11.   Common sense dictates that the Mariners modify their approach and compensate for the increase of changeups and breaking pitches.

12.   Cone surprised the White Sox by throwing several split-finger pitches as he used a looser grip and used it as a breaking pitch.

13.   Davey Johnson even joked about how Baltimore reliever Jesse Orosco had hit Mark Whiten with a breaking pitch in two consecutive games.

14.   Dunston was conciliatory afterward and a little embarrassed when he learned that the pitch was a breaking pitch.

15.   Dotel had no control of his breaking pitches, so the Cubs waited for his fastball.

16.   During that session, he is expected to mix in some breaking pitches.

17.   Gordon struck out cleanup hitter Tim Salmon on a terrific breaking pitch but came out after walking Hollins, his third free pass of the night.

18.   Gooden threw some high breaking pitches and did not have a stellar fastball.

19.   He began reworking his breaking pitches, sometimes without a lot of public notice.

20.   He has become more like Stottlemyre this season by learning to set up his fastball with breaking pitches, and both have good fastballs.