31.   As a cultural phenomenon, the nostalgia pitch is self-evidently fascinating.

32.   At the same time, he added, any home-run pitch is a mistake.

33.   At the top of that list, Merrill said, is calling a strike if a pitch is above the belly button.

34.   Believe me, both pitches were low and outside.

35.   Bonds felt the pitch was too inside to be a strike and he mentioned this to plate umpire Charlie Williams.

36.   Both pitches were what he wanted, where he wanted, the kind a reliever visualizes as he makes the trek in from the bullpen.

37.   Both pitches were up in the strike zone, exactly where the Yankee scouting report said not to throw the ball.

38.   A company that has done business with a consumer in the past can call that person for follow-up sales under the pretext that the pitch is welcome.

39.   A brief pitch may be all the time they have initially, until a client is convinced of the need for their services.

40.   A new pitch was another factor.