What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one between the pitcher and the hitter.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.

The difference between winning nineteen games and winning twenty for a pitcher is bigger than anyone out of baseball realizes. It's the same for hitters - someone who hits .300 looks back on the guy who batted .295 and says 'tough luck buddy.

The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.