"These guys are incredible at knowing pretty much what every pitch is coming," Floyd said.
Then came the 22 pitches the Pirates will long remember.
One pitch came from the highest levels, the cables show.
Who could blame him, watching his pitches come back faster than he had thrown them?
What happens is that the pitch comes back at you about 100 miles an hour.
That's when the rocks and burning pitch came into play.
When I asked him why, he said because the most important pitches in a game come from a stretch.
Sometimes that pitch never comes, and that can work fine, too.
Then came one wild pitch, and Suzuki moved to third.
You give a sign, Marty nods, and the pitch comes right there.