961 with 61.

As a sidelight to his prominent role in changing the game to the power game, the frequency and popularity of Ruth's home runs eventually led to a rule change pertaining to those hit in sudden-death mode ( bottom of the ninth or later inning ).

The 1923 bat which he used to hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923.

The only home run ball ever hit completely out of Memorial Stadium was slugged by Robinson on Mother's Day in 1966, off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant.

Although Williams would hit 63 home runs in two seasons with Atlanta, he would only hit 36 homers in two seasons with the Orioles.

It's at the far end of the county and the last time I came here was for a hit and run manslaughter -- about seven months ago.

The Rockies won, 9 – 2, with Andy Benes on the mound for the Diamondbacks, and Travis Lee being the first player to hit, score, homer and drive in a run.

If the batter gets a base hit, which would have scored the runner anyway, the run now becomes earned.

Noticing that the intentional ball came in too close to the plate, Cabrera swung at the ball, resulting in a base hit, and a run scored for Florida.

* In The Simpsons episode " Homer at the Bat ", Homer Simpson is hit in the head by a pitch while playing for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team, rendering him unconscious, but forcing in the winning run.

However, some of the more successful American League teams of recent memory, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have experienced their success in part as a result of playing " small ball ," advancing runners through means such as the stolen base and the related hit and run play.

Minutes after the final line of the Orioles win was shown, Evan Longoria hit a walk off home run, to complete their playoffs comeback and win the wild card birth.

When Bonds hit his 755th home run, Selig refused to applaud Bonds ' accomplishment, instead choosing to keep his hands in his pockets and have a look of disdain on his face.

Bud Selig also did not attend the San Francisco Giants ' baseball game on August 7 when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run ; after the event, Selig released a statement congratulating Bonds.

In the fourth inning, Jim Bagby hit the first Series home run by a pitcher.

Robinson served as player-manager and would provide a franchise highlight when he hit a pinch hit home run on Opening Day.

That run died when Preston Wilson hit a three run walk off homer off of closer Tom " Flash " Gordon, which halted the team's momentum.

One of the most memorable plays in the game, and in team history, occurred in the bottom of the first inning when 2nd baseman, Eric Young of the Rockies hit a leadoff home run.

A Colorado home run was called back early in the game despite the fact that it clearly cleared the fence, hit a chair, and bounced back onto the field.

In the bottom of the 11th, Chris Iannetta pinch hit with the winning run on first.

Seldom used and having batted only 12 times in the month, Iannetta hit a 3 – 2 pitch from David Weathers deep to right field for a walk-off 2-run home run, propelling Colorado to a 7 – 5 win.

Rockies Chris Iannetta and Seth Smith each hit 3-run home runs off of closer Ryan Franklin, with Smith's homer being a walk-off home run.

As " Ashes to Ashes " hit number one on the UK charts, Bowie opened a three-month run on Broadway on 24 September, starring in The Elephant Man.