81.   Try to throw Ramirez sliders and curveballs on the outside corner and he is smart enough to extend himself and rope the ball the opposite way.

82.   Washington coach Ken Knutson admitted that his hitters crowd the plate to take away the strike on the outside corner.

83.   Ward, throwing with a three-quarter motion, fired a fastball to the outside corner.

84.   Wetteland started Garciaparra with a slider on the outside corner that was called a ball by umpire Derryl Cousins.

85.   Where else can you try to hit a pitch thrown by Glavine or Maddox, three inches off the outside corner.

86.   With Posada looking for a breaking ball, Lincoln zipped a fastball over the outside corner.

87.   Williams went the other way, slicing a fastball on the outside corner from Percival just inside the left-field foul pole and into the seats.

88.   With the count one ball and two strikes, Newcombe threw a fastball on the outside corner.

89.   With two on in the eighth inning, reliever Yorkis Perez got Joe Orsulak to look at strike three on the outside corner.

90.   You never knew when a pitch might bounce in front of the plate, clip the outside corner or shave you.