Home plate is 17 inches wide, but I ignore the middle 12 inches. I pitch to the two-and-a-half inches on each side.
What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.
Spahn and Sain and pray for rain.
When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.