11.   Once, when Williams merely was the greatest high school pitcher ever to play in the Houston area, an opposing batter tipped a Williams fastball into herself.

12.   Rusie was as tough on management as he was on opposing batters.

13.   So let a listener or a reader or, even more important, let an opposing batter finish the sentence.

14.   The combination of Bohanon and Johnson would at least switch up opposing batters a couple times every five days.

15.   They often ignored his fastball and his changeup, pitches Hernandez likes to throw outside the strike zone in the hope opposing batters will hack at them.

16.   They were angry at an umpire over his strike zone ... so they plunked an opposing batter with a pitch.

17.   Until then, he stays in the clubhouse and watches the game on television, especially how the opposing batters are reacting to pitches.

18.   What they do make is hell for opposing batters.

19.   Will he be able to resume his role on the Kingdome pitching mound next season, intimidating opposing batters?

20.   But Pedro Martinez said nothing will ever stop a pitcher from hitting an opposing batter once a teammate gets hit.