1.   I could see his fingers working signals behind the mitt so intensely the batter had to have seen too.

2.   As the game is played now, the left-handed batter has a big advantage, since he is a yard closer to first base.

3.   Batters also have more success against him later in games.

4.   Batters have to run the bases.

5.   A batter also has to know just where the ball is heading and the exact moment to unleash his swing.

6.   But batters are having little trouble hitting him.

7.   Clemens is the best teammate a baseball player could ever want and the worst nightmare an opposing batter could ever have.

8.   Few batters have since Johnson arrived from Seattle.

9.   Given the way the bullpen has performed this season, it seemed the batters might have a chance to get back in it.

10.   He knows what pitches the batters have trouble with.