41.   Clemens required all the run support he could get, on a night when the physical action of throwing strikes appeared foreign to him.

42.   Clemens had to throw a strike.

43.   Clemens had been conquered by his own adrenaline repeatedly this year, mostly in the early innings, when he would struggle to throw strikes.

44.   Cone pitched the way a pitcher should work with a large lead by throwing strikes and not trying to be too perfect.

45.   Doug Strange pinch-hit for Dan Wilson and Cone threw a strike before firing three straight balls.

46.   During his magnificent run, Wakefield consistently threw strikes.

47.   DiMaggio worked fast and threw a strike.

48.   Earlier, Steve Young had thrown scoring strikes to Brent Jones and John Taylor.

49.   Even more than Orlando Hernandez or Andy Pettitte, Mendoza consistently throws strikes.

50.   For a natural left-hander, learning to throw strikes right-handed is about as simple as shooting a basketball in a strait jacket.