1.   A typical series pitch begins as a pilot script with sketchy character descriptions and some preconceived casting notions that may or may not pan out.

2.   That pitch begins on Sunday when Washington plays at Dallas.

3.   The pitch has begun.

4.   Then his stuff began to waver, his control began to slip, and his pitches began to sneak up in the strike zone.

5.   There, the sales pitch began.

6.   Those nasty pitches began forming in a suburban driveway west of Houston.