Instead, the son of a man who died in the attacks put the ball on the pitcher's mound.
Others think the sport itself needs to change to attract more attention, possibly by moving back the pitcher's mound so the game can have more offense.
It ran out of gas on the way to Indianapolis, fell from the sky and struck the backstop of a baseball field before slamming nose first into the pitcher's mound.
A. Dickey had been on a pitcher's mound in New York, Mets fans showered him with affection in September after he became the team's first 20-game winner in more than two decades.
Lee, amazingly, was chosen by the Red Sox to throw out the first pitch, despite wearing a Derek Jeter jersey and Yankees cap in the sacred confines of Fenway Park--atop the pitcher's mound no less.
And as long as there are fairground grandstands on summer nights, as long as there are small-town ballparks with stages where the pitcher's mound should be, the singers will get to keep delivering the goods.
There's a mound of rich people, a mound of poor people and a gap where the middle class should be.
Aug. 22, 1965 Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws an inside pitch to San Francisco's Juan Marichal, and catcher Johnny Roseboro's return throw to the mound grazes Marichal's ear.
July 8, 1977 Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt charges the mound and throws punches after he was hit in the back by a pitch from Pittsburgh's Bruce Kison.
The father-of-four's body was found between the 27-year-old vehicle's wheel and a mound of earth.
The Assembly's venue at The Mound, Assembly Halls, will remain.
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"He's scheduled to get on the mound (in a game) in about seven days, and I think he's going to make that, " Collin said.
New York's David Phelps takes the mound against Max Scherzer on Saturday in the middle game of the three-game set.
Whenever he climbs atop the mound, Harvey's youth and inexperience cease to matter.
The Mets were scheduled to have their ace, Matt Harvey, on the mound for Sunday's series finale against Miami's Kevin Slowey.
"It's good to get on the mound again and get back at it, especially with the fan support I was getting out there, " Gonzalez said.
May 29, 1974 Bobby Valentine of the California Angels takes three steps toward the mound after Milwaukee's Clyde Wright throws a pitch over his head.
June 18, 1971 Cleveland's Ray Fosse gets kicked in the hand and needs five stitches after charging the mound when hit by a pitch from Detroit's Bill Denehy.
Kuroda also made a nice play for the first out of the second, bounding off the mound to field Lind's tapper.
Aug. 22, 1968 Chicago White Sox pitcher Tommy John throws a pitch over the head of Detroit's Dick McAuliffe, who charges the mound.
Rivera still has one more year on the mound, and it's likely to be a farewell tour on par with anything baseball has ever seen.
Andy Pettitte pitched the Yankees to their first win of the year and Mariano Rivera made a successful return to the mound in New York's 4-2 victory over Boston on Thursday night.
Kuroda also made a nice play for the first out of the second, bounding off the mound to field Adam Lind's tapper.
He put his hands on his head after Seager's drive, and received a visit to the mound from pitching coach Larry Rothschild.
Nova followed Cervelli to the crowded trainer's room two innings later, walking off the mound after giving up a single to Davis with right elbow pain.
By then, Yankees manager Joe Girardi and pitching coach Larry Rothschild noticed Pettitte's velocity had dropped, and they went to the mound and took him out.
The AL East's top team will send ace CC Sabathia to the mound Sunday with a chance to complete its second sweep of Toronto in the Bronx in three weeks.
The now overgrown mound is next to the farmhouse which Ben's grandparents were renovating at the time.
Doug Fister takes the mound for the Tigers on Friday against New York's Ivan Nova, and expectations are high in Motown, even though the Tigers lost two of three at Minnesota to start the season.
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