31.   Two pitchers were making the walk from the bullpen, down the concrete runway, to the locker room.

32.   We need for the other pitcher to make a mistake and us take advantage of it.

33.   With each little move their pitchers make, the Mets, like men trying to wriggle free of quicksand, sink just a little bit more.

34.   You have to learn every move the pitcher makes.

35.   Both pitchers could make a hitter look downright foolish, then turn around and throw four straight balls.

36.   Former major league pitcher Orel Hershiser made his broadcasting debut Wednesday in the Little League World Series.

37.   Jacob Talbott, a freshman at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, said bars off campus that pull students in with discount pitchers of beer make matters worse.

38.   The perfect game pitchers made imperfect returns.

39.   While many Japanese pitchers have made the jump to the majors, Suzuki will be the first position player.

40.   Murakami knows the adjustments a pitcher must make between US and Japanese baseball.