The Perfect Pitch is a biographical portrait of Roger Owens, the famous Peanut Man at Los Angeles' Dodger stadium. Owens has been expertly trick-tossing bags of salted peanuts to enthusiastic baseball fans for over 40 years. He began working as a peanut vendor at the age of 15. In 1962 he moved right along with the LA Dodgers into Dodger Stadium. His arsenal of throwing tricks (behind the back, overhand, underhand, between-the-legs) and general friendliness had made Owens into something of a celebrity, which was cemented in 1976 by an invitation to appear as a guest on The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson. continued on page 4