Go Figure

28
Batters struck out by Riverview ( Fla.) High junior Beth DiPietro in a 1-0, 1l-inning softball win over Gaither High, a single-game U.S. high school record.

20
Length, in minutes, of a Condensed Games video package, which purports to edit a major league game down to its essential elements; the service will be produced this season by RealNetworks and will be available on MLB.com.

20
Seconds that Major League Baseball has ordered to be shaved off the 30-second music segments that blared before each at bat last season.

5
Minutes that last Friday night's Rockets-Warriors game in Houston was delayed while a little brown bat buzzed around the players on the court; a similar bat had swooped down from the rafters during a Spurs-Warriors game in San Antonio earlier in the week.