1.   As a hitter, Williams played with an abiding disdain for anyone standing on the pitchers mound.

2.   A bald eagle was being held on the pitchers mound, center.

3.   Afterwards, the Yankees celebrated, hugging and crying at the pitchers mound.

4.   Especially when the Rockies trot to the mound a pitcher who is making his major-league debut.

5.   He alternately overpowered the Padres with fastballs and tricked them with changeups and curveballs, as the shadow between the pitchers mound and home plate grew.

6.   His players were already in a pile six feet high near the pitchers mound when Batesole began his trot toward them.

7.   Rather than catch the ball, Batiste wrestled with it out behind the pitchers mound, and Hollandsworth easily scored.