21.   Alomar said two bad pitches were fatal.

22.   And he said the pitch Palmeiro hit was the only bad one he threw all night.

23.   And sure enough, both strike-three pitches were fastballs.

24.   And the pitch is low-key and leavened with entertainment.

25.   And the sales pitch is blunt.

26.   And sure enough he did, but then Williams got up, dusted himself off and, bang, the next pitch was in the upper deck.

27.   And the last pitch was that much outside.

28.   And while the personal connection might be faint, the pitch is often baldly direct.

29.   Andruw Jones knew the pitch was outside.

30.   As a result, the pitch was as flat as a pancake and batters were digging in hungrily.