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Battery up: the first two games of the World Series magnified the critical relationship between pitcher and catcher. (Baseball/***The World Series***).(Damian Miller, Curt Schilling)

The Sporting News

| November 05, 2001 | Knisley, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

All games should be this easy for Damian Miller, the affable and loquacious catcher for the Diamondbacks. He has Curt Schilling on the mound, and Schilling, as he usually does, is handling most of the workload. Schilling, maybe the most prepared player in the game, has had six days of precious computer video time to learn the Yankees. By now, he knows what pitch he will throw two pitches before he throws it.

Schilling is so organized that Miller is more or less just along for the ride, there to block the occasional split-finger fastball in the dirt.

Arizona is already ahead of the Yankees, 5-1, by the end of the third inning. The Diamondbacks are ...

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