Q&A with Josh Banks  Armed with a rubber arm and an eight-pitch
repertoire, Josh Banks has been one of the pleasant surprises of
the Padres' season.  Q: Let's start with the basics: List your
eight pitches.  A: "Two-seam and four-seam fastballs, curve,
slider, split-finger fastball, cutter, a change-up that is
different to left-handers and right-handers, and a hard
knuckleball that I throw like a fastball, although I can throw a
regular knuckleball."  Q: When I list all that, I come up with
10 pitches.  A: "The change-up is a variation. And I don't use
the slower knuckleball. The hard knuckleball I used to throw as
my splitter."  Q: How did you learn so many pitches?  A: "All
the pitches were originally self-taught. I'd just experiment
with stuff. Like the change-up, I learned to change it depending
on what side the hitter was working."  Q: Which pitches take the
most time to get ready?  A: "The change-up and cutter. The
cutter took the longest to learn. The change-up took the longest
to get the feel down. In