11.   Leyland is referring to the type of contagious transmission of aggressiveness that can occur when a starting pitcher takes command of a game.

12.   Pitchers take too much time between pitches.

13.   Pitchers took notice.

14.   Rangers pitchers have been taking batting practice for about month.

15.   Rangers pitchers took batting practice for the first time this season in preparation of the start of interleague play next month, and six of them hit home runs.

16.   Several pitchers could have taken the blame.

17.   So manager Mike Scioscia has recently begun having his pitchers take batting practice.

18.   The cool pitcher takes his hands out of his pockets, walks to a wooden locker stall, and knocks on it.

19.   The pitcher took a no-hitter into the sixth and lost it when Gary Matthews connected on a changeup and turned it into a single.

20.   The pitchers take a lot of pride in their hitting.