1.   General manager Kevin Towers fired pitching coach Dan Warthen yesterday.

2.   Pitching coach Dave Wallace said that Radinsky still has time to be ready for the season opener.

3.   Also, Dodgers pitching coach Jim Colborn is a former pitching coach of the Oryx Blue Wave and is familiar with Ishii.

4.   Among the few who watched was pitching coach Dick Bosman.

5.   And Claude Osteen was my pitching coach last year at Albuquerque.

6.   An outstanding pitching coach is a good idea, but outstanding pitchers is a better one.

7.   Anaheim Angels manager Mike Scioscia and pitching coach Bud Black, however, will not send Ortiz out so soon.

8.   And it all started in the bullpen with a pat on the back instead of a pep talk from his pitching coach.

9.   And he was convincing enough to persuade Florida manager Jim Leyland and pitching coach Larry Rothschild to stick with him.

10.   And his pitching coach will be a guy who specialized in knuckleballs.