31.   Usually when a pitcher goes into such a precipitous decline, an injury is often the reason.

32.   When the pitcher goes into his delivery, McGwire draws the bat down, as if to cock it.

33.   When they say a pitcher is going to be OK for his next start, he suddenly feels a twinge in his elbow.

34.   With rain delays and rain outs, all pitchers regularly go five or six days without a start, Knight said.

35.   You know, batters stepping out of the box, pitchers going too deep in the count, all that stuff.

36.   Both pitchers went the distance.

37.   In Japan, pitchers can go to their mouths and long as they wipe the moisture on their uniforms.

38.   Maybe no pitcher has gone to such extremes to extend his career, to find a way to get back on the mound again.

39.   The pitcher went through a normal workout during the day, throwing, running and doing other conditioning exercises.