If you're tone deaf, you can't hear the difference between musical pitches and notes.

Between pitches he would read a page, and sometimes take a bite from the sandwich.

I would actually sit down or squat between pitches, look around.

Willis, who is 8-1, works quickly, often taking 10 seconds between pitches.

True, but has anyone ever seen a knuckleballer doing his nails between pitches?

But it stays on screen only between pitches, leaving the air before the ball is hit.

Some are snap decisions that must be made between pitches.

"I just took a little more time between pitches."

The time between pitches, Roberts has learned, counts as work.

Did the batter want to step out because he thought she was taking too long between pitches?