<Dl> <Dd> Striking out a batter, causing him to sit down in the dugout . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Striking out a batter, causing him to sit down in the dugout . </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> A pitcher who throws the ball hard in the direction of home plate but without much accuracy or command . Distinguished from a "pitcher", who may or may not throw the ball as hard but who has command and is likely to be more successful in getting batters out . "However, what was special about Martinez during his heyday was that he wasn't just a thrower, someone blessed with a great arm who could miss bats all day . Martinez was a pitcher, someone who changed speeds and had four good pitches that he could locate and could think his way through an at - bat, an inning, and a game as well as anyone this side of Maddux ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> A pitcher who throws the ball hard in the direction of home plate but without much accuracy or command . Distinguished from a "pitcher", who may or may not throw the ball as hard but who has command and is likely to be more successful in getting batters out . "However, what was special about Martinez during his heyday was that he wasn't just a thrower, someone blessed with a great arm who could miss bats all day . Martinez was a pitcher, someone who changed speeds and had four good pitches that he could locate and could think his way through an at - bat, an inning, and a game as well as anyone this side of Maddux ." </Dd>

Who is the person that throws the ball to the home base