John Valentin will probably get a spot, because he is the only right-handed hitter off the bench.

Crosby is the only left-handed hitter among the candidates, and Glanville has by far the most major league experience.

Palmeiro, who has 566 career homers, will be the only exclusively left-handed hitter among the four.

Some nights, he's the only hitter on the team.

Walker is far from the only left-handed hitter to sit out against the nasty Johnson.

Ripken is the only hitter with even a remote chance of driving in 100 runs.

To date, he is the only designated hitter ever to have won a batting title, winning it in 1995 with a .356 average.

Howard and David Ortiz were the only hitters to hit 50 or more home runs that season.

Zeile is among the only proven hitters left on the club.

Bonds is the only hitter I've seen in my 40 years of watching baseball who electrifies the entire stadium just by standing at home plate.