Word: pitching
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...string of others, and she died without selling it. But her children, the eldest of whom is actor RALPH FIENNES, weren't about to let it rest at that. While making The English Patient, Fiennes mentioned the book to Patient author Michael Ondaatje, who suggested the actor pitch it to his publisher, who loved it and bought it. Not content with that, half the Fiennes family (sister Sophie and brother Joseph are also in show biz) went on tour to drum up interest. Needless to say, the book got all the attention a publishing house--or a mom--could want...
...BALLPARK IN ARLINGTON, Texas: With the pitch from the Texas Rangers' Darren Oliver to San Francisco's Darryl Hamilton at 7:11 p.m. CDT Thursday, interleague play in baseball officially began and the century-old wall between the leagues was torn down. First interleague count: 1-0. Baseball's new look is bemoaned by purists but hailed by marketers and bean-counters as just the shot in the arm (and hopefully a rise in attendance) that the game needs. Friday night's face-off in Atlanta between the Braves and Orioles is just what supporters had in mind: baseball...
...like the bloody, light-speed shoot-'em-ups Quake and Doom. Why the sudden interest in what young women may want? In a word: Barbie. Mattel last fall released a disc called Barbie Fashion Designer that was a runaway best seller, proving once and for all that if the pitch is right, the girls will play. "There's always been an interest in marketing for girls," says Suzanne Groatman, children's software buyer for the retail giant CompUSA. "Barbie just exploded the market. People are looking at this year as the time to launch on the coattails of that traffic...
Hogan was not the hardest thrower in the Ivy League, he did not have the league's nastiest curveball and he was never totally satisfied with his pitching performance. But in eight of his 10 decisions, Hogan came away with a "W." By no means overpowering, Hogan was a veteran who knew how to pitch and who knew how to get big outs when he needed them...
Professors also say that having a week of lectures before students are committed to the course reduces the week to little more than a sales pitch...