21.   A pitcher can get the sign from a catcher, but the pitcher has the final say on what he throws.

22.   According to Stats Inc., no other starting pitcher had a perfect record.

23.   After returning to Florida, the pitcher had to be taken to the emergency room Saturday night because of chest pains and breathing problems.

24.   All pitchers have their memories and bruises, although Pettitte said he had never been whacked so hard.

25.   AL pitchers have to contend with smaller parks and a larger corps of legitimate home run hitters.

26.   All pitchers have their wobbliness.

27.   Breaking it down, those pitchers have had good plans against the big guys.

28.   But if the change is put into effect, pitchers will have more reason to be aggressive over the plate.

29.   But Seattle manager Lou Piniella is a great believer in the percentages, which say a right-handed pitcher has the best chance to get a right-handed hitter out.

30.   But the zone has shrunk over the years, reaching the point where pitchers have had to keep their deliveries below the belt to have them called strikes.