pitch in

He didn’t throw a single pitch in a game.

On his Aug. 28 bobblehead night, his dog, Decoy, delivered the first pitch in a sprint from the mound to the plate, then in the first inning Ohtani casually stepped up and homered.

Even before Stokes' request, there was a plan in place to make the net pitches in Loughborough a cricketing science experiment.

The word “change” ranks right up there with “new and improved” as among the most powerful pitches in salesmanship, as well as flimflammery.

“It’s important for all of us to pitch in on this.”