1.   Coaches sometimes have to remind him to throw a pitch off the plate every now and then.

2.   He went into the windup, then threw the pitch.

3.   An entire six-state region holds its breath every time Martinez throws a pitch, and it probably will be that way for the rest of the season.

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

5.   Andy Pettitte was extremely calm, incredibly loose and quite humorous while constantly criticizing himself before he had thrown one pitch Sunday.

6.   Anderson trotted to first, Roberto Alomar came to bat, Moyer threw another pitch, wincing slightly as he released the ball.

7.   Another Smith, Lee, was the pitcher who threw the pitch that McGriff hit for the game-tying home run.

8.   As soon as I threw the pitch, I wanted it back.

9.   Astacio threw one pitch to Hayes, a ball, and had to come out.

10.   At night, he parks his pickup in a field and throws pitches to the syncopated chirr of crickets.