21.   John, his pitching arm, his good heart and good works and all.

22.   Last season, injuries unrelated to his pitching arm actually helped Reed pitch better down the stretch, because he was rested.

23.   Ludwick and Chuck Finley of Anaheim were hit on their pitching arms last Saturday.

24.   Mike Piazza has a badly bruised left knee bone, Orlando Hernandez has a badly inflamed right pitching arm.

25.   New York is winning without David Cone, whose aneurysm in his pitching arm will keep him out at least a few more months.

26.   One young man, two pitching arms.

27.   Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi prepared Wednesday for a meeting with President Clinton, working on his economic policy and on his pitching arm.

28.   She was thrown from the car, badly damaging the elbow on her pitching arm and requiring surgery and nine months of daily physical therapy.

29.   The creative force that drives writing may still burn, but the energy to promote a book fades like the pitching arm of a middle-aged hurler.

30.   The Martinezes shared a barely noticeable glance, and they jabbed at their hearts with their pitching arms.