At least that was the plan before another game of awkward swings Tuesday night deepened Piazza's slump, and led Howe to change his mind.

A slight change of grip determines the movement, but both are thrown hard (87 to 90 miles an hour) and break late, leading to many awkward swings.

I made an awkward swing, and was very close to the wound area as Carrie had described it to me.

Juniper took an awkward swing; the sword was knife sharp, not as heavy as she'd expected, and beautifully balanced.

This time Bolan ducked under the awkward swing.

They took awkward swings and broke bats against Tavárez, who has beaten the Yankees twice but is 1-4 against other teams.

Smolth's late, awkward swing didn't even make contact, and several fans groaned only too audibly.

Mondesi has tendinitis in his left wrist after an awkward swing on Friday, and he said the wrist is still sore.

Johnson sprained a ligament in his left thumb while taking an awkward swing on Wednesday.