1.   Blaine, Ohio, will throw out the first pitch.

2.   Tavarez got Sanders to ground into an inning-ending double play on his first pitch.

3.   His first pitch was high and wide.

4.   All this before the first pitch.

5.   Alou was nervous and longing for his first start, pacing in the dugout prior to the first pitch.

6.   Although they visited briefly with passers-by inside the stadium, the couple did not mingle with hundreds of Iowans congregated at the entrances shortly before the first pitch.

7.   Among those in the Baltimore stands to see Mr. Clinton throw out the first pitch was Pat Buchanan.

8.   An inning later, McGwire sent a soft fly ball out to right on the first pitch.

9.   And even when she threw out the first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, she wore her gold link bracelets.

10.   And he has learned again and again the importance of throwing that first pitch in the strike zone.