11.   Braves hitters were patient and swung only at good pitches.

12.   A left-handed home-run hitter would be nice, but the team has right-handed power at the usual power positions already, so the improvement would be marginal.

13.   But an April run such as the Mariner hitters have been on makes for great resolve on the mound.

14.   But I think a good hitter then would be a good hitter now and a good hitter now would be a good hitter then.

15.   But major-league hitters are adaptable.

16.   But pure hitters are born, and I can still hit.

17.   But our young hitters are facing veteran pitching, some for the first time, and it makes a difference.

18.   But major league hitters are adaptable.

19.   But when you do that you start developing a pattern, and hitters are smart enough to know that a fastball is coming.

20.   But Zimmerman soon found out that hitters were willing to take pitches, because they realized the slider was eventually coming.