"I put helmets on the pitchers and pitched batting practice to them," Burris said.

He also has pitched batting practice twice this week without pain.

He pitched batting practice for 12 minutes and the Dodgers were pleased at the results.

He was in reform school by 12, throwing rocks by way of pitching practice.

He has been pitching batting practice, and recently told Martin, "You might as well use me now, because this is the way it'll be."

They had six days open for batting and pitching practice, not the customary three weeks.

In about a month, he hopes to start throwing off a mound, a prelude to pitching batting practice.

The league has just finished constructing a building that will allow batting and pitching practice to continue indoors through the winter.

He retired the first two batters of the game routinely and then began pitching batting practice.

The Yankees have decided Rivera has nothing more to gain by pitching batting practice.