But his alarm had nothing to do with a possible brushback pitch.

Clemens had his first serious brushback incident of the season.

But he didn't remember having to lean or fall away from any brushback pitches.

A brushback, intended to make the batter move away from home plate.

"A brushback is here," Valentine said, holding his hands across the letters.

If Bill had been a pitcher, he would have thrown brushback pitches.

"Some of them don't know the difference between a brushback pitch and one intended to hit the batter," he said.

Sort of like a brushback inside pitch, but explosive?

The brushback incident is looked upon as the turning point in that series for the Phillies.

Aside from the brushback pitches, most of Clemens's work was over the plate.

The pitcher, he explained, has to use the brushback pitch as an intimidation factor.

It was the second time in the first four games the Yankees were involved in brushback incidents.

Several Athletics said the brushback pitch changed their mood.

Forget about the brushback pitch streaking toward the batter's head.

That's what can happen when a batter is hit by a beanball or a brushback pitch that gets away.

Well into the subject now, Anderson talked about fights resulting from brushback pitches or those making a direct hit.

Clemens's most notorious brushback pitch was the one that hit Piazza.

Baseball has received too many intentional walks; I'm all for throwing some brushback pitches.

The Mets didn't have trouble with Gross's brushback stuff tonight.

The brushback worked; there was no fine.

Maybe they would see a new kind of crackback block, brushback pitch, cheap foul.

Before the next pitch, Justice stepped far back in the box, in anticipation of another brushback that never came.

Pitchers may throw close to the batters, and a "brushback" is often used as an intimidation tactic.

The game featured an early brushback battle.

First, he would dodge a brushback pitch.