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• n  (baseball) the person who does the pitching
  our pitcher has a sore arm
• n  an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• n  the quantity contained in a pitcher
• n  (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
• n  the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
  he has played every position except pitcher

• A baseball pitcher whom not even New York City can enlarge or exaggerate stands atop the hill and the heap at 21.
• Former World Series winning pitcher Schilling hints on his blog that that he's considering running for Kennedy's seat.
• Rick Helling, a 27-year-old righthanded pitcher and the players' representative for the Texas Rangers, stood up at the winter meeting of the Executive Board of the Major League .

• hurler
• twirler
• ewer
• pitcherful
• mound

News & Articles

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• Ex-Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina named boys basketball coach at his alma mater
  Former Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina will be the new varsity boys basketball coach at his former high school, Montoursville (Pa.), according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette .        
  June 12, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
• White Sox Pitcher Jake Peavy Takes to the Stage in His First Charity Jam at Joe’s Bar Chicago
  White Sox Pitcher Jake Peavy Takes to the Stage in His First Charity Jam at Joe’s Bar Chicago; celebrities, country music artists come together to benefit Cancer Research. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10825317.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb
• FSU pitcher, DeLand native Luke Weaver to compete for Team USA
  TALLAHASSEE — Florida State pitcher and DeLand native Luke Weaver accepted an invitation earlier this week to compete with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. His acceptance was announced Tuesday by USA Baseball.        
  June 11, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel

Quotes

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• George Steinbrenner in ESPN
  A deadline is a deadline. It was pretty much done as of this morning,Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said on Tuesday. "He's a fine pitcher, but there's a lot of things that go into this. This isn't fantasy baseball."
• Bud Selig in Brooks Bulletin
  All of baseball today mourns the tragic and untimely death of St. Louis pitcher Josh Hancock,baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. "He was a fine young pitcher who played an important role on last year's World Series championship team."
• Jose Guillen in Chicago Sun-Times (blog)
  Maybe later on we'll talk about it,Guillen said. "I think you got to stay in the organization [for a pitcher]. You don't just pull up the magic thing and make a trade. That's not easy. When you go into the trade market, there's a lot going...